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COTURNIX. Latin. A Quail. 



COURSER. A race horse. 



COVERTS. The small flathers which 

 lie in several rows on the bones of 

 the wings are called the Lesser 

 coverts ; those that line the under 

 side of the wings, the Under 

 coverts; those feathers that lie im 

 mediately over the quill feathers, 

 and secondaries, are the Greater 

 coverts; and the 1 'ail coverts, are 

 those feathers that cover the tail 

 on the upper side, at the base. 



CRANIUM. From the Greek, kranon, 



head. Tne skull. 



CREPITANS. Latin. Cackling, ring- 

 ing, making a noise, rattling, 

 chattering. 



CREPUSCULAR. From the Latin, cre- 

 pusculum, twilight. Belonging or 

 relating to twilight. 



CREX. From the Greek, Jcrex, a bird ; 

 the Rail. 



CRISTATUS. Latin. Tufted, combed, 

 crested ; wearing a crest. 



CRUSTACEA. From the Latin, crusta, 

 a crust. A class of animals whose 

 bodies are enclosed in a covering 

 like the crab. 



CUCULLATUS Latin. Hooded,cowled. 



CUCULUS. Latin. Cuekno. 



CUL-DE-SAC. French. A blind alley ; 

 literally, a bag bottom. 



CULTRATE. From the Latin, culler, 

 a knife. Sharp and cutting on the 

 edges. 



CULTRIROSTRES. From the Latin, 

 culler, (in the genitive, cultri,) a 

 knife, and rostrum, beak. Syste- 

 matic name of a family of Gral- 

 latoria% characterised by a beak 

 with sharp edges. 



CUNEATE. From the Latin, cuneus, 

 a wedge ; wedge-shaped. 



CUNEIFORM. From the Latin, cuneus, 

 a wedge, and forma, form. In the 

 form of a wedge; wedge-shaped. 



CUPIDO. Latin. Desire, appetite, 

 gluttony. 



CURRUCA. Latin. A Tom-tit, a 

 Hedge-sparrow. 



CURVATE. Bowed, bent. 

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CURVIROSTRA. From the Latin, cur- 

 vus, bent, bowed ; and rostrum, 

 beak. Having the beak bent or 

 bowed. 



CYGNUS. Latin. A Swan. 



CYPSELUS. Latin. A Martin or 

 Swallow. 



DENTATE. From the Latin, Jens, a 

 tooth. Toothed or notched. 



DENTIROSTRES From the Latin dens, 

 a tooth, (in the genitive, dentis,) 

 and rostrum, beak. Systematic 

 name of a family of passerine 

 birds. 



DEPRESSOR. Muscles, whose func- 

 tion is to depress certain parts are 

 so called. 



DEPRESSED (beak.) Flattened hori- 

 zontally 



DIAPHRAGM. From the Greek, dia- 

 phragma, a partition. The fleshy 

 or muscular partition between the 

 cavity of the chest and cavity of 

 the abdomen. 



DIOMEDEA. The ancient name of 

 certain birds of the island of 

 Diomedes, near Tarentum, which 

 were said to receive the Greeks 

 favourably, and to attack the bar- 

 barians. The systematic name of 

 the Albatross. 



DISPOSITION. From the Latin, dis~ 

 pono, I place or set in order. Ar- 

 rangement or placing of parts. 



DIURNAL. From the Latin, dies, 

 day. Belonging or rela'ing to the 



day. 



DIURN^E. Systematic name of a 



division of the birds of prey. 

 DOLICHONYX. From the Greek, doli- 



chos, long, and onvx,a riail, a claw, 



Generic name of the Rice Bird. 

 DOMESTICA. Latin. Domestic. 

 DUCT (Thoracic.) The canal or duct 



which conveys the chyle into the 



blood. 

 ECHKLETTE. French. A little ladder. 



Systematic name of the Creepers. 

 EMBERIZA. Generic name of the 



Buntings. 

 ERECTILE. From the Latin, erigere, 



to became erect. Susceptible of 



erection. 



