68 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



361. Perisoreus canadensis obscurus Ridg. B . c 239a. R 298. 



Oregon Jay. 



362. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis Bd. B . c 2396. R 297a. 



Rocky Mountain Jay. 



363. Sturnus vulgaris L. B . c . R 279. (G. IE.) 



European Starling. 



364. Pitangus derbianus (Kaup) Sol. B . c . R 308. 



Lord Derby's Flycatcher. 



365. Myiodynastes luteiventris Scl. B . c . R 310. 



Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher. 



366. Milvulus tyrannus (L.) Bp. B 122. c 240. R 302. (is. A.) 



Fork-tailed Flycatcher. 



367. Milvulns forficatus (Gm.) Sw. B 123. c 241. R soi. 



Swallow-tailed Flycatcher; Scissor-tail. 



368. Tyrannus carolinensis (L.) Bd. B 124. c 242. R 304. 



Tyrant Flycatcher; King-bird; Bee-martin. 



369. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gm.) Rich. B 125. c 243. R 303. 



Gray Tyrant Flycatcher; Gray King-bird. 



361. P. c. 6b-scu'-rus. See Molothrus, No. 314. 



362. P. c. cap-I-ta'-lis. Lat. capltal/s, capital, relating to the head, caput, the color of which 



distinguishes the race from the stock species. 



363. Stur'-nus vul-ga'-rls. Lat. sturnus, a stare or starling. Lat. vulgaris, vulgar, common; 



vulgus, or volgus, the people or folk, is digammated Gr. Fo\x os > with transposition of 

 letters from ox^ oy > a crowd. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only American as occurring in Greenland, and there only acci- 

 dentally, in one known instance. 



364. Pit-an'-gus der-bi-a'-nus. Pitangus is a barbarous word, of some South American ver- 



nacular ; it occurs, in several forms, in Marcgrave. The species is dedicated to the 

 Earl of Derby. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Since discovered in Texas by G. B. Sennett. 

 See Coues, The Country, i, p. 184, July 13, 1878. 



365. Myi-6-dyn-as'-tes lut-gT-ven'-tris. Gr. fjLvta, a fly, and Swao-r^s, a sovereign, ruler, &c. ; 



tivvafiis, power, from Swa/j.a.i, I can, I am able. Lat. luteus, luteous, yellow, from lutum, a 

 plant used for yellow dye, and venter, genitive ventris, the belly ; said to be digammated 

 from Gr. (vrtpov, the entrails. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List : since discovered in Arizona by H. W. 

 Henshaw. See Hensh., Rep. Expl. W. 100 Merid., v, 1875, p. 346, pi. xiv. 



366. Mil'-vu-lus tyr-an'-nus. Lat. milvulus, diminutive of mih-us, a kite. Lat. tyrannus, Gr. 



Tvpavvos, a ruler, despot, " tyrant ; " well applied to a bird of this genus. 



367. M. for-fl-ca'-tus. Lat. forficatus, a participial adjective, as if from a verb forfico ; forfex, a 



pair of shears, scissors, which the deeply forked tail resembles. 



368. Tyr-an'-nus ca-rS-lin-en'-sIs. See Milvulus, No. 366. Named after the State of Caro- 



lina : the direct adjective from Carolus, Charles. See Mimus, No. 16. 



369. T. dom-m-I-cen'-sis. Named after the island of Hayti, or St. Domingo; dominicus, do- 



minus, domus. See Dendracca, No. 129. 



