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133. Dendrceca palmarum. hypochrysea Ridg. B . c . R H3a. (?) 



Yellow-bellied Red-poll Warbler. 



134. Dendrceca pinus (Bartr.) Bd. B 198. c 91. R in. 



Pine-creeping Warbler. 



135. Slums auricapillus (L.) Sw. B 186. c 92. R 115. 



Golden-crowned Thrush. 



136. Smrus nsevius (Bodd.) Coues. B 187. c 93. R lie. 



Water Thrush. 



137. Smrus nsevius notabilis Grinnell. B . c . R H6a. (?) 



Wyoming Water Thrush. 



138. Siurus motacilla (V.) Bp. B 188. c 94. R 117. 



Large-billed Water Thrush. 



139. Oporornis agilis (Wils.) Bd. B 174. c 95. R us. 



Connecticut Warbler. 



140. Oporornis formosa (Wils.) Bd. B 175. c 96. R 119. 



Kentucky Warbler. 



133. D. p. hy-po-chry'-se'-a. Gr. 6w6, becoming Lat. hypo-, under, below, beneath, and xpucreos, 



golden ; referring to the under parts of this variety, which are yellower than those of 

 palmarum. Properly, hypo- in such connection simply diminishes the force of the adjec- 

 tive ; hypoleucus, hypochryseus, meaning whitz's/t, yellowt'sA ; but the present is an estab- 

 lished usage in ornithology. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since .described by Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 84. 



1 34. D. pl'-nfis. See Helminthophaga pinus, No. 98. 



135. Sl-u'-rus aur-T-cap-il'-lus. Gr. <refo>, I wave or brandish, and o?po, tail. The word is pre- 



cisely equivalent to Lat. motacilla, French hochequeue, English wagtail. It was originally 

 and has since commonly been written Seiurus. (See Coues, Bull. Nuttall Club, ii, no. 2, 

 1877, p. 29.) We keep the i long as representing Gr. e. Lat. aurum, gold, and capillus, hair ; 

 golden-haired. (See Coues, ibid., p. 30.) See also Lophophanes, No. 42, and Parus, No. 44. 



136. S. nae'-vi-us. Lat. ncevus, a birth-mark, nevus, or spot; whence ncevius, so marked, or, in 



general, spotted in any way. 



137. S. n. no-ta'-bl-lls. Lat. notabilis, notable, from nota, a note, and the termination -bilis. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Later described by R. Ridgway, from Grin- 

 nell's MS., in Pr. Nat. Mus., ii, 1880, p. 12. Very doubtful. 



138. S. mo-ta-cfl'-la. See Motacilla, No. 86. 



139. 6p-6r-5r'-nls a'-gl-lls. Gr. oirwpa, the autumn, and Spvts, a bird ; in allusion to the abun- 



dance of the species in the fall, in comparison with its scarcity in the spring. Lat. agilis, 

 agile, from acjo, I act ; literally, do-able, that is, act-ive ; the adjectival termination being 

 simply applied to the root of the verb, both in Latin and English. 



140. O. for-mo'-sa. Lat. formosa, beautiful ; primitively, in the sense of shapely, well-formed, 



in good or full proportion; forma, form. So said of Juno, in whose "lofty mind" 

 remained judicium Paridis, spretwque injuria formce, h.e.,of her slighted beauty. Verg., 

 ., i, 27. 



