

GLOSSAEY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 



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Car'pal joint, 

 Car'pal angle, 



Having caruncles. 

 Chestnut-colored ; chestnut-color. 



gull-formed") 



(L. carpus), n. The prominence formed by the wrist- 

 joint, or carpus, when the wing is closed. The length 

 of the wing, in descriptions, is measured from the 

 carpal angle to the tip of the longest quill. ( Same 

 as Bend of the Wing, oxflexura.) (PI. XIII. fig. 5.) 

 Car'po-metacar'pal joint, n. The last wing-joint, covered exteriorly by 



the alula. (Plate XIII. fig. 6.) 

 Car'pus (L.), n. The wrist. In a bird, the space between the bend 



(flexura) and the hand-joint of the wing. 

 Car'uncle (L. carun' cuius), n. A naked fleshy excrescence, usually about 

 the head or neck, and ordinarily brightly colored, wrinkled, or warty. 



Carur/culate, ) /x , ,. . 



_ . , , ( (-L. caruncula tus), a. 



Carun culated, ) v " 



Castan'eous (L. casta'neus), a. or n. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



Caud'al (L. cauda'lis), a. Pertaining to the tail. 



Caud'a (L.), n. The tail. 



Caud'ate (L. cauda'tus), a. Tailed. 



Cecomorph'ae (L.), n. The Huxleyan name (meaning 

 of the gull-tribe, or Gavice. 



Celeomorph'ae (L.) n. The Huxleyan name (meaning "woodpecker- 

 formed") of the natural group of birds including the Woodpeckers 

 (Picidai). 



Cepharic (L. cephal'icus), a. Pertaining to the head. 



Cera'ceous (L. cera'ceus) a. Wax-like. 



Cere (L. ce'ra), n. The naked skin or membrane in which the nostrils 

 are situated, common to most Birds of Prey (Raptores) and many of 

 the Parrot-tribe (Psittaci), as well as the Pigeons (Columbce) and 

 some other groups. It usually has a more or less distinct line of 

 demarcation anteriorly (except in the Pigeons). 



Cerulean Blue (L. cozru'leus; ccelesti'nus ; cceles'tis ; ccelico'lor) , n. A 

 fine light blue color, less purplish or more greenish than azure. 

 (Winsor & Newton's cerulean blue.) (Plate IX. fig. 21.) 



Cer'vical (L. cervica'lis), a. Pertaining to the cervix or hind neck. 



Cer'vix (L.), n. The hind neck, extending from the occiput to the 

 commencement of the back. It has two subdivisions, namely, the 

 nape and scruff (nucha and auchenium), which occupy respectively 

 the upper and lower halves of the cervix. (Plate XI.) 



Changeable, a. As applied to colors, varying in tint with different in- 

 clinations to the light ; iridescent. 



Character, n. Any peculiarity of structure or plumage, or other distinctive 

 attribute, available for the diagnosis of a species, genus, or higher group. 



Charadriomorph'ae (L.), n. The Huxleyan name (meaning "plover- 

 formed ") for the group of smaller wading birds usually called Limicoloz. 



Cheek (L. ge'na; buc'ca), n. An arbitrary subdivision of the side of the 

 head, differently employed by various writers, but usually correspond- 

 ing to the malar region, or the feathered portion of the lower jaw. 

 (Plate XII.) 



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