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115. Dendrceca chrysoparia Scl. & Salv. B . c 74. R IOG. 



Golden-cheeked Warbler. 



116. Dendrceca nigrescens (Towns.) Bd. B 102. c 75. R 105. 



Black-throated Gray Warbler. 



117. Dendrosca ccerulescens (L.) Bd. B 193. c 76. R 94. 



Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



118. Dsndrceca ccerulea (Wils.) Bd. B 201.077 R 98 



Coerulean Warbler. 



119. Dendrceca coronata (L.) Gr. B 194. c 78. R 95. 



Yellow-rumped Warbler. 



120. Dendrceca auduboni (Towns.) Bd. B 195. c 79. R 96. 



Audubon's Warbler. 



121. Dendrceca blackburnse (Gm.) Bd. B 196. c so. R 102. 



Blackburn's Warbler. 



122. Dendrceca striata (Forst.) Bd. B 202. c si. R 101. 



Black-poll Warbler. 



123. Dendrceca castanea (Wils.) Bd. B 197. c 82. R 100. 



Bay-breasted Warbler. 



115. D. chry-so-par-i'-a. Gr. xpwros, gold, and irapeid, cheek. Greek diphthong a becomes 



long i in Latin: hence, -paria, not -pareia; see also beyond, among the names of pigeons 

 ending in -pella. 



116. D. nlg-res'-cens. Lat. nigresco, I grow black; an inceptive verb, present participle 



niijrescens, equivalent to being blackish, or partly black. See No. 120. 



117. D. coe-rul-es'-cens [pronounced sayrullaysaynce]. Lat. ccerultsco, I grow blue; a coined 



inceptive verb from cceruleus, blue; this from coelum, the (blue) sky ; compare Gr. /coIXos, 

 hollow, i. e., the vault of heaven, and ccelare or celare, to conceal, as if in a hollow place, 

 &c. N. B. There is constant difference of orthography: either cce- or cce- is defensible; 

 the former seems preferable. In English we may write indifferently cccrulean, ccerulean, 

 or cerulean. 



118. D. coe-rul'-g-a. See last word. 



119. D. cor-o-na'-ta. Lat. coronatus, crowned, from corona, a crown, garland, or wreath. Gr. 



120. D. aud'-u-bon-i. To John James Audubon, "the American backwoodsman," as he liked 



to be called. 



121. D. black'-burn-ae. To Mrs. Blackburn, an English lady. Commonly written blackburnice, 



in four syllables, with accent on the antepenult; more correctly as above. Diacritical 

 marks are futile in such a case as this ; the English name is never pronounced blark- 

 boorn, as it would be according to rule for the quantity of the vowels in Latin. 



122. D. strl-a'-ta. Lat. participial adjective from strio, I furrow, channel, flute, groove, striate, 



stripe ; stria, substantive, a furrow, stripe, &c. 



123. D. cas-tan'-g-a. Lat. castanea, a chestnut ; in allusion to the bay or chestnut color. The 



word is a noun, but is constantly used adjectivally. Gr. Ka.srra.vov, the nut of Castana, a 

 city of Thessaly. 



