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READING LESSONS. 249
No intermission ; sending rth its ray
Through the green leaves,-a ray serene and clear
As virtue's own.
LESSON XVI.
. B DS.
ROGERS.
BEAK (beek), n., the bill of a bird; that which picks or pecks. D. beck, om becker, to peck, om (L.) bacar.
PAL1 IATED,a.,wholeor n- oted. L.palmi s,web- oted:-palma, the hand th own open-anything like the palm;-and pes, the ot.
PLU1MAGE, n., suit or covering of athers. F. plumage, om pluma, L., a ather.
rPER1MEABLE, a., waterproof; that which cannot be passed through. F. impermeable, om permeo, L., I pass through.
DENU1DED,pt.,stripped,ordeprivedof. L.denudatus;-nudus,naked. REGIMEN (red'-je), n., diet, condition. L. regimen, om regere, to rule. vVA1DERS, n., birds which walk through water or high grass, or
through anything impeding motion; om (A.S.) wadan, to go, to
make way.
GAL1LIN , n., the hen-species of birds called the land or "terrestrial," (L. terra, the earth), to distinguish them om the water or" aquat­ ic" (L. aqua, water) species of birds. L. gallin :-gallina, a hen.
MAN1DIBLE, n., the eating or chewing organ; the jaw. L. man bv lum, om mando, I eat, I chew.
ANAL10GY, n., similitude, resemblance: applied to a like mode of using words. I. S. L. and G. analogia, from ana, with, and l os, a word, a discourse.
ORGANISA1TION, n., construction in which the parts are so disposed as to be subservient to each other. F. organisation. See "Organ," p. 227.
SP c1F1rn, a., a term, which, as here applied, means the peculiar or special weight or gravity which belongs to the several species of body. L. speci cits. See "Species," p. 22.
For "Animal," see p. 111; "Mammalia," p. 227; "Membrane," p. 95; "Tegument," p. 35; "C. onvexity," p. 135; "Physical," p. 67; "Perception," p. 67 ; " Atmosphere," p. 25 ; "Superstition," p. 59; "Antiquity," p. 51.
1. OF all the classes of animals, that of birds is the most strongly marked, and that in which the species have the greatest resemblance, and which is