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ges of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.

ographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold. Abney.

An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york.

A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimæra.

Clear or net profit. Trollope.

An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.

One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. Lindley.

A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.

The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.

e from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.

eans of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.

lls or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.

act, for safe keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often called the envelope), on which was inscribed a duplicate of the inscription on the inclosed tablet.

The pharalope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.

An envelope or covering of copper.

One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

m the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.

The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.

A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia. [Written also corsac.]