. A dictionary of birds . hat bird is nowextinct. COPPERSMITH, see Barbet. COBACOID (named after the coracoid process on the humanshoulder-blade, which was likened in shape by mediaeval anatomiststo a Ravens bill) one of a pair of strong bones which connect theanterior or basal margin of the sternum vnXh. the scapula andclavicle, and form the chief articulation of the humerus with theshoulder-girdle (see Skeleton). CORACOMORPH^, Prof. Huxleys name for the large gi^oupof Desmognathous birds—incomparably the largest of those thatnow exist, and for the most part equivalent to the Passeres ofLinna
. A dictionary of birds . hat bird is nowextinct. COPPERSMITH, see Barbet. COBACOID (named after the coracoid process on the humanshoulder-blade, which was likened in shape by mediaeval anatomiststo a Ravens bill) one of a pair of strong bones which connect theanterior or basal margin of the sternum vnXh. the scapula andclavicle, and form the chief articulation of the humerus with theshoulder-girdle (see Skeleton). CORACOMORPH^, Prof. Huxleys name for the large gi^oupof Desmognathous birds—incomparably the largest of those thatnow exist, and for the most part equivalent to the Passeres ofLinnaeus and Cuvier, and wholly to the VoLUCRES of Sundevall{Proc. Zool. Sac. 1867, pp. 468-472). (See Introduction.) CORMORANT 2—from the Latin corvus marinus, through the ^ La Voleo aux Macreuses. Nouveaux Souvenirs de Chasse et de la PCchedans le onidi de la France, pp. 53-65. Paris : 18G0. ^ Some authors, following Cains, derive the word from corvus vorans andspell it Corvorant, but doubtless wrongly. 1 I CORMORANT 105. French (in some patois, of which it is still cor marin, and incertain Italian dialects corvo marin or corvo marine)—alarge sea-fowl belonging to the genus Phalacrocorax ^ {Carlo, Halieus,and Graculus of some ornithologists), and that group of the LinneeanOrder Anseres, now pretty generally recognized by Illigers termSteganopodes, of which it with its allies forms a Family Phalacro-coracidx. The Cormorant, P. carho, frequents almost all the sea-coast ofEurope, and breeds in societies at various stations most generallyon steep cliffs, but occasionallyon rocky islands as well as ontrees. The nest consists of alarge mass of sea,weed, and,with the ground immediatelysurrounding it, generally looks as though bespattered with Cormorant. (After Svvainson.) whitewash, from the excrement of the bird, which lives entirely on fish. The eggs, from four to sixin number, are small, and have a thick, soft, calcareous shell, bluish-white when first laid, but soon becoming di
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