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GLOSSARY. 



web, hollow or luirtly pithy, and translucent. 

 Calamus + rhachis = scapus. (145.) 



Calca'nkai., a. Pertaining to the back upper 

 portion of the tai-so-nietatarsus (tarsus of or- 

 diuary language). 



Calca'-neum, n. Heel ; back upper part of 

 tarso-inetatarsus. Samea.s^«/i(,s-. (107.) One 

 of th(! tibial condyles is by some regarded as 

 the homologue of the ealcaneum. 



Cal'cai!, n. Spur ; sharp horn-corered bone- 

 cored process on the shank of many birds ; al.so, 

 siniilai' horny process on the metacarpal bone. 



Cai.cakat'ps, a. Spurred. 



CaU'a'ueiU's, a. Chalky. A connorant's egg 

 is covered with ctilcnrcous substance. 



CALClF'ic, a. Calcifying ; an epithet of that 

 portion of the oviduct where the egg-shell is 

 formed. 



Calig'ula, re. Same as Boot (whieli see). 



Cal'lus, 11. New bony matter joining a fi'acture. 



Calypte'kia, 11. p/. Tail-coverts; the smaller 

 feathers underlying or overlying the base of 

 the tail. (Little used.) See Crissxjm and 

 Tectku'es Caud.e. (71.) 



Ca'lyx, n. Pedicellated ovarian capsule of two 

 membranes with lax tis.sue and vessels, nip- 

 turing at a point called the stigma to dis- 

 charge the ovum, then coUajising and becom- 

 ing absorbed. 



Campte'rium, n. Front and outer border of 

 wing as far as the bone extends. (Little 

 used.) (95.) 



Canalic'i'lum, 11. Little groove. 



Can'cellated, a. Denoting bony network. 



Can'thus, n.; pi. canlhi. Corner of eye 

 where the lids meet ; commissural point of 

 eyelids. Canthi are anterior and posterior. 



Cap, n. Pilei"s (which see). (30.) 



Cap'illary, a. or n. Of hair-like slendemess. 

 The smallest bloodvessels are the capillaries. 



Capis'trate, a. Hooded or cowled. 



Capis'tkusi, n. Hood or cowl ; front of liead 

 all around bill. (38.) 



Cap'itate, a. Said of a feather having en- 

 larged extremity. 



Capit'ulum, n. Head of a rib. 



Cap'sulab, a. Denoting certain ligaments that 

 completely invest a joint. 



Ca'put, re. ; gen. capitis, pi. capita. Head. 

 (9, 29.) 



Car'diac, a. Pertaining to the heart. 



C.\Ri'x.\, re. Keel ; under ridge, as if a keel. 



Cae'inate, a. Keeled ; ridged beneath as if 

 keeled ; having a keel, as the sternum of most 

 birds. 



Car'inate (birds), n. Those possessing a keeled 

 sternum ; the group Cnrinatce as contrasted 

 with Ralil(K. 



Car'neous, a. Fleshy. 



Carniv'oroi-.s, a. Flesh-eating. 



Carot'id (arter>i), a. for n. The primipal blood- 

 vessel of the neck, single in most birds, some- 

 times jiaired as in mammalia. 



Car'pal, n. Pertaining to the wrist. 



Car'pai, Ax'ci.e, h. Prominence formed at the 

 wrist-joint when the wing is closed. It is 

 practically an important ]>oint regionally, 

 since the universally useil measurement, 

 "length of wing," is from this point to the 

 end of the longest ijuill. 



Car'pus, re. The w rist ; especially its bones. 



CAR'TILAG^;, re. A whitish, hard, and solid, but 

 ela.stic, flexible, and soluble, substance of the 

 body, permanent, or becoming osseous by de- 

 position of bone-earth. It occurs in the 

 windpipe, in many joints, and el.sewhere. 



CAUTll.Ao'ixors, a. Like, containing, or con- 

 sisting of, cartilage. 



Car'uncle, «. Small fleshy excrescence, par- 

 ticularly about the hea<l, usually naked, and 

 wrinkled, warty, or brightly colored. 



C.\ucx'crLATE, a. Having caruncles. 



Cai-'ha, re. The tail. (09.) In descriptive 

 ornithology, generally only the tail-feathers 

 are meant. (V(Hrf«ji«n«<Zam = 15oAT-siiAPED 

 Tau, (which see). 



Cau'dad. Backwards ; toward the tail. 



Cau'pal, o. Pertaining to the tail ; as, caudnl 

 vertebra.', or caudal extremity ; but we hardly 

 say caudal feathers. 



Cell, re. Any closed sac containing fluid or 

 other substance. 



Cel'lular, o. Having cells ; composed of cells. 



Cen'tre of Gr.Av'iTV, re. Point of a body about 

 which the whole is balanced, and whidi, if 

 supported, supports the whole. In a flying 

 bird the centre of gravity is below the mid- 

 dle of the bodv, so that the bird is naturally 

 ballasted. 



Cen'tkum, re. ; pi. centra. Body of a vertebra. 



Ceph'al.4D. Forwards ; towards the head. 



Cephal'ic, a. Pertaining to the head. 



Cephalo-cer'cal (axis), a. Denoting the long 

 axis of the body. 



Ce'ra, ] n. Fleshy, cutaneous or mcnibra- 



Cep.e, [• nous, often featherecl, covering of 



Cerii'.ma, 1 base of bill of many birds, a.s ]iar- 

 rots, hawks, and owls ; ditfering thus in texture 

 from the rest of the rhampliotheai, and usu- 

 ally also showing an evident line of demarca- 

 tion. When present, the nostiils are always 

 ]]ierccd in its substance, — at least at its edge. 



Ceratiihy'al, n. A portion of the " horn " of 

 the hyoid bone. 



Cer'cal, a. Pertaining to the tail. (Little 

 used. ) 



Cerebel'lar, a. Pertaining to the cerebellum. 



Cerebel'lum, re. Little brain ; the hinder, 

 lower, smaller mass of the brain, in birds 

 striate transversely. 



Cer'ebral, a. Pertaining to the brain. 



Ceu'ebro-spin.il (axi.i or column). The whole 

 neural a.xis, or column of nerve-substance en- 

 closed in the spinal canal and cranium. 



Cep.'ebri'm, re. Brain |>ropei-, or larger brain, 

 as distinguished from the cerebellum. 



Cere'siex, re. Ear-wax. 



Cer'vical, rt. Pertaining to the hind-neck ; 

 as, a cervical collar. Also, pertaining to the 

 whole neck ; as, ccrrical vertcbi'se. 



Cer'vix, re. Hind-neck ; from occiiiut to in- 

 terscapulium, including nape and scrufl'. (48). 



Chala/,'.!, re. pi. Twisted filaments of con- 

 densed albuuicn forming a thread at each jude 

 of the yolk, steadying it by attachment to the 

 lining membrane of the egg, and balancing it 

 in such manner that the "tread" stays up- 

 permost. 



Chalazif'eroi's, n. Denoting the layers of 

 condensed albumen which form the chalazae. 



