Barwing
The barwing is the Anglo-Indian name for birds of the genus Actinodura,
from
the black bar or bars which the wings of most of them present. The genus
is usually placed in the ill-defined Family Timaliidae.
Basipterygoid
Processes
These are a pair of bony outgrowths onthe right and left side ofthe
body of the basisphenoid, forming the principal articulation of the pterygoids
with the basis cranii. Such processes are well developed in all the Ratitae,
Crypturi, Turnices, and Striges. Similar processes spring from the basisphenoidal
rostrum in many other Carinatae, e.g. Anseres,
Gallinae, Columbae, Pteroclidae, Cathartidae, and Serpentarius; while in
many birds these processes are developed in the embryo but are resorbed
finally, or they are never developed, the anterior ends of the pterygoids
in either case articulating with the palatine bones alone, or, resting
directly upon the basisphenoidal rostrum, as in:
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Phrenicopterus
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Grallae
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Laridae
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Dicholophus
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Pygopodes
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Impennes
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Steganopodes
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Falconidae
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Psittaci
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Cuculidae
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Opisthocomus
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Macrochires
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Pici
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and Passeres.
In the Limicolae and Tubinares these processes are
very variable. For illustrations see SKULL.
Baya
(Hindu Baia)
Often used in English ornithology for the common WEAVER-BIRD of India,
of the genus Ploceus, the builder of the well- known retort-shaped
nests.
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