BIOLOGY 4142 - ORNITHOLOGY LAB #1 -- Dr. Remsen

FEATHERS AND BONES LAB

1. Parts of a feather

shaft [= rachis + calamus in Gill]
vane
barb
barbule

2. Feathers

primary rectrix (pl. = rectrices)
secondary
remiges (primaries + secondaries)
primary coverts
secondary coverts
upperwing coverts (primary + secondary coverts)
underwing coverts
uppertail coverts
undertail coverts
axillars
auriculars
malar
contour
scapular
down
bristle

3. Topography (see p. 13 in Peterson guide)

crown
median stripe/line
lores*
supercilium/superciliary
eyeline
eyering
nape
rump
chin
throat
thigh *
malar
breast
sides
belly
flanks**
back
shoulder *
wingbar #
tarsus #
upper mandible
lower mandible

* not in Peterson

4. Bones (download this diagram and bring to lab)

maxilla
mandible
furcula
coracoid
scapula
humerus
radius
ulna
carpometacarpus
phalanges
uncinate process
sternum
keel
synsacrum
ilium
ischium
pubis
pygostyle
cervical vertebrae
caudal vertebrae
femur
tibiotarsus
fibula
tarsometatarsus
sclerotic ring