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ORNITHOLOGY':— GLOSSARY. 



r A coloured membrane in- 

 Cera.J vesting the base of Ihe upper 

 Cere. ] mandible; as in Hawks, and 



\^a few other birds. 

 Certhia. — The systematic name of 



the Creepers. 

 Cervical — From the Latin, cervix, 

 the neck. Belonging or relating 

 to the neck. 



Cetacea. — In Latin, cetaceus, which 



is formed irom the Gieek, ketos, a 



; whale. Naturalists use the word 



i to designate piscirorm mammals 



that have fins in place of feet, and 



inhabit the sea. 



Charadrius. — Latin. (A bird, the 

 seeing of w'hich, it was supposed, 

 cured those that had the jaundice.) 

 The generic name of the Plover. 



Ch^tura. — Systematic name of the 

 Swifis. 



Chyle. — From the Greek, chulos, 

 nutritious juice. A nutritive fluid 

 of a whitish appearance, which is 

 extracted from food by the action 

 of the digestive organs. 



Chyliferous. — From the Latin, chy. 

 Zus, chyle, aiid/ero, I carry. Carry- 

 ing or conveying chyle. 



CicOiNiA. — Latin. A Stork. 



Ciliated (tongue) — When the tongue 

 is edged with fine bristles, as in 

 ducks. 



Cinclus. — From the Greek, kigklos, 

 name of a bird. Generic name of 

 the Water-thrush. 



f Formed from the 



CiNERACKUs. I Latin, cineres, ashes. 



Cinerea. -{ Belonging or relating 



Cinereus. j to ashes ; ashy ; ash- 

 l, coloured. 



Circus. — Latin. A gentle Falcon. 

 The generic name ol the Harriers. 



CiTRixELLA. — Latin. Formed from 

 citrus, a citron tree. The specific 

 name of the Yellow Bunting. 



Clavicle. — From the Latin, clavis, a 

 key. The collar-bone. 



Cleft. — A space made by the sepa- 

 ration of parts ; a crack ; a crevice. 

 The line of separation betwixt the 

 two mandibles, shows to w hat dis- 

 tance the beak is cleft from its point. 



Cloaca. — From the Greek, kluzo, I 

 wash. The pouch at the extremity 

 of the intestinal canal, in which 

 the solid and liquid excretions are 

 commingled in birds, fishes, and 

 reptiles. 

 CoccoTHRAusTEs. — From the Greek, 

 kokkos, a kernel, a grain, and 

 ihrauo, I break. The systematic 

 name of the Grosbeaks. 

 CcECA, or C.ECA. — Plural of Coecum. 

 C(ECU3], or CAECUM. — From the Latin, 

 ccbcus, blind. The blind gut, so 

 called from its being perforated at 

 one end only. 

 CcELEBs. — Latin. Unmarried, soli- 

 tary, lonely. 

 CoLLURio. — From the Greek, kollao, 

 I join or fasten together. The 

 specific name of the Butcher Bird. 

 CoLUBRis. — The specific name of a 



Hunmiing Bird. 

 CoLUMBA. — Latin. A Pigeon. 

 CoLYMBus. — From the Greek, kolum- 

 bad, I dive. Systematic name of 

 the Diver?. 

 Commissure. — From the Latin, com- 

 7nitto, I join together. A point of 

 union between two parts. The 

 point where the two mandibles 

 are joined is called the commis- 

 sure of the beak. 

 Communis. — Latin. Common. 

 Compressed (beak.) — Flattened at 



the sides vertically. 

 Concha. — The ho'low part of the car- 

 tilage of the external ear. 

 Conirostres — From the Latin, con;/s, 

 a cone, and rostrnm, a beak. The 

 systematic name of a family of 

 passerine birds. 

 CoRACoiD. — From the Greek, horax, 

 a crow, and eidos, resemblance. 

 Resembling the beak of a crow. 

 The coracoid bone is the posterior 

 clavicle of birds. 

 CoRAx. — Latin. A Raven. 

 CoRNu. — Latin. A horn. 

 CoRvts. — Latin, A Crow. 

 Cosmopolite. — From the Greek, kos- 

 Tiios, world, and polites, citizen. A 

 citizen of the world. Peculiar to 

 no country. 



