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GLOSSARY. 



CAPISTRUM, n. A hood or cowl. In de- 

 scriptive ornithology, the fore part of 

 the head all around, or that portion 

 immediately surrounding the base of 

 the bill. 



CAPITAL, a. Pertaining to the head. 



CAPITATE, a. A capitate feather has 

 the end enlarged. 



CAPUT, n. The head. 



CARINA, n. A keel or median ridge. 



CARINATE, a. Keeled, or with a me- 

 dian ridge. Curinate birds (Aves car- 

 inatus) are those furnished with a 

 keeled sternum. 



CARNEOUS, o. Fleshy. 

 CABNIVEROUS, a. Flesh eating. 

 CABPAL, a. Pertaining to the wrist or 

 carpus. 



a. The prominence 

 formed by the 

 wrist joint, or car- 

 pus, when the 

 wing is closed. 

 The length of the 

 CARPAL JOINT, I wing, in descrip- 

 CABPAL ANGLE, j tions, is measured 

 from the carpal 

 angle of the tip of 

 the longest quill. 

 (Same as bend of 

 the wing, or flex- 

 ura.) . 



CABPO-METACABPAL JOINT, n. The 

 last wing joint, covered exteriorly by 

 the alula. 



CABPUS, n. The wrist. In a bird the 

 space between the bend (flexura) and 

 the hand joint of the wing. 

 CABUNCLE, n. A naked fleshy excres- 

 cence, usually about the head or 

 neck, and ordinarily brightly colored, 

 wrinkled or warty. 

 CABUNCULATE, j a. Having 

 CABUNCULATED, ) caruncles. 



CAUDAL, a. Pertaining to the tail. 

 CAUDA, n. The tail. 

 CAUDATE, a. Tailed. 

 CEPHALIC, a. Pertaining to the head. 

 CEBACEOUS, a. Wax-like. 

 CERE, n. The naked skin or membrane 

 in which the nostrils are situated, 

 common to most birds of prey (Rap- 

 tores), and many of the Parrot tribe, 

 as well as to the Pigeons and some 

 other groups. It usually has a more 

 or less distinct line of demarkatiou 

 anteriorly, except in the Pigeons. 

 CEBVICAL, a. Pertaining to the cervix 

 or hind neck. 



CERVIX, n. The hind neck, extending 

 from the occiput to the commence- 

 ment of the back. It has two sub- 

 divisions, namely, the nape and scruff 

 (nucha and auchenium), which oc- 

 cupy respectively the upper and lower 

 halves of the cervix. 



CHEEK, n. An arbitrary subdivision of 

 the side of the head, differently em- 

 ployed by various writers, but usually 

 corresponding to the malar region or 

 feathered portion of the lower jaw. 



CHIN, n. The extreme anterior point of 

 the gular region, or the space between 

 the lateral branches (rami) of the 

 lower jaw. 



CICONINE, a. Stork-like. 



CILIUM, n. An eyelash. 



CIRCUM (in composition). Around, en- 

 circling; as, circumorbital (around 

 the eye), circumventral ( around the 

 vent), etc. 



CIRRHOUS, a. Tufted. 



CLAAV, n. The horny, pointed and com- 

 pressed sheath of the terminal pha- 

 lanx of the toe. 



CLUTCH, n. A nest complement or 

 "set" of eggs. 



COCCYGES, n. The systematic name of 

 a natural group of zygodactyle birds, 

 including the Cuckoos, Plain tain- 

 eaters, Turacous, Trogons, etc. 



COLLAR, n. A ring of color encircling 

 the neck. 



COLLAKED, a. Marked with a neck ring 

 of different color from surrounding 

 parts. 



COLLUM, n. The neck. 



COLORED, a. In ornithology, different 

 from white. Thus, the colored phase 

 of dichromatic species is that in which 

 the plumage is other than white. 



COMB, n. An erect, fleshy, longitudinal 

 caruncle on the top of the head, as in 

 the domestic fowl ( Gallusferrugineus 

 var.) and the adult male Condor. 



COMMISSURAL, a. Pertaining to the 

 commissure. 



COMMISSURE, n. The outlines of the 

 closed mouth, or the opposed edges 

 of the mandible and maxilla. 



CONGENER, n. A species belonging to- 

 the same genus with another. 



CONGENERIC, a. Belonging to the same 

 genus with another. 



CONIROSTRKS, n. An arbitrary group of 

 birds, in classifications, of which the 

 Sparrow tribe (F ringillidce) are typi- 

 cal. 



