88 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



514. Buteo cooperi Cass. B 29. c 349. R 437. (?) 



Cooper's Buzzard Hawk. 



515. Buteo harlani (Aud.) Bp. B 22. c sso. R 438. 



Harlan's Buzzard J Itiwk. 



516. Buteo borealis (Gm.) V. B 23. c 351. R 436. 



Red-tailed Buzzard Hawk; Hen Hawk. 



517. Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.) Ridg. B 20, 24. c ssia. R 4366. 



Western Red-tailed Buzzard Hawk. 



518. Buteo borealis lucasanus Ridg. B . c 35i&. R 43Gc. 



St. Lucas Buzzard Hawk. 



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519. Buteo borealis krideri Hoopes. B . c ssic. R 436a. (?) 



Krider's Buzzard Hawk. 



520. Buteo lineatus (Gm.) Jard. B 25. c 352. R 439. 



Red-shouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



521. Buteo lineatus elegans (Cass.) Ridg. B 26. c 352. R 439a. 



Western Red-shouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



522. Buteo abbreviates Cab. B . c 353. R 440. 



Band-tailed Hawk. 



523. Buteo swainsoni Bp. B is, 19, 21, 28. c 354. R 442. 



Swainson's Buzzard Hawk. 



514. B. coop'-Sr-I. To Dr. James G. Cooper, of California, well known for his studies of the 



birds of that country. Doubtful species : only one specimen known. 



515. B. haV-lan-i. To Dr. Eichard Harlan, of Philadelphia, author of Medical and Physical 



Researches, Fauna Americana, etc. 



516. B. bor-e-a'-lis. Lat. borealis, northern ; boreas, the north wind. 



517. B. b. cal-u'-rus. Gr. tca\6s, beautiful, and ovpa, tail. 



518. B. b. lu-cas-a'-nus. Named after Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. 



519. B. b. kri'-dgr-i. To John Krider, the veteran taxidermist of Philadelphia. Dubious. 



520. B. H-ne-a'-tus. Lat. lineatus, lineated, limned, from linio ; linea, a line. In reference to the 



streaking of the plumage. 



521. B.I. e'-le-gans. Lat. elegans, elegant, because select, chosen : e and %o, I pick out. 



522. B. ab-brev-i-a'-tus. Lat. abbreviatus, shortened; ab and brevio, I abridge, contract ; brevis, 



short ; Gr. Ppa-%vs. Applicability unknown to us. 



This stands as B. zonocercus in the orig. ed. See Ridg., Pr. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 220. 



523. B. swam'-s5n-i. To William Swainson, Esq., the celebrated English naturalist. 



Mr. Sharpe has lately called this B. obsoletus (Gm.), but very erroneously, Gmelin's 

 bird of that name being a Gyrfalcon. B. insignatus of Cassin is simply a melanism. 

 B. bairdi of Cassin is the young. This bird is the nearest form we have to the Euro- 

 pean B. vulgaris, which latter has been attributed to Michigan : see Maynard, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, i, No. 1, 1876, pp. 2-6. 



The meaning of the word "buzzard " is unknown to us. It runs through several 

 languages, as buzlmrd, buzard, busard, buse. Some think it onomatopoeic, related to 

 buzz ; that seems doubtful ; more likely related to the Latin buleo. Bates is a Latin 

 proper name, but of no obvious connection. 



