Birds

Birds

Birds. Of various kinds are met with in armorial bearings. See P. 33 and 34.

In blazon, birds of prey whose weapons aretheir beak and talons, are blazoned armed of such a tincture. But such birds as Swans, Ducks, Herons, etc., who have no talons, in blazoning are said to be beaked and membered, which last term signifies the legs ; and when the wings of a bird are of a different tincture from the body, it is said to be winged of such a tincture. When "Bird" is mentioned in blazon without naming the particular class of bird it is always drawn as P. 34, f. 43.