GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 
73 
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.) 
Curminal (L. culmina'tus), a. Pertaining to the culmen. 
Cul'trate (L. cultra'tus), a. Knife-like. 
Gultriros'tral (L. cultriros'tris), a. Having a knife-shaped bill, or the bill 
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 (Ciconudce), 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'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. 
Cuspidate (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 Cypselidce, or 
Swifts. 
Cypselomorph'se (L.),ra. The Huxleyan name (meaning "swift-formed") 
of a group of oegithognathous " Picarice" including the Goat-suckers 
(Cuprimulfjidce), Swifts ( Cypselidce) , and Humming-birds ( Trochilidce) . 
(Equivalent to the Macrochires and Cypseli 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. 
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.) 
Dasypae'dic, a. Clothed with down at birth. (Same as Ptilopoedic.) 
Decid'uous, a. Temporary, or shed periodically, as the horns of a deer 
and the " nuptial ornaments " of many birds. 
Wedge-shaped. (Plate XIV. fig. 13.) 
D. 
Declin'ate, ) 
Declin'ed, ) 
I (L. declina'tus), a. Bent downward. 
