136 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



883. Buteo fuliginosus Scl. B . c . R . (is. A.) (?) 



Sooty Buzzard. 



884. Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus (L.) Pearson. B . c . R . (!A.) 



Spoon-billed Sandpiper. 



885. Fulica atra L. B . c . R . (G.) 



European Coot. 



836. Fuligula rufina (Pall.) Steph. B . c . R . (IE.) 



Rufous-crested Duck. 



887. CEstrelata gularis (Peale) Brewst. B . c . R . (!) 



Gular Petrel. 



888. Puffinus borealis Cory. B . c . R . (?) 



Northern Shearwater. 



883. B. fu-li-gin-o'-sus. Lat. fuliginosus, sooty, of a dark sooty color ; fuligo, soot. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since ascertained to occur in Florida (if really distinct from 

 B. brachyurus). See Ridg., Bull. Nutt. Club, vi, No. 4, October, 1881, p. 212. 



884. Eu-ry-no-rhyn'-chus pyg-mae'-Qs. Gr. eupiW, I dilate, widen, spread out; from evpvs, 



broad; and f>vy^os, beak. It is found spelled in many different ways; often tin-in- or 

 eurhin-, as if supposed to be eS and fris or piv, the nose. See Sitta, No. 61. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Since given by Ridgway as occurring at Point 

 Barrow, Arctic coast of Alaska, in Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21, 1881, p. 85. We 

 are informed that the alleged occurrence is questionable. 



885. Ful'-i-ca a'-tra. Lat. atcr, atra, atrum, black. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Since reported to have been obtained in 

 Greenland in 1876. See Ridg., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21, 1881, p. 85, and Freke, 

 Zoologist, September, 1881, p. 374. 



886. Ful-Ig'-u-la ru-fi'-na. Late Lat. rufinus, reddened, reddish, formed from rufus, of same 



meaning. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Specimen said to have been procured 

 in Fulton Market, New York, February, 1872, and to be now in the Nat. Mus. at Wash- 

 ington. Ridg., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21, 1881, p. 85; Allen, Bull. Nutt. Club, vi, 

 1881, p. 173. 



887. Oes-tre'-la-ta gul-a'-ris. Lat. gularis, pertaining to yula, the throat. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since ascertained to occur in New York. See Brewst., Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, vi, No. 2, April, 1881, p. 94. 



Only North American as astray on the high sea. 



888. Puf'-fin-us bor-e-a'-lis. Lat. borealis, northern. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since described as new from Massachusetts. See Cory, Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, vi, No. 2, April, 1881, p. 84. 



