GLOSSARY, 



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Caruncles. Naked fleshy portion of the head ; 



usually wrinkled, or warty, and highly col- 

 ored. 

 Cauda, 69. 

 Cera, 15. 

 Cere, 15. 

 Ceroma, 15. 

 Certiix, 48. 

 C/icefa, 26. 

 Chin, 46. 

 Ciliated. Fringed with hairs or bristles, like 



the eyelashes. 

 Cinereous. Ashy; the eolor of wood-ashes. 

 Circular. Shaped like a circle ; round. 

 Clem) joint, 122. 

 Claws, 121. 

 Collar, 55. 

 Colluni, 47. 



Coloration. The tint or color of an olijcct. 

 Comb. Naked fleshy crest on the U]ipcr part of 



the bill or hood. 

 Commissure, 19. 

 Compressed. Brought together so as to be higher 



than wide. 

 Compressed (tail). The planes of the two sides 



of the tail forming an angle with each other 



concave below. 

 Concave. The inner side of a curved line or 



inner face of a curved surface ; the opposite 



of convex. 

 Confluent. Running together ; .is when spots 



run into each other. 

 Connate. Growing together, or united. 

 Continuous. Without any interruijlion or break. 

 Convex. The outer side of a curved line, or 



outer face of a curved surface ; the opposite 



of concave. 

 Cordate. Heart-shaped ; ovate, with a notch in 



the broader end producing two rounded lobes, 



the other end sometimes acutely pointed, some- 

 times rounded. 

 Crest. Lengthened feathers in the cap or 



nape. 

 Crissum, 66. The under tail coverts ; generally 



used for the region behind the anus. 

 Crown, 31. 

 Culnien, 20. 



Cuneate. Wedge-shaped, or of angular outline. 

 Cuneate (tail). The central tail feather longest, 



the others diminishing rapidly, the outline 



forming an angle with the sides straight. 

 Cuspidate. With a sharp and rigid point, 



not formed entirely by a projection of the 



shnft. 



D. 



Decumbent. Bent, or hanging downwards. 



Decurved. Bent, or curved downwards. 



Dentate; Dmtated. Notched, leaving nearly regu- 

 lar tooth-like points, with the two sides e(pud, 

 or forming nearly an isosceles triangle. 



Denuded. Laid bare (of the skin, when freed 

 from feathers). 



Deplumate. Bare of fcatliers. 



Dei>luntalus, 4. 



Depressed. Flattened down ; broader than deep. 



Dertrum, 21. 



Digit. The finger or toe portion of the hand or 

 foot. 



Dirjiti, 116. 



Disk. (In owls.) A space around the eye, 

 with the feathers diftcrent in texture aiul 

 character from those of the rest of the head. 



Divaricatid (tail). The tail feathers curved out- 

 wards on each side. 



Dorsum, 57. 



Down. Short, soft, concealed fcatliers inserted 

 between the bases of the stiffened feathers of 

 the body in some birds (especially the Ana- 

 tidw). The basal portion of the webs of stiff 

 feathers, sometimes developed into a similar 

 substance. 



DusLi/. Of a dark color. 



Edge of wing, 95. 



Elevated toe, 132. 



Elliptical. Considerably longer than wide, and 

 rounded equally at the ends. 



Elongated. Lengthened, or longer than com- 

 mon. 



Emarrpnalcd. With a notch at the end, as of a 

 leaf or feather. 



Eniarqinated (tail). AVlicn the outline of the 

 end of the tail forms a slightly concave curve ; 

 tlie outermost featliers the longer, and the 

 others diminishing gradually and slightly. 



Epigastrium, 64. 



Erectile. Capable of being stiffened up, or 

 raised to a more or less upright ])osition, — 

 as the tail of a peacock or turkey, etc. 



Exterior. The outer portion or surface, as dis- 

 tinguished from the interior or inner. 



Exterior toes, 126. 



Even (tail). The ends of all the feathers in the 

 same straight line. 



Etjcbrow, 42. 



