76 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



426. Crotophaga sulcirostris Sw. B . c . R 390. 



Groove-billed Ani. 



427. Geococcyx californianus (Less.) Bd. B 68. c 289. R 385. 



Ground Cuckoo ; Chaparral Cock ; Road-runner. 



428. Coccygus erythrophthalmus (Wils.) Bd. B 70. c 290. R 388. 



Black-billed Cuckoo. 



429. Coccygus americanus (L.) Bp. B 69. c 291. R 387. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



430. Coccygus seniculus (Lath.) V. B 71. c 292. R 386. 



Mangrove Cuckoo. 



431. Campephilus principalis (L.) Gr. B 72. c 293. R 359. 



Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 



432. Hylotomus pileatus (L.) Bd. B 90. c 294. R 371. 



Pileated Woodpecker. 



433. Picus borealis V. B so. c 296. R 362. 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



426. C. sul-ci-ros'-trls. Lat. sulcus, a groove, furrow, channel ; a word sibilated from Gr. 



O\KOS, a trace, track, trail ; and rostris, pertaining to the beak, rostrum. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discovered in Texas by G. B. Sennett. See Coues, The 

 Country, i, July 13, 1878, p. 184. 



427. G-6-c5c'-cyx cal-i-f6r-m-an'-us. Gr. 77} or yea, the earth, and K({*CKU|, a cuckoo. The 



latter word is onomatopoeic, and runs in similar forms througli many languages, the idea 

 being always to express the cuckoo's voice in a word: Lat. cuculus; Fr. coucou ; Eng. 

 cuckoo, cuckow ; Germ, .ff'ufuf, &c. See Coccygus, No. 428. 



428. Coc'-cy-gus g-ryth-r5ph-thal'-mus. The generic name is modified from K^KKV^, a cuckoo. 



Its orthography has given rise to much variance of opinion. It was originally written 

 by Vieillot coccyzus; such spelling has been accepted by Sclater and others, and is per- 

 haps defensible on the ground that there is a Greek verb KOKKVG*, I make a noise like a 

 cuckoo, whence a noun KOKKV&S, becoming coccyzus in Latin, might be formed. Boie 

 first emended Vieillot's name to coccygus, in which he was followed by Cabanis and many 

 others. Other forms of the word found in ornithological writings are : coccyzon, coccy- 

 gius, coccysns, coccyzius, coccygon. We adopt Boie's form coccygns, being directly from the 

 genitive of KOKKV, not wishing to unnecessarily interfere. For erythrophthalmus, see 

 Pipilo, No. 301. 



429. C. am-gr-i-ca'-nus. To America. See Parula, No. 93. 



430. C. sen-i'-cu-lus. Lat. seniculus, a little old man ; diminutive of senex, an old man. The 



allusion is probably to the gray on the head, a sign of senility. 



431. Cam-pe'-phil-us prin-ci-pa'-lls. Gr. KO/MTTJ, a caterpillar, from its bending; well-illus- 



trated in the way a " measuring-worm " bends. The word primarily means a bending : 

 /ca,u.7rTos, bent ; KO./J.TTTW, I bend ; the same word is seen in Campy lorhynchus, for example. 

 <f>i\os, <pi\t<a, I love. Lat. principalis, principal, chief, from the great size of the bird. 



432. Hy-16'-t6-mus pi-lg-a'-tus. Gr. V\OTOIJ.OS, cutting wood, ('. e., a woodcutter: v\t), wood, 



and Tfpveiv, to cut. Lat. pileatus, capped, i.e., crested; from pileus or pileum, a cap ; 

 related to p'tlus, a hair ; the same root is seen in depilatory, pile, as of velvet, &c. 



433. PI'-cus b6r-g-a'-lls. Lat. Picus, a mythical person, and also a woodpecker, because the 



former, one of the victims of Circe, whose love he had scorned, was transformed into a 

 woodpecker. The etymology of picas is doubtful ; the word is said by some to be prob- 



