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Brazilians; but the fhell is thicker; and the flelli 
iil-flavoured, harfh, tough, andftringy. 
CAPELAN. A name given by ifome natura- 
lifirs to a fmall fpecies of whiting, called by the Ve- 
netians matlo; and, by authors, afellus omnium mi- 
nimus, and merlangus. 
CAPELLA. See Lapwing. 
CAPERCALZE. A provincial nam,e for the 
cock of the wood. 
CAPIBARA. Anodier name for the cabiai, 
or water- hog. 
CAPIDODIUS. An appellation given byPau- 
lus Jovius, and fome others, to the fifli called the 
grampus and orca. According to the Artedian 
fyftem, it is a ipecies of dolphin ; and is diftlnguifn- 
ed by that author under the name of the dolphin 
with the fnout bending upwards, and with broad 
ferrated teeth. 
CAPITO. This river-fifh, better known by it's 
Englifli name, the chub, is alfo called cephalus, 
fqualus, andcyprinus; and, in fome places, the che- 
vin. It is longer-bodied than the carp; it's head 
is black, large, and fomewhat flat; it is entirely 
deftitute of teeth ; it's tail is forked ; and all it's fins 
are of a blueilli black colour. It generally lodges 
under the coverts of old (himps of trees and hol- 
low banks, and affords much diverfion to the an- 
gler. It fpawns in May, and is in the higheft per- 
feilion in April; but is never efteemicd a very deli- 
cate fifli. 
Capito is alfo a name erroneoufly given by fome 
authors to the mugil or mullet. Gaza feems to 
have given rife to this miftake, by tranflating the 
word Cephalus from Ariftotle by the term Capito, 
without confidering that he confounded this fifh 
with another. 
Capito C^-ruleus. A fifli common in the 
Danube and other large rivers of Germany; and 
frequently called the jentling. 
Capito Rapax. The pifcis corvus of fome 
naturalifts ; a fifh fHaped fomewhat like the com- 
mon chub. 
CAPO. An appellation given by Paulus Jo- 
vius to the fifh called coccyx by the ancient Greeks, 
and cuculus by the Romans. It is a fpecies of 
the triglfe, diftinguiflied by Artedi under the name 
of the red trigla with a bifid fnout and ftriated co- 
verings to the gills. 
CAPON. A cock-chicken, cafcrated when 
young, and generally as foon as left by the dam. 
Capons, befidcs their ufe for the table, ferve to lead 
chickens, ducklings, turkey-pouts, pea-hens, phea- 
fants, or partridges, inftead of their natural dams ; 
over whom they have feveral advantages by the 
largenefs of their bodies, which will cover thirty or 
forty young. 
CAPONE. A nam.e given by the Italians to 
the fifh called hirundo and corvus by authors ; and 
by Artedi confidered as a fpecies of the trigla. It 
is diflingui filed from the reft of this genus by that 
author under the name of the .trigla with an acu- 
leated head and with three appendages on eacli 
fide of the peroral fins. 
CAPPANUS. An appellation given by fome 
authors to the fea-worm which perforates the bot- 
toms of fhips, unlefs they arc ilieathed with cop- 
per. 
CAPR A. The clafTical name for the goat. 
CAPRICORNUS. See Mordella. 
CAPRIMULGUS. An anomalous nodurnal 
bird, not agreeing with any of the rapacious kind, 
ufually found in the Peak of Derbyfhire, and other 
mountainous places. In Shropfhire it is called the 
fern-owl ; and, in Yorkfhire, the churn-owl, from 
the noife it makes in flying. It is a very beauti- 
ful bird; and, both in fhape and colour, bears a 
flronger refemblance to the cuckow than the owl, 
and is very eafily diflinguifhed from ail other birds- 
by the ftrufture of it's feet and wings. From the 
point of the bill to the extremity of the tail, it mea- 
fures about eleven inches. The head is large in 
proportion ; the bill is extremely fmall, and a little 
incurvated; the mouth and throat are very v/ide; 
the legs are fmall, and feathered half way down on 
the fore-fide, the feathers depending almofc to the 
toes, which are united from the divarication to the 
firft joint; and the inner edge of the middle claw 
is ferrated, as in herons. 
CAPTAIN. A Weft Indian fifli, entirely of 
a red colour ; with only one fin on it's back, which 
is very long when erefted, and armed with large 
prickles : the gill-fins are of the fame fhape, by 
means of which it combats other fifh. It is pretty 
much like the carp, being covered with fcales like 
that fifli; but it grows to the length of three feet, 
and is about thirty inches in circumference. 
Tiiefe filli fwim in flioals, and ten or a dozen are 
commonly entangled in the fame ner. Some of 
them have been caught of the length of fix feet^ 
and thick in proportion, covered all over with fpotSr 
twice as large as thofe of a carp. The flefn of 
the Captain is white, and well tafted. 
CAPUENA. A fifh caught among the rocks 
near the fhores of the American feas. It gene- 
rally grows to about five inches in length; is of ^ 
long, rounded fhape; and is reckoned very deli- 
cious. 
CAP WARD . A Brazilian animal, fo called by 
the Portuguefe, and defcribed as an amphibious 
creature, with a body like a hog, a head like a 
hare, and vvithout a tail. It aimoft conflantly refls 
on it's pofteriors, like an ape. It lives in the fea in 
the day-time ; and in the night feafbn comes afliore, 
for the purpofe of ravaging gardens. It's flefh is- 
reckoned wholefomie. 
CARABUS. The name of a genus of four- 
winged flics belonging to the Linnsan order of 
coleoptera. The antennae are oblong, flender, 
and fetaceous ; and the thorax is fomewhat convex, 
marginated, of a cordated figure, and truncated in 
the hinder-part. 
CARACAL. An anim.al of the feline kind^ 
fometirnes called the fyagufli. It is a native of the 
Eafb Indies; and refembles the lynx in fize, in 
fhape, and even in the Angularity of being tufted 
at the ears. The Caracal, however, differs from 
that animal in the following particulars; that it is 
not mottled; that it's hair is rougher and fhorter; 
that it's tail and muzzle are longer; that it's phyfi- 
ognomy is more fierce ; and that it's nature is more 
favage. 
CARACARA. A Brazilian bird of the genus 
of the hawk, called by the Portuguefe gavicaou. It 
is of the fize of the common kite, and has a tail 
nine inches long. The head is like that of the 
hawk; the beak is black, and hooked; the plumage 
is tawney, with white and yellow fpecks ; and the 
feet are yellow, with lemicircular long, fharp, black 
talons. This bird is very deftruftive to poultry. 
CARANGUE. A Wefl: Indian white and flat 
fifh, but having, notwidiflanding, the eyes placed 
on each fide of the head. It is from two to three 
feet long, eighteen inches broad, and fix thick. 
The back- fins are very unequal j thofe on die gills 
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