Antlia Columba Noachi Lupus Puppis (pneumatica) Corona australis Malus Recticulum Apus Corvus Microscopium Sculptor *Ara Crater Monoceros (Apparatus Argo Crux Musca australis sculptoris) Caela sculptoris Dorado Norma Scutum Sobieskii (Caelum) *Eridanus Octans Sextans *Canis major Fornax chemica *Orion Telescopium Canis minor Grus Pavo Toucan Carina Horologium Phoenix Triangulum australe *Centaurus *Hydra Pictor Vela *Cetus Hydrus (Equuleus Volans Chameleon Indus pictoris) (Piscis volans) Circinus Lepus Piscis australis (C. E.*) FOOTNOTE: [1] The historical development of star-catalogues in general, regarded as statistics of the co-ordinates, &c., of stars, is given in the historical section of the article Astronomy. See also E. B. Knobel, "Chronology of Star Catalogues," _Mem. R.A.S._ (1877). CONSTIPATION (from Lat. _constipare_, to press closely together, whence also the adjective "costive"), the condition of body when the faeces are unduly retained, or there is difficulty in evacuation, tightness of the bowels (see Digestive Organs; and Therapeutics). It may be due to constitutional peculiarities, sedentary or irregular habits, improper diet, &c. The treatment varies with individual cases, according to the cause at work, laxatives, dieting, massage, &c., being prescribed. CONSTITUENCY (from "constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. _constituere_, to create), a political term for the body of electors who choose a representative for parliament or for any other public assembly, for the place or district possessing the right to elect a representative, and for the residents generally, apart from their voting powers, in such a locality. The term is also applied, in a transferred sense, to the readers of a particular newspaper, the customers of a business and the like.