70 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION
located en a bird's antebrachium or forearm; a cubital covert; a secondary covert.
cubital covert, one of the covertefethers or tectgices lo- cated en the cubit, forearm, or antebrachium of a bird; an antebrachial covert; a secondary covert.
greater covert, one of a set or subdivision of the sec- ondary upper wing^coverts constituting a single row which projects furthest upon the secondary remiges or flight^ ethers ; one of the major tect^ices of the wing; a greater upper secondary covert; a greater secondary covert.
inferior covert, a lower covert; an under covert.
least covert, a lesser covert.
lesser covert, one of a set or subdivision of the secondary upper wmg^coverts, including all those clast as either greater coverts or median coverts; one of the minor tectices of the wing; a lesser secondary covert.
lower covert, one of the covert^fethers or tectgices en the lower or under side of a bird's wing; one of the inferior tectjices of the wing; an under covert: an inferior covert.
manual covert, one of the covert^fethers or tectr.ices located en a bird's manus or hand; a primary covert.
median covert, one of a set or subdivision of the second- ary upper wmg^coverts constituting a single row located midway between the greater coverts and the lesser coverts; one of the median tectrjces of the wing; a median secon- dary covert; a middle secondary covert; a middle covert.
middle covert, a middle secondary covert; a median covert.
primary covert, one of the wing^coverts which overlie the bases of the primary remiges or flightefethers ; a manual covert.
secondary covert, one of the wmg^coverts which overlie the bases of the secondary remiges or flightef ethers ; an antebrachial or cubital covert.
superior covert, an upper covert.
under covert, one of the covert^fethers or tectpces located en the under or lower side of a bird's wing; one of the in- ferior tectjices of the wing; a lower covert; an inferior covert.
upper covert, one of the covert^fethers or tectpces located en the upper side of a bird's wing; one of the superior tectrjces of the wing; a superior covert.
upper primary covert, one of the upper or superior coverts which overlie the bases of the primary remiges or flight? f ethers of a bird's wing; one of the set of rather long and and stiffish covertefethers or tectjices located en the upper
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