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e o

Jt is found

the Philippine iOes.

12.

The afer, is

of a violet blacki!h colour, and has a wedge·like tail.

Jt il a oative of Mrica. 13. The pica, or magpye,

is variegmd with black. and white, aod its tail is !ha·

ped like a wedge. They build their ne(ls io mes in

a very artificial manner; Ihe outude confills of thorns

both above and below, leaviog ooly a hole for their

entrance. They lay 6ve or fix eggs, which are pale

and fponed: ¡hey feed upon fmall birdl,

&e.

aod

earefully lay up fuperAuous food till they becomehuogry

agaio. They may be learoed tO lalk pretty dillinaly.

14, The fenegaleofis, il of a blacki!h violet colour,

witb black legs, and a wedge.!haped tail.

is a na·

tive of SeoegaJ. 15. The brachyurus, is greeo be·

low, with yellow lines on the head, and white fpols on

the wings.

is found ir, Ihe Molucca ifies. 16. The

caoadenfis, is of a dufiey colour, wilh a yellow fore·

head, and white below : it has a rouodi!h tail, and is

a oative of Canada. 17. The pyrrhocorax, is black·

i!h, with a yellow beak, and black legs.

18. The

graculus, is of a blacki!h violet colour, wilh a yellow

back and legs. 19. Theeremita, is greeni!h, wilh a

yellowifh bead, a fmall erell 00 the back part of the

head, aod a red beak and legs. The tbree,lall are

oatives of Switzerland.

CORVUS, Ihe RAYEN, io a(lrooomy. See Vol.

487.

CORVUS, in Romao antiquity, a military engine, or ra·

ther gallery, moveable at pleafure by

mean~

of pullies,

chieAy ufed io boarding the enemy's !hips; to cover

tbe meno

COR tBANTES, in antiquity, priells of the goddefs

Cybele, who, infpired with a facred fury, danced up

lnd down, to/liog their heads, and beating on cymbals

or brazen drums. They iohabited mouot Ida, io the

ifiand of Crele, where they nouri!hed the infanl Ju.

piler, keepiog a contioual ratlliog with their cymbals,

tlJal his father Saturo, who had refolved to devour

all his male ofl'spring, mighl not hear the child's eries.

CORYBANTICA, in Greciao antiquity, a fe(\jval kept

io honour of Ihe Corybantes.

CORYCOMACHIA, amoog Ihe anciems, was a forl

of exercife in which they pu!hed forwards a ball, fu·

fpended from Ihe ceiling, aod at ilS reluro eilher

caught it with theit hands. or fufFered it 10 meet tbeir

body. Oribafius informs us it was reeommeoded for

exteoualiog too grofs bodies.

CORYDALIS, in bOlaoy. See FUMARlA.

CORYLUS, Ihe HAZLE, io bouny, a genus of Ihe

monoecia polyaodria clafs. The calix of the male

coofifis of ooe Iri6d leaf. and cootaios but one80wer;

has

corolla, but eight fiamioa: the calix of the

female confins of

t\Vo

lacerated leaves; il has no co·

rolla; Ihe fiyli are two; ana !he out is oval. There

are IWO fpecies,

.iz.

the avellaoa, a native of Bri·

1ain ; aod tlJe columa, a oative of Biuotium.

COltYMBIUM. in bOlaoy. ageous of plaolS be/ooging

tO Ihe fyngeoefia mooogyoia clafs. The calix coofills

of t\VO leaves !haped like a prilin, aod cootainiog ooe

Jlower; the corolla has bUI oo.e regular petal; and

Vo~.

No.

e o s

Ihe fruil coolains one downy feed. 'Fhere is bUI oae

fpecies, a oative of Africa.

CORYMBUS, in bOlaoy. See Vol.

p.637.

CORYPHA, in botany. a genus belonging 10 Ihe orde.r

of palma: flabelIifolia:. The corolla coofi/ls of Ihree

petals; it has fix Ilamina, aod ooe pinillum; 'and Ihe

froit is a drupa cootaining ooe fced. Tbere is but oae

fpecies. a native of Iodia.

CORYPHlENA, in ichthyology, a geous be/onging 10

tbe order of thoracici. Tbe head isdcclined and truo–

caled

the braochiollege membraoe has

fix

rays ; and

the back fin ruos the whole length of Ihe back. There

are twe/ve fpecies, mofi of themfound in foreign feas.

CORYZA. in medicine. a catarrh of!he nofe. See

CATARRH .

CORZOLA. or CUt SCO LA. an ifiaud io Ihe gulf of

Venice, .divided fromRagufa io Da/matia, by a oar·

row Ilran: E. long. 18°, and N. lat.

42°

35 .

COSo the WHET'STONE, iñ oatural hiftory, a genus

of vilrefceot /looes. confi(ling of fragmeots of ao inde–

terminate figure, fub.opaque, and granulated.

Of this genus there are feveral fpecies, fome coofill·

iog of rougher, and

othe~

of fmoother, or eveo of al,

logelher impalpable particles; and ufed not ooly for

whet·llones. but alfo for mill·/looes. aod other the

purpofe~.

CO·SECANT, io geometry, the fecanl of ao arch

which is Ihecomplemeol of aoolher to

90°

See GEO–

ETR

COSENZA, the capital of the hither Ca/abria, io the

kingdom ofNaples: E.long. 16° 35', N.lal. 39°

is ao archbi!ho¡>'s fee.

CO·SINE. in trigonometry. the fine of

arch. which

is Ihe complement of another tO

90·'

See GEOMS–

TaY.

COSMETIC. in phyfic. any medicine or preparalion

which renders the fkio

(of~

and white, or he/ps to

beautify and improve the eomplexioo;

lip·falves,

cold creams, cerufs,

&e.

COSMICAL. a term io afironomy. exprelliog one

the pcetical rifings of a fiar: thus a llar ia faid t9 rife

cofmically. wheo it rifes wi¡h the fuo, or witb tlJal

poiol of the ecliptic io which the fun is at that time:

aod Ihe cofmical fetting is wheo

Har feu in Ihe wea

at the fame time Ihat the fuu rifes in the ea/!.

COSMOGRAPHY, a defcriptioo of the feveral \Í3rts

of the vifible world; or the art of delineatiog the fe–

veral bodies according tO their magoitudes, mOlioos,

re/auons,

&c.

Cofmography coofills of two pam, afirooomy aod

geography. See ASTRONOMY, aod GEOGRAPHY.

COSSACKS, people iohabitiog !he bauks

o.f

tbe rivers

Neiper aod Don, Dear tbe Black·fea aod frootiers of

Turky. Their couotry is commonly called the

U·

kraioe, and is mollly fubjea tO Rullia.

COSSET, among farmers.

colt. calf, !amb,

(:le.

brought up by haod, withoul tbe dam.

COSTAL. ao appellatioo given by anatomills to feveral

paTls belongiog tO Ihe .!ides : tIJUI

we mce!

with coilal

mufcles. vertebra:.

&e.

COSTA-