GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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collarls: collared. 



colubrls: pertaining to a snake. 



columbarius: pertaining to a dove. 



columbianus: Columbian. 



communist common. 



compressus: compressed. 



concinnus: handsome. 



concolor: one-colored. 



conflnis: confined (in its range). 



conspersus: bespattered. 



constrictor: one that hugs. 



contortrix- contorted. 



conus: a cone. 



corax: a raven. 



coregonus: a white-fish. 



cornutus: horned. 



coronatus: crowned. 



corporalis: big-bodied. 



crassilabris: thick-lipped. 



crepitans: screaming. 



crepuscularis: pertaining to twilight. 



crlnitus: long-haired. 



cristatus: crested. 



cucullatus: hooded. 



cunicularius : pertaining to a cony 



(prairie dog), 

 cupido: Cupid, 

 cupreus: coppery, 

 curvirostra; curved-billed, 

 cutisanserlnus: goose-skinned, 

 cyanellus: Gr. bluish, 

 cyaneus: Gr. blue, 

 cyanocephalus: Gr. blue-headed, 

 cyanonoton: Gr. blue-backed, 

 cyclotis: Gr. rounded, 

 cymatogrammus: Gr. wavy-lined, 

 cypho: humpback, 

 cyprinella: a small carp, 

 cyprinus: a carp, 

 delawarensis: Delaware, 

 dlaphanus: transparent, 

 difformis: deformed, 

 dilectus: delightful, 

 dilophus: Gr. two-crested, 

 dinemus: Gr. two-threaded (a lateral 



line and a lateral streak), 

 diplsemius: Gr. doubly-bloody, 

 discolor: two-colored, 

 discors: discordant, 

 dispar: dissimilar, 

 dissimilis: dissimilar, 

 dollatus: sorrowful, 

 domesticus: domestic, 

 domlnicus : from San Domingo. 



dorsalls: dorsal. 



dorsatus: pertaining to the back. 



dubius: dubious. 



duquesnii : from Fort DuQuesne 



(Pittsburg). 

 durissus: hard, 

 eburneus: ivory, 

 effulgens: shining, 

 egretta: Italian an Egret, 

 elapsoidea: like Elaps. 

 elegans: elegant, 

 eleutherus: Gr. free, 

 ellipticus: elliptical, 

 elongatus: elongate, 

 enucleator: one who takes the seed 



from the husk, 

 eos: Gr. color of sunrise, 

 erebennus: Gr. jet-black, 

 eriarchus: Gr. with a large anal fin. 

 ermineus: ermine, 

 erythrocephalus: Gr. red- headed, 

 erythrogaster: Gr. red-bellied, 

 erythrogrammus: Gr. red- lined, 

 erythronotus: Gr. red-backed, 

 erythrophtnalmus: Gr. red-eyed, 

 erythrurus: Gr. red-tailed, 

 estor: devourer. 

 euryops: Gr. wide-faced, 

 evides: Gr. comely, 

 excubitoroides : like excubltor a 



sentinel. 



exilipes: slender-footed, 

 exilis: slender, 

 eximius: excellent, 

 falcinellus: /ate a scythe, 

 fallax: deceptive, 

 familiaris: familiar, 

 fasciatus: banded, 

 ferinus: wild, 

 ferox: ferocious, 

 ferrugineus: rust-colored, 

 fiber: a beaver. 

 Sissipes: cloven-footed, 

 flabellaris: fan-shaped, 

 flabellatus: fan-shaped, 

 flammeus: flame-colored, 

 flavescens: yellowish, 

 ^avifrons: yellow-fronted, 

 flavlpes: yellow -footed, 

 flavirostris : yellow-billed, 

 flaviventris: yellow-bellied, 

 flavus: yellow, 

 floridanus: Florldian. 

 fluviatllis: living In rivers. 



