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ORNITHOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM. 



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Cad'mium Orange (L. cadmiumi'no-auran'tius), n. An exquisitely rich, 

 mellow orange-color (much purer in tint than a true orange) like the 

 breast of the fully adult male Baltimore oriole, or the throat of the 

 Blackburnian Warbler. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Cad'mium Yellow (L. cadmiumi'no-fla'vus), n. A very intense pure 

 orange-yellow color, a little deeper and much purer than Indian 

 yellow, and much more orange than gamboge. (Plate VI. fig. 6.) 



Cadu'cous (L. eadu'cus), a. Palling off early. 



Calca'reous, a. Chalky. 



Campanula Blue, n. A moderately deep purplish blue color, like the 

 hue of some species or varieties of the blue-bell or Canterbury-bell 

 (Campanula). (Smalt -f- white.) (PlateIX.fig.ll.) 



Canal'iculated (L. canalicula'tus) , a. Channelled or furrowed. 



Cana'ry Yellow, n. A delicate pure yellow color, paler than gamboge 

 but deeper than maize or primrose. Nearly the same tint as King's 

 yellow. (Schoenfeld's "heller cadmium" and white.) (Plate VI. 

 fig- 12.) 



Can'cellate (L. cancella'tus) , a. Latticed; marked both longitudinally 



and transversely. 



Candes'cent (L. candes'cens), \ , I71 ... , , , .... 



_ „ , ,t / » " { a. Whitish; hoary; frost-like. 



Canes cent (L. canes certs), ) 



Capillary (L. capilla'rius), a. Hair-like. 



Cap'istrate (L. capistra'tus) , a. Hooded or cowled. 



Capis'trum (L), n. A hood or cowl. In descriptive Ornithology, the 

 fore part of the head all round, or that portion immediately surround- 

 ing the base of the bill. 



Cap'ital (L. capita'lis), a. Pertaining to the head. 



Cap'itate (L. capita'tus), a. A capitate feather has the end enlarged. 



Cap'ut (L. ; gen. cap'itis, pi. cap'ita), n. The head. 



Carbona'ceous (L. carbona'ceus), a. Pertaining to carbon, or charcoal. 

 Thus, carbonaceous-black = coal-black. 



Cari'na (L.) n. A keel, or median ridge. 



Car'inate (L. carina'tus), a. Keeled, or with a median ridge. Carinate 

 Birds (Aves carinatce) are those furnished with a keeled sternum. 



Car'neous (L. car'neus), a. Fleshy. 



Carniv'orous (L. carniv'orus), a. Plesh-eating. 



Car'mine (L. carmin'eus ; coccin'eus) , n. A very pure and intense crimson. 

 The purest of the cochineal colors. (Madder-carmine -}- scarlet- 

 vermilion.) (Plate VII. fig. 6.) 



Car'pal (L. carpa'lis), a. Pertaining to the wrist, or carpua. 



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