66 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



343. Corvns maritimus Bartr. B 429. c 229. R 283. 



Fish Crow. 



344. Picicorsrus columbianns (Wils.) Bp. B 430. c 230. R 284. 



Clarke's Nutcracker. 



345. G-ymnocitta cyanocephala Maxim. B431. c 231. R 285. 



Blue Nutcracker. 



346. Psilorhinus morio (Wagl.) Cab. B 444. c 232. R 288. 



Brown Jay. 



347. Pica rustica hudsonica (Cab.) Ridg. B 432. c 233. R 286. 



American Magpie. 



348. Pica rustica nuttalli (Aud.) Coues. B 433. c 233a. R287. 



Yellow-billed Magpie. 



349. Cyanocitta cristata (L.) Strickl. B 434. c 234. R 289. 



Blue Jay. 



350. Cyanocitta stelleri (Gm.) Strickl. B 435. c 235. R 200. 



Steller's Jay. 



351. Cyanocitta stelleri annectens (Bd.) Ridg. B . c . R 290&. (?) 



Connective Jay. 



343. C. mar-It'-I-mQs. See Ammodramus, No. 238. 



This stands as C. ossifragus in the orig. ed. 



344. Pi-cl-cor'-vus cS-lum-bl-a'-nus. The generic name is compounded of pica and corvus : 



see these words, Nos. 347 and 338. The specific name refers to the Columbia Eiver, 

 whence Lewis and Clarke first brought specimens. 



345. Gym-n8-cit'-ta cy-an-8-c6ph'-a-la. Gr. yv^vos, naked ; in allusion to the nostrils being 



exposed, as is unusual in this family ; K/TTCC or Kta-ffa, a jay. See Scolecophagus, No. 332. 



346. Psi-16-rhi'-nus m5r'-I-o. Gr. tyi\6s, smooth, bare, bald, in allusion to the uncovered nos- 



trils, from ififco; and j>is, genitive pivos, the nose. The specific name is morio, "a dark 

 brown gem," in allusion to the color, which is remarkable in this group of birds. 



347. Pi'-ca rus'-ti-ca hud-son'-i-ca. Lat. pica, a magpie. It is supposed by some to be for 



piga, that equivalent to pigta or picta, from pingo, I paint; hence signifying painted, 

 speckled, pied. The same dubious etymology is ascribed to the masculine form of the 

 word, picas, which see, No. 433. Lat. nistiais, rustic, rural, from rus, the country as dis- 

 tinguished from the city. To Hudson's Bay, named after Henry Hudson, the explorer. 

 This stands as P. melanoleuca hudsonica in the orig. ed. ; but rustica has long priority. 



348. P. r. nut'-tal-li. To Thomas Nuttall, the botanist and ornithologist. 



This stands as P. melanoleuca nuttalli in the orig. ed. 



349. Cy-an-S-cit'-ta cris-ta'-ta. Gr. Kvav6s, cyaneus, blue, and jrfrra, a jay. Lat. cristatus, 



crested ; crista, a crest ; related to cresco, I grow, and crinis, hair, through a common root. 

 For use of Cyanocitta instead of Cyanurus, as in the orig. ed., see Coues, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, v, 1880, p. 98. 



350. C. stei'-ier-I. To G. W. Steller, surgeon and naturalist. 



351. C. s. an-nec'-tens. Lat. annectens (ad and necto, to bind), annexing, annectant, connecting, 



tying together ; because this subspecies is intermediate between others of the same stock, 

 serving to link them to each other. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. 



