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* COTES. 474 COTINGA. ford. Ontario, C'aii.tda. and was educated at the Collegiate School there. She found lier way to the novel through letters and sketches contributed to newspa]3crs and periodicals, and made a brilliant success in A Social Departure, the observations of a tour roind the world in 1889-90 with Mrs. Lilian Rood. In 1891 Miss Duncan married Everard C. Cotes, a press corre- spondent of Simla. India, and lias since written several stories of Anglo-Indian social life. Among her novels are: An American Girl in London (1891) ; .1 Daughter of To-day (1894) ; Vernmi's Aunt (1894) ; The .S'lHi/i/e Adventures of a Mem- sahib (1893) ; The Story of Sonny Sahib (189^) ; His Honour and a Lady (1896); A Voyage of Consolation (1898) ; The' Path of a Star (1899) ; The Other Side of the Latch, the diaiy of an invalid in Simla (1901); Those Delightful Americans (1902). c6tES-DU-N0ED, kof-du-nor'. A depart- ment in the northwest of France (q.v. ), former- ly a part of Brittany, bounded on the north by the English Channel (Map: France, D 3), Area. 2659 square miles. Population, in 1896, 602,657: in 1901, 609,349. The Armoric hills, called also the Montague Noire, and the ilenez Mountains, cross the department from east to west. These formations give a rude and broken aspect to the coasts. The chief rivers, which are short but navigable, are the Ranee, Gouet, Trieux, Guer, and Arguenon. The cultivation of fla.x and hemp, with the pasturing of cattle and iron- mining, supply employment in the mountainous districts; while in the sheltered valleys and on the coast levels grain, with pears and apples and other fruits, are produced. The coasts are well supplied with various kinds of fish. Capital, Saint Brieuc. COT'GRAVE, R.XDLE ( ?-c.l634). An Eng- lish lexicographer, born in Cheshire, and edu- cated at Saint John's College, Cambridge. It was while he was secretary to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, that he compiled his French- English dictionary (1611). Other editions were published in 1632, 1650, 1660, and 1673. The work contains many absurd errors, but it shows much more care than similar productions of that time, and is still much used by philologists. CbTHEN, or Kothen, ke'ten. An ancient town of the German Duchy of Anhalt, situated on the Ziethe, about 22 miles north of Halle (Map: Germany. D 3). The streets are broad and tJie town is neat and well built. It is sur- rounded by high walls, and is divided into the old and new towns and four suburbs. Among its notable public buildings are the Gothic Church of Saint .James, with some fine old stained glass and a handsome organ, and the former palace, now used as a museum and containing a library of 20,000 volumes. The chief industry is the manu- facture of beet-sugar ; there are also iron-foun- dries and machine-works. Population, in 1890, 18,215; in 1900, 22,100. Cothen was an old Slavic settlement, and received municipal privi- leges in the twelfth centurr. In 1547 it joined the Schmalkaldic League and was taken by Charles V. L'ntil 1853 it was the capital of the Principality of Anhalt-Cothen. COTHUR'NUS. See Buskin. COTI'DAL LINES. A system of lines on a globe or chart which show the movement of the ocean tidal waves. The lines join the places liere high water occurs at the same moment. COTILLON. A French dance, the same as the gernian. and iierfornicd to quadrille music. It was a fashionalilc dance at the Court of Charles X., where it had been adapted from a peasant dance, -it first for one, then for two performers, it soon became a ronde dance, in which form it was introduced into England. There are hun- dreds of possible figures in the modern dance and the accessories are most elaborate. The cotillon is begun by a small number of couples, who oc- cupy the floor while the rest of the guests sit about the ballroom. These couples select others from among those seated, and after going through a figure all take seats and are replaced by other couples until the whole company has danced that particular figure. Another method is for each set of couples to dance a difterent figui'e. There is a good description of some excellent figures in Grove, and collaborators. Dancing (London, 1895), COTIN, ko'taV, Chakles (1604-82), A French poetaster, born in Paris. He was royal councilor and almoner to the King under Louis XIV., and in 1655 was admitted to the Academic Francaise. His knowledge of the Oriental and classic lan- guages was extensive, .and he was a member of the literary circles of the Hotel Rambouillet and other salons. His verse, of which the I'ocsies chretienncs (1657) are the most creditable, is of no importance. He is, however, unenviably fa- mous as the object of Boileau's ridicule (Satires, 3, 8, 9) and the original of Trissotin in Mo- li6re"s Fcnnnes sarantes. COTINGA, ko-ten'ga, or Chatterer (native South American). A bird of the family Cotin- gida;, allied to the waxwings and manakins. Co- tingas are numerous, both in species and indi- viduals, inhabit tropical America exclusively, feeding on insects and fruit, and are remarkable for the splendor of the nuptial plumage worn by the males in many cases, or for eccentricities of ornament. TliQ bell-bird and unbrella-bird, else- where described, are cotingas exemplifying such peculiarities, and the cocks-of-the-rock are in- cluded by some systemists. They have been spe- cially studied by Dr. Leonard Stejneger, who refers to the group as follows in the Standard Natural History, vol, iv, (Boston, 1885): "The greater number of the species of cotinga are plain-colored, gray, rufous, or greenish. , . though even among these rather modest forms there are some which are more or less highly adorned. Among these is the rose-bre.isted 'fly- catcher' (Hadrostomus Aglaiw). with a beautiful crimson rosy patch on the breast, which just enters our faima across the southern frontier. Xovertheless, the cotingas are, generally consid- ered, especially bright-colored and curiously adorned birds. . . . From Central America we have the exquisite Carpodectes, white all over, with a delicate tinge of bluish-gray washed over the upper surface : from Guiana to Brazil are found the deep purplish-carmine Xipholoena, with hite rcniiges, and the great wing-coverts singularly lengthened, narrow and stiffened, like a woodpecker's tail-featlicrs ; the glorious cotin- ga, shining azure-blue, with purple throat, from the same countries: the greenish, fork-tailed Phi- balura from Brazil : and the small, pipra-like lodopleura, curious on account of the rare lilac