cyrtolite (sertolit)

[ the name. cyrtometer (sér-tom'e-tėr), n. [ The cyrtometer is used for delineating the external contour of the chest and for exact comparison of one side with the other. Pop. Sci . Mo., XXV. 193. Cyrtonyx (ser'tō-niks), n. [NL. (J. Gould, 1845), IMG:content-1956.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1957.jpg:[graphic][ocr errors][merged small] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary Cyrtonyx A genus of American partridges or quails, the harlequin quails, of the family Tetraonidæ and subfamily Odontophorinæ or Ortygina: so called from the large curved claws. The bill is very stout; the head crested; the tail so short that the rectrices are almost hidden by the coverts; and the wing-coverts and inner secondaries elongated, covering the primaries when the wing is closed. The type is the Ma ena quail or partridge of the southwestern United States and Mexico, C. ma ena, a handsome species, the male of which has the face curiously striped with black and white, the under parts being velvety-black and mahogany-brown, crowded with circular white spots.