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ORNITHOLOGY: GLOSSARY. 



r A coloured membrane in- 

 CKRA.J vesting- the base of the upper 

 CERE. I mandible: as in Hawks, and 



^a few other birds. 

 CERTHIA. The systematic name of 

 the Creepers. 



CERVICAL From the Latin, cervix, 

 the neck. Belonging or relating 

 to the neck. 



CETACEA. In Latin, cetaceus, which 

 is formed from the Gieek, ketos, a 

 whale. Naturalists use the word 

 to designate piscifonn mammals 

 that have fins in place of feet, and 

 inhabit the sea. 



CHARADRIUS. Latin. (A bird, the 

 seeing of which, it was supposed, 

 cured those that had the jaundice.) 

 The generic name of the Plover. 



CH^ETURA. Systematic name of the 

 Swifts. 



CHYLE. From the Greek, chulos, 

 Butritious juice. A nutritive fluid 

 of a whitish appearance, which is 

 extracted from food by the action 

 ef the digestive organs. 



CHYLIFEROUS. From the Latin, cJiy- 

 lus, chyle, and/ero, I carry. Carry- 

 ing or conveying chyle. 



CICONIA. Latin. A Stork. 



CILIATED (tongue) When the tongue 

 is edged with fine bristles, as in 

 ducks. 



CINCLUS. From the Greek, kigklos, 

 name of a bird. Generic name of 

 the Water-thrush. 



f Formed from the 



CINERACEUS. I Latin, cineres, ashes. 



CINEREA. { Belonging or relating 



CINEREUS. j to ashes ; ashy ; ash- 

 ^coloured. 



CIRCUS. Latin. A gentle Falcon. 

 The generic name ot the Harriers. 



CITRINELLA. Latin. Formed from 

 citrvs, a citron tree. The specific 

 name of the Ye'low Bunting. 



CLAVICLE. From the Latin, clavis, a 

 key. The collar-bone. 



CLEFT. A space made by the sepa- 

 ration of parts; a crack; a crevice. 

 The line of separation betwixt the 

 two mandible?, shows to what dis- 

 tance the beak is cleft from its point. 



CLOACA. From the Greek, kluzn, I 

 wash. The pouch at the extremity 

 of the intestinal canal, in which 

 the solid and liquid excretions are 

 commingled in birds, fishes, and 

 reptiles. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES. From the Greek, 

 kokkos, a kernel, a grain, and 

 thrauo, I break. The systematic 

 name of the Grosbeaks. 



CCECA, or C^ECA. Plural of Coecum. 



CCECUM, or CAECUM. From the Latin, 

 c&cus, blind. The blind gut, so 

 called from its being perforated at 

 one end only. 



CCELEBS. Latin. Unmarried, soli- 

 tary, lonely. 



COLLURIO, From the Greek, kollad, 

 I join or fasten together. The 

 specific name of the Butcher Bird. 



COLUBRIS. The specific name of a 

 Humming Bird. 



COLUMBA. Latin. A Pigeon. 



COLYMBUS. From the Greek, kolum- 

 bao, I dive. Systematic name of 

 the Divers. 



COMMISSURE. From the Latin, com- 

 mitto, I join together. A point of 

 union between two paits. The 

 point where the two mandibles 

 are joined is called the commis- 

 sure of the beak. 



COMMUNIS. Latin. Common. 



COMPRESSED ( beak. ) Flattened at 

 the sides vertically. 



CONCHA. The ho low part of the car 

 tilage of the external ear. 



CONIROSTRES From the Latin, conns, 

 a cone, and rostrum, a beak. The 

 systematic name of a family of 

 passerine birds. 



CORACOID. From the Greek, korax, 

 a crow, and eidos, resemblance. 

 Resembling the beak of a crow. 

 The coracoid bone is the posterior 

 clavicle of birds. 



CORAX. Latin. A Raven. 



CORNU. Latin. A horn. 



CORVUS. Latin, A Crow. 



COSMOPOLITE. From the Greek, kos- 

 tttos, world, and polites, citizen. A 

 citizen of the world. Peculiar to 

 no country. 



