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GLOSSARY. 



web, hollow or partly pithy, and translucent. 

 Calamus + rhachis = scapus. (145.) 



Calca'neal, a. Pertaining to the back upper 

 jiortion of the tarso-metatarsus (tarsus of or- 

 dinary language). 



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

 tarso-metatarsus. Same as teZits. (107.) One 

 of the tibial condyles is by some regarded as 

 the homologue of the calcaneum. 



Cal'car, n. Spur ; sharp horn-covered bone- 

 cored process on the shank of many biids ; also, 

 similar horny process on the metacarpal bone. 



Calcarat'us, a. Spurred. 



Calca'eeouh, a. Chalky. A cormorant's egg 

 is covered with calcareous substance. 



CALCiF'ic, a. Calcifying ; an ejiithet of that 

 portion of the oviduct where the egg-shell is 

 foimed. 



Calig'ula, 11. Same as Boot (which see). 



Cal'lus, n. New bony matter joining a fracture. 



Calypte'ria, 71. jt)/. Tail-coverts; the smaller 

 feathers underlying or overlying the base of 

 the tail. (Little used.) See Crissum and 



TeCTRICES CAXTDiE. (71.) 



Ca'lyx, n. Pedicellated ovarian capsule of two 

 membranes with lax tissue and vessels, rup- 

 turing at a point called the stigma to dis- 

 charge the ovum, then collapsing and becom- 

 ing absorbed. 



Campte'rium, n. Front and outer border of 

 wing as far as the bone extends. (Little 

 used.) (95.) 



Canalic'ulum, n. Little groove. 



Can'cellated, a. Denoting bony network. 



Can'tuus, n. ; pi. canthi. Corner of eye 

 where the lids meet ; commissural point of 

 eyelids. Canthi are anterior and posterior. 



Cap, 71. ' Pi LEUS (which see). (.30.) 



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

 The smallest bloodvessels are the capillaries. 



Capis'trate, a. Hooded or cowled. 



Capis'trum, n. Hood or cowl ; front of head 

 all around bill. (38.) 



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

 larged extremity. 



Capit'ulum, n. Head of a rib. 



Cap'sular, a. Denoting certain ligaments that 

 completely invest a joint. 



Ca'put, n. ; gen. cajntis, pi. capita. Head. 

 (9, 29.) 



Car'diac, a. Pertaining to the heart. 



Cari'na, n. Keel ; under ridge, as if a keel. 



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

 keeled ; having a keel, as the sternum of most 

 birds. 



Car'inate (J-irc^s), n. Those possessing a keeled 

 sternum ; the group Ca.riiiatce as contrasted 

 with Ratitce. 



Car'neous, a. Fleshy. 



Carniv'orous, a. Flesh-eating. 



Carot'id {a.rtcrij), a. for n. The principal blood- 

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

 times paired as in mammalia. 



Car'pal, a. Pertaining to the wrist. 



Car'pal An'gle, n. Prominence formed at the 

 wrist-joint when the wing is closed. It is 

 practically an important point regionally, 

 since the universally used measurement, 

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

 end of the longest ciuill. 



Car'ptts, n. The wrist ; especially its bones. 



Car'tilage, n. A whitish, hard, and solid, but 

 elastic, 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 elsewhere. 



Cartilag'inous, a. Like, containing, or con- 

 sisting of, cartilage. 



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

 ticularly about the head, usually naked, and 

 wrinkled, warty, or brightly colored. 



Carun'culate, a. Having caruncles. 



Cau'da, n. The tail. (69.) In descriptive 

 ornithology, generally only the tail-feathers 

 are meant. Caudanavicidaris = Boat-shaped 

 Tail (which see). 



Cau'dad. Backwards ; toward the tail. 



Catj'dal, a. Pertaining to the tail ; as, caudal 

 vertebrae, or caudal extremity ; but we hardly 

 say caudal feathers. 



Cell, n. Any closed sac containing fliiid or 

 other substance. 



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



Cen'tre of Grav'ity, n. Point of a body about 

 which the whole is balanced, and which, if 

 suyiported, supports the whole. In a flying 

 bird the centre of gravity is below the mid- 

 dle of the body, so that the bird is naturally 

 ballasted. 



Cen'trum, n. ; pi. centra. Body of a vertebra. 



Ceph'alad. 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, 1 n. Fleshy, cutaneous or membra- 



Cere, |- nous, often feathered, covering of 



Cero'ma, ) base of bill of many birds, as iiar- 

 rots, hawks, and owls ; difi'ering thus in texture 

 from the rest of the rhamjjJiotheca, and usu- 

 ally also showing an evident line of demarca- 

 tion. When present, the nostrils are always 

 ])ierced in its substance, — at least at its edge. 



Ceratohy'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, n. Little brain ; the hinder, 

 lower, smaller mass of the brain, in birds 

 striate transversely. 



Cer'ebral, a. Pertaining to the brain. 



Cer'ebro-spinal {axis or column). The whole 

 neural axis, or column of nerve-substance en- 

 closed in the spinal canal and cranium. 



Cer'ebrum, n. Brain proper, or larger brain, 

 as distinguished from the cerebellum. 



Ceru'men, n. Ear-wax. 



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

 as, a cervical collar. Also, pertaining to the 

 whole neck ; as, cervical vertebrae. 



Cer'vix, n. Hind-neck ; from occiput to in- 

 terscapulium, including nape and scruff. (48). 



Chalaz'^, n. pi. TwLsted filaments of con- 

 densed albumen forming a thread at each pole 

 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'erous, a. Denoting the layers of 

 condensed albumen which form the chalazse. 



