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tliia county, fee under the heads Bangor, Conway, Caer- 

 narvon, &c. This county returns two members to parli- 

 ament. It 13 in the dioctfe o( Bangor, and province of 

 Canterbury. Kay's " View of tlie Agricnltnre of North 

 Wales." A Sketch of the Hillory of Caernarvonfliire. 

 Evans's Tour tlirougli North Wales. Aikin's Journal of a 

 Tour tlirongh North Wales. 



CAERSWS, at prefent a fmall hamlet, fituated on the 

 Severn, above New Town, in Montgomerylhire, North 

 Wales, b\it formerly a town of confulerablc antiquity, and 

 probably a Roman ftation, as is inferred from the fine 

 hewn ftones for building, and feveral bricks common in Ro- 

 man cities or places poneffed by the Romans when in Bri- 

 tain. It had alfo a caftle and a church, and the form of 

 three camps is llill difcernihle in its vicinity. The Roman 

 joad, or caufeway, called .Sarn-Sws, runs here towaido 

 Meifod, and may be traced to the banks of the Tynnvy, 

 ■near Llyfin. 



CjERULATA, in Entomology, a fpecies of Phal;f.na, 

 {Geomeira) with obfcurely green wings, banded with 

 Ijrovvn, and two cseruleous bands. Fabricius. 



C^ERULEA, a fpeciesof Chrysomela, of a blue colour 

 with violaceous thorax. Geoffroy. Inhabits France. 



C^rulea, a fpecies of Necydalis, ca:ruleous, with 

 the hinder thighs clavated and arcuated. Fabricius. 



CcRULEA, in a fpecies of Cicindela, of a fliining 

 blue colour, with the mouth white. Inhabits the great 

 fandy deferts of Siberia. Pallas. 



C-CRULEA, a fpecies of Pimelia, [SepliTium), cserulef 

 cent, with a roundilh thorax, and ftriated elytrx. Fabri- 

 cius. 



CjBrulea, in Ichthyology, a fpecies of Coryph^ena, 

 wholly csrnleoijs. Bloch. Found in the American ocean, 

 clothed with large fcales, compreffed, and above convex. 



C/erulha, in Onihh'jlogy, a fpecies of Ardea, called by 

 Latham the blue heron, and blue bittern of Catcfby. The 

 back of the head is crefted ; colour of the body blue. Brif- 

 fon calls it cancrophagus caeruleus. It is the black and 

 blue gaulding of Ray and Sloane. 



There are fevtral diftindl varieties of this bird, one of 

 vhich is blue, with the head and collar of a rufous brown 

 colour ; and another has the blue of the body tinged with 

 green, with the chin and throat white. Inhabits America. 



C^rulea, the fpecies of Alcedo called by Latham 

 the white-coJlared kings filher ; ifpida indica torquata of 

 BrilTon. This bird is of a blue colour, beneath rufous, 

 with the eye brows and collar white. Length feven inches. 

 Inhabits India. 



C;erulea, a fpecies of Procellaria, bluifli cinereous, 

 'leneath white, with the beak and legs cinereous ; the blue 

 petrel of Latham. 



C^rulea, a beautiful bird of the Certhia, or creeper, 

 ^enus from Cayenne. The prevaihng colour of the plu- 

 mage is blue, with the band acrofs the eyes, chin, \ving5, 

 ind tall, black. Gmelin, &c. 



Cy'ERULEA, a fpecies of CoLUMBA, coeruleous ; the beak, 

 legs, and covers of the wings, red ; the blue pigeon of La- 

 tham, and the tlacapoilotl of Ray. Found in New Spain. 



C.tRULEA, the fpecies of Muscicapa, called by La- 

 tham the azure fly-catcher, cseruleous ; with a black fpot 

 on the occiput and bread ; the abdomen and vent bluilh- 

 white, and the feathers of the wings and tail bluifh-black. 

 Found in the Philippine Ifles. 



C.tRULEA, in Zoology, a fpecies of Nereis, fmooth and 

 caerulefcent. Fabricius. 



CjERULEOCEPHALA, in Entomology, a fpecies of 

 Cantharis, (Ala/achius), dclcribed by Thunberg. The 



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thorax is red, emarginate ; wing-cafes fufcous ; anterior 

 part of the head red ; polUrior biue-black. Inhabits Eu- 

 rope. 



C^ERULEocrriiALA, a fpecies of Bombyx, common in 

 various parts of Europe, and in England known by the tri- 

 vial nalue of the figure-of-eigh.t moth. The wings are grcy- 

 ifh, varied with brown, with a large double irregular 

 whitifli fpot. Linn. &c. The larva feeds on apple and on 

 other fruit trees. 



C.ERULEOCEPHALA, iu Ornithology, a fpecies of Alcedo, 

 or kings-fifher, found in the illand of Madagafcar. The 

 prevailing colour is blue above, beneath rufous ; throat 

 white ; quill-feathers blackilh. 



The length of this bird is four inches, and it has the bill 

 and legs of a red colour. Bulfon calls it martin-pechcur a 

 tete blcue, and petit martin-pecheur du Senegal. It is the 

 blue headed kings-filher of Latham. 



C^RULEOCEPHALUS, m Entomology, a fpecies oF 

 CuRCULio, violet coloured, with the thorax and elytra; tef- 

 taceous. Found in Saxony. 



C«RULEocEPHALus, in Ornithology, a fpecies of PsiT- 

 TACVS, ca:ruleous, with the belly, rump, and tail green, 

 crown yellow, and feathers of the wings and tail red ; the 

 red and blue parrot of Willughby and Latham. Found in 

 Guiana. 



CiERULESCENS, in Entomology, a fpecies of Can- 

 cer, abundant in the feas between the tropics. The colour 

 is bluilh ; thorax fmooth ; beak advanced, fubulate, 

 and furniflied with two teeth. Fabricius. A crab of a 

 fmall fize. — Alfo, a ipecics of Crvptocephalus [Cijlela), 

 black, with the ftriated elytra; csrulefcent. Found in 

 Barbary. 



C/ERULESCENS, 3 fpecies of Cerambyx {Snperila) 

 that inhabits Germany. The thorax is unarmed, cylindrical, 

 white-blue ; three hues on the thorax and fcutcl pale. 

 Scopoli Schranck, &c. 



Cj^rulescens, a fpecies of Chrysomela [Altim) of a 

 greenifh blue colour, and very glofly ; thorax fmooth ; 

 antennas and legs rufous ; pollerior thighs black. Degeer. 



C^rulescens, a fpecies of Carabus, of a blackilh 

 blue colour, with the bafe of the antennae I'cd. Fabricius. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



C/erulescens, a fpecies of Necydalis, with a round- 

 ifh thorax, and crerulcous fub-opake body. Fabr. 



C.erulescens, in Ornithology, a fpecies of Anas, called 

 by Latham and other Englifh writers the Blue-winged- 

 GoosE. This kind inhabits North America ; the colour is 

 fufcous, beneath white ; wiiig-coverts and pollerior part 

 of the back bluifti. Briffon calls it anfer fylvellris freti 

 Hudfonis ; Bulfon, I'oie des Efquimaux. Obf. The bill 

 and legs are red ; crown yellowifli, rell of the head, with the 

 collar, white ; ftioulders and tail waved with white and grey. 



C.'erulescens, a fpeciesof Rallus, light-red, beneath 

 bluilh, the beak and legs red, the vent white, with black 

 tranfverfe ftriae on the abdomen ; the blue-necked rail of 

 Latham. Found at the Cape of Good Hope. 



C/erulescens, in Zoology, a fpecies of Coluber, 

 found in South America and India, fmooth, cairulefcent, 

 and an acuminated lead-coloured head. 



C/liRULEUS, in Entomology, a fpecies of Cimex, 

 dcfcnbed by Linnasus in his Fauna Sutcica as being entirely 

 of a blue colour and without fpots. 



C^.ruleus, an European fpecies of Carabus, def- 

 cribed by Miiller. The colour is black, with cyaneous 

 wing-cafes ; anteiinx, feeler?, and legs fulvous. 



C;eruleus, a fpecies ot Rhinomacer, cxrulefcent, 

 with the bafe of the antennx and legs y.'Uow. 



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