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32. Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.) Dress. B . c 20. R 34. (!A.) 



Kennicott's Warbler. 



33. Kegulus calendula (L.) Licht. B ici. c 21. R so. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



34. Regulus satrapa Licht. B 102. c 22. R 33. 



Golden-crested Kinglet. 



35. Begulus satrapa olivaceus Bd. B . c . R 33a. (?) 



Western Golden-crested Kinglet. 



36. Polioptila coerulea (L.) Scl. B 282. c 23. R 27. 



Blue-gray Gnat-catclier. 



37. Polioptila melanura Lawr. B 284. c 24. R 29. 



Black-capped Gnat-catcher. 



38. Polioptila plumbea Bd. B 283. c 25. R 28. 



Plumbeous Gnat-catcher. 



39. Chamaea fasciata Ganib. B 274. c 26. R 35. 



Wren-tit. 



40. Lophophanes bicolor (L.) Bp. B 285. c 27. R 36. 



Tufted Titmouse. 



32. Phyl-lo'-sco-pus bor-g-a'-lis. Gr. <j>v\\ov, a leaf ; <rKoir6s, a watchman ; (ncotrfu, I look 



out, survey, examine ; as these birds peer about in the foliage. Lat. boreus, the north- 

 wind, h. e., the nortli ; borealis, northern. 



33. Rgg'-u-lus cal-en'-du-la. Lat. reijulus, diminutive of rex, a king ; exactly equivalent to 



"kinglet." Calendula is a substantive which may be formed from the gerund of the 

 verb caleo, I am warm ; figuratively, glowing ; in allusion to the fiery color on the head. 

 It was apparently coined by Brisson, 1760, for the European Regulus cristatus, but was in 

 17C6 appropriated by Linnaeus to the present species. The early ornithologists had a 

 great variety of names for these diminutive birds, mostly indicating royalty or other 

 high station, in obvious reference to the " crown ; " as Rex, Regulus, Reijillus, Tyrannus or 

 Tvpavvos, Basiliscus or Bao-i\ia-Kos, Presbys or Upffffivs, BatnAeus ; to say nothing of 

 Orchilus or 'OpxiAos, Trochilus or Tpo%iAos, Parus, Sylvia, Motacilla, Passerculus, Troglodytes, 

 &c. The French Roitelet or Roytelet, and the German Simtgletn, correspond to " kinglet." 



34. R. sat-ra'-pa. Lat. satraps, satrapes, or satrapa, Gr. craTpairys, from the Persian kbsbatram, 



meaning a crown or a kingdom : English satrap. Alluding to the bird's golden crown. 



35. R. s. 61-i-va-ce-us. Late Lat. olivaceus, olivaceous, olive-colored. See Virco, No. 170. 



36. Po-li-op'-ti-la coe-rul'-e-a [sayrulea]. Gr. iro\i6s, hoary, gray; irriXov, feather; in allu- 



sion to the whitish edgings of the primaries. Lat. coerulea or ccerulea or cerulea, blue, 

 azure. Any of these forms of the word is admissible. We prefer cmulea. 



37. P. mei-an-u'-ra. Gr. /xeAaj, fem. fj.tKa.wa, black ; ovpa, tail. See Index, p. 137. 



38. P. plum'-be-a. Lat. plumbcus, plumbeous, lead-colored ; from plumbum, lead. 



39. Cham-ae'-a [kam-ay-ah] fas-cl-a'-ta. Gr. x a M a '> adverb, on the ground. Lat. fastis, a 



bundle of faggots; hence, fasciatus, striped. The allusion is to the indistinct bands 

 across the tail-feathers of the bird that lives in bushes close to the ground. 



40. L6ph-o'-pha-nes [-nace] bi'-col-6r. Gr. \6<pos, a crest; and (paivw, I appear; in allusion 



to the conspicuous crest. Lat. bicolor, two-colored. 



N. B. The accentuation of this and many similar words is questionable, and per- 

 haps arbitrary. We give the above in deference to technical rule, conformably with 

 Arista' phanes, &c. The actual usage, in this country at least, is Loph-o-pha'-nes ; and 



