A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

by Spencer Fullerton Baird; T. M. Brewer; Robert Ridgway

Bron´chus, n.; pl. bronchi. Fork or branch of the windpipe below, leading to either lung.

Buc´cal, a. Pertaining to the cheeks internally.

Buff, Buffy; a. Pale brownish-yellow; color of yellow buckskin.

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Cadu´cous, a. Falling off early.

Cæ´cal, a. Pertaining to the cæca.

Cæ´cum, n.; pl. cæca. (Pronounced see´cum.) Intestinal cul-de-sac at junction of smaller and larger intestines, usually present paired in birds; sometimes a foot long. (Also written cœcum, cœca.)

Cal´amus, n. Quill; the dry, hard, horny portion of the stem of a feather below the web, hollow or partly pithy, and translucent. Calamus + rhachis = scapus. (145.)

Calca´neal, a. Pertaining to the back upper portion of the tarso-metatarsus (tarsus of ordinary language).

Calca´neum, n. Heel; back upper part of tarso-metatarsus. Same as talus. (107.) One of the tibial condyles is by some regarded as the homologue of the calcaneum.