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162. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say) Cab. B 226. c 114. R 153. 



Cliff or Eave Swallow. 



163. Cotile riparia (L.) Boie. B 220. c 115. R 157. 



Bank Swallow. 



164. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.) Bd. B 230. c lie. R 158. 



Rough-winged Swallow. 



165. Progne subis (L.) Bd. B 231. c m. R 152. 



Purple Martin. 



166. Ampelis garrulus L. B 232. c us. R iso. 



Bohemian Waxwing. 



167. Ampelis cedrorum (V.) Bd. B 233. c no. R 151. 



Cedar Waxwing. 



168. Phainopepla nitens (Sw.) Scl. B 234. c 120. R 26. 



Black Ptilogonys. 



162. Pet-r5-chgl-i'-don lu'-ni-frons. Gr. ire-rpa, a rock, and x^'S^". a swallow; alluding to 



the places where the nests are often built. Lat. luna, the moon, that is, a crescent, anil 

 frons, the forehead or front ; referring to the white frontal crescent. Luna is contracted 

 from Lucina, a proper name, epithet of Juno, from lucco, I shine ; lux, light. 



163. C6'-ti-le ri-par'-I-a. The generic name was originally written Cotile by Boie, afterward 



by him Cohjle. The latter orthography came into general use, the alleged etymology 

 being KOTV\IJ, a cup, in supposed allusion to the excavations in which the bird nests. 

 The proper orthography is Cotile, from KWTI\O.S, the swallow ; literally, the twitterer, 

 babbler, prattler, from Kiart\\ta, I prate. (See Wharton, Ibis, October, 1879, p. 451 ; and 

 Coues, Bull. Nuttall Club, April, 1880, p. 90.) Lat. riparia, riparian: ripa, the bank of 

 a stream. 



164. Stel-gl-dop'-te-ryx ser-rl-pen'-ms. Gr. <rre\yls or ffr\tyy'ts, a scraper; and -irrf'pv^, wing. 



Lat. serri/iennis, saw-feathered ; serra, a saw, penna, a feather. Both words mean sub- 

 stantially the same thing, having reference to the peculiar structure of the outer web of 

 the first primary. 



165. Prog'-ne sub'-Is. Lat. Progne; see Iridoprocne, No. 160. Lat. sulis, a word not known 



except as applied by Pliny to a bird said to break eagles' eggs ; application in this case 

 unknown. 



166. Am'-pe-Hs gar'-ru-lus. Gr. apveXis, or &fj.ire\os, the grapevine; also, a small bird which 



frequented vineyards, by some conjectured to be the present species ; djuireAiou/ also 

 occurs as the name of a bird. Lat. garruhis, garrulous, loquacious, from yarrio, I 

 chatter (Gr. yripvai or yapvw, I speak, yrjpvs or yapvs, voice) ; also, as substantive, a 

 jay-bird, which is the implication in this case. 



167. A. ced-ro'-rum. Lat. ccdrus, genitive plural cedrorum, the cedar ; Gr. KfSpos. 



168. Pha-I-nS-pep'-la nit'-ens. Dr. Sclater says (Ibis, 1879, p. 223) that he formed the word 



from (f>a.ti>6s, shining, and that it should be written as above, as he originally did. 

 This, however, is merely a poetic form, from <t>a.fiv<a, itself poetic for (paivw. It would 

 appear to be most naturally written P/tmiopeplo, like phenomenon, phtpnorjamous, &c., from 

 the same source ; but if the orthography Phuinopepla, in five syllables, be preserved, it 

 can be easily defended. Gr. Tre'irAa, poetic plural of TreVAos, a robe. Lat. nitens, present 

 participle from niteo, I shine. 



