GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 



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Cu'bital (L. cubita'lis), a. Pertaining to the forearm. 



Cu'cullate (L. cuculla'tus), a. Hooded, or having the head colored 



differently from the rest of the plumage. 

 Cul'men (L ), n. The ridge or upper outline of the maxilla, or upper 



mandible. (Plate XII. fig. 7.) 

 Cul'minal (L. culmina'tus) , a. Pertaining to the culmen. 

 Cul'trate (L. cultra'tus), a. Knife-like. 

 Cultriros'tral (L. cullriros'tris), a. Having a knife-shaped hill, or the hill 



lengthened, compressed, and pointed, like a Heron's. Pertaining to 



the so-called Cultrirostres. 

 Cultriros'tres (L.), n. An artificial group of wading birds, including the 



Herons (Ardeidce) and Storks ( Ciconiidce), so named on account of 



the knife-shaped bill, and in this sense nearly equivalent to Herodiones. 



Also applied to a group of Passerine birds, which includes the Cor- 



vidce, Sturnidce, Icteridce, etc. 



Cu'neate (L cunea'tus) ) Wedge-shaped. (Plate XIV. fig. 13.) 



Cu'neiform (L. cuneijor mis) , ) 



Cu'preous (L. cu'preus), a. Coppery; like copper. 



Curso'res (L.), n. An artificial group of birds, in the older systems, 



including the Bustards and other " coursers " or " runners." 

 Curso'rial, a. Running ; pertaining to the Cursores. 

 Cus'pidate (L. cuspida'tus), a. Stiff-pointed. 

 Cuta'neous, a. Pertaining to the skin. (Same as dermal) 

 Cyp'seline (L. cypseli'nus), a. Swift-like ; pertaining to the Cypselidm, or 



Swifts. 

 Cypselomorph/ae (L. ), n. The Huxleyan name (meaning " swift-formed") 



of a group of jegithognathous " Picarice," including the Goat-suckers 



(Caprimulgidai), Swifts {Cypselidoe), and Humming-birds (Trochilidai). 



(Equivalent to the Macrocliires and Ci/pseli of other authors.) 

 Cylin'dric-o'vate, n. An elongate ovate with parallel sides. (Plate 



XVI. fig. 6.) 

 Cym'biform (L. cymbifor'mis), a. Boat-shaped. 







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Dah'lia Pur'ple, n. A rich dark purple color, like some varieties of the 

 dahlia (Dahlia variabilis). ( Madder-carmine -f intense blue.) (Plate 

 VIII. fig. 2.) 

 Dasypse'dic, a. Clothed with down at birth. (Same as PLilopatdic.) 

 Decid'uous, a. Temporary, or shed periodically, as the horns of a deer 

 and the " nuptial ornaments " of many birds. 



ec in a e, / _ declina'tus) , a. Bent downward. 

 Dechn ed, ) ' 



