68 . 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-fia'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. cadu'cus), a. Falling 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.) 
Canariculated (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), ) ^ Whitigh . h frost _ like . 
Canes cent (L. canes cens), ) 
Cap'illary (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 carinatoz) are those furnished with a keeled sternum. 
Cafneous (L. car'neus), a. Fleshy. 
Carnivorous (L. carniv'orus), a. Flesh-eating. 
Car'mine (L. carmin'cus; coccin'eus),n. Avery 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 carpus. 
