84 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



485. Glaucidium ferrugineum (Maxim.) Kaup. B . c sso. R 410. 



Ferrugineous Owl. 



486. Micrathene whitneyi (Coop.) Coues. B . c 331. R 411. 



Elf Owl. 



487. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bp.) Coues. B 58, 59. c 332. R 408. 



Burrowing Owl. 



488. Speotyto cunicularia floridana Ridg. B . c . R 40Sa. 



Florida Burrowing Owl. 



489. Circus cyaneus hudsonius (L.) Coues. B 38. c 333. R 430. 



Marsh Hawk ; Harrier. 



490. Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus ( ) Ridg. B 37. c 334. R 429. 



Everglade Kite. 



491. Ictinia subccerulea (Bartr.) Coues. B 36. c 335. R 428. 



Mississippi Kite. 



492. Elamis glaucus (Bartr.) Coues. B 35. c 336. R 427. 



White-tailed or Black-shouldered Kite. 



485. G. fer-ru-gln'-e-um. ~La.t. ferrugineum, rusty-red; ferrugo, iron-rust; fermm, iron. 



486. Mi-cra-then'-i whit'-ney-i. Gr. fjuicp6s, small ; 'A0Tjj>7j or 'ABrjva or 'A.6r)vaia, the Greek 



goddess of wisdom, to whom the owl was sacred. There was already a genus Athene, 

 when Dr. Coues constructed the above. The genus Atthis, No. 416, is rooted with the 

 same, as are Attic, Athens, Athenian, Athenaeum, &c. To Professor J. D. Whitney, Director 

 of the Geological Survey of California. 



487. Spe-o'-ty-to cun-i-cu-la'-ri-a hy-po-gai'-a. Gr. o-n-tos, a cave, excavation ; TVTC!>, a kind 



of owl. The first refers to the burrowing of this species ; the last, like ulula, is onoma- 

 topoeic, in imitation of an owl's hooting or "tooting"; tyto, a " tooter." Lat. cunicu- 

 larius, a miner, burrower; cuniculus, a mine, pit, hole. Lat. Jiypogceum, a vault, cellar; 

 Gr. inr&yeios, under ground, subterranean ; vir6, under, yea, yrj, the ground. Thus all 

 three words refer to the same thing. 



488. S. c. flor-id-a'-na. To Florida, " land of flowers." 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since described ; Ridg., Am. Sportsman, July 4, 1874, p. 216. 



489. Cir-cus cy-an'-g-us hud-son'-!-us. Gr. itipKos, Lat. circus, a kind of hawk, so called 



from its circling in the air. Gr. KVO.VOS, Lat. cyaneus, blue ; the color of the old male. 

 To Hudson's Bay. 



490. Rostr-hanV-us so-cl-a'-bl-lis plum'-be-us. Lat. rostrum, beak, and hamus, Gr. x a t* s > a 



hook, from the greatly decurved form of the upper mandible. It is a queerly com- 

 pounded word, meaning literally bill-hook, though the person who invented it meant to 

 say hook-bill, hamirostrum. It is very bad form as it stands, but we hardly know how 

 to emend without entirely changing it. Lat. sociabilis, sociable, gregarious ; socius, a 

 companion. Lat. plumbeus, plumbeous, lead-colored. 



491. Ic-tin'-i-a sub-coe-rul'-e-a. Gr. IKT'IV or lurlvos, a kite ; probably rooted same as ttcrepos, a 



disease, in the idea of attacking ; Lat. ictus, a blow, &c. Lat. sub, a prefix of diminishing 

 force, and cceruleus, blue; bluish, pale blue. See Dendrceca, No. 117. 



This stands as 1. mississippiensis in the orig. ed. See Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad., 1875, 

 p. 345. 



492. El'-an-us glau'-ciis. Lat. elanus, a kite ; derived from the Gr. eAaiW, I drive on, urge 



forward, press upon, harass, &c. ; a good name for a bird of prey which exhibits what 

 the French would call elan. Lat. glaucus, Gr. y\avnos, bluish, glaucous; from A.et5o>, 

 \f6fftrca, I shine. See Glaucidium, No. 484. 



This is Elanus leucurus in the orig. ed. See Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad., 1875, p. 345. 



