. A dictionary of birds . e that 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 with the scapula andclavicle, and form the chief articulation of the humerus with theshoulder-girdle (see Skeleton). CORACOMORPH^, Prof. Huxleys name for the large groupof BEaMOGNATHO¥^-4jirds—incomparably the largest of those thatnow exist, and for the most part equivalent to the Passeres ofLin
. A dictionary of birds . e that 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 with the scapula andclavicle, and form the chief articulation of the humerus with theshoulder-girdle (see Skeleton). CORACOMORPH^, Prof. Huxleys name for the large groupof BEaMOGNATHO¥^-4jirds—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. Soc. 1867, pp. 468-472). (See Introduction.) CORMORANT 2—from the Latin coi-vus marinus, through the ^ La Volee aux Macreuses. Nouveaux Soiovenirs de Chasse et de la Pichedans le midi de la France, pp. 53-65. Paris : 1860. ^ Some authors, following Caius, derive the word from corvus vorans andspell it Corvorant, but doubtless wrongly. CORMORANT 105. French (in some patois, of which it is still cor marin, and incertain Italian dialects corvo marin or corvo marino)—alarge sea-fowl belonging to the genus Phalacrocorax ^ {Carlo, Halieus,and Graculus of some ornithologists), and that group of the LinnjeanOrder Anseres, now pretty generally recognized by lUigers 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 seaweed, and,with the ground immediatelysurrounding it, generally looks as though bespattered with Cormor.^>.t. (After Swainson.) whitejvash, 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
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