CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 89 



524. Buteo pennsylvanicus (Wils.) Bp. B 27. c 355. R 443. 



Broad- winged Buzzard Hawk. [See Addenda, Nos. 882, 883. 



525. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gm.) Riclg. BSO, 31. C356. R447. 



American Rough-legged Buzzard. 



526. Archibuteo ferrugineus (Licht.) Gr. B 32. c 357. R 448. 



Ferrugineous Rougli-legged Buzzard. 



527. Asturina plagata Schl. B 33. c 358. R 445. 



Gray Hawk. 



528. Urubitinga anthracina (Licht.) Lafr. B . c . R 444. 



Anthracite Hawk. 



529. Onychotes graberi Riclg. B . c 359. R 446. 



Gruber's Hawk. 



530. Pandion haliaetus (L.) Sav. B 44. c 360. R 425. 



Fish Hawk ; Osprey. 



531. Thrasyaetus harpyia (L.) Gr. B . c . R 450. (! M.) 



Harpy Eagle. 



524. B. penn-syl-van'-I-cus. See Dendroaca, No. 124. 



525. Arch-i-bu'-tg-5 lag-6'-pus sanc-ti-jo-han'-nls. Lat. archi-, equivalent to Gr. dpx' y > a 



leader, a chief ; &px>, I rule, I am first ; the word simply means " arch-buzzard," like 

 archbishop, archetype, architect, &c. Lat. lagopus, Gr. \ayuirovs, hare-footed, from \ayuis, a 

 hare, and irovs, a foot : in allusion to the feathering of the tarsi. The penult here remains 

 long in Latin as it is in Greek ; but words in -opus, where the o is simply a connecting 

 vowel, shorten the penult. Lat. sancti-johannis, of Saint John, alluding to the place in 

 Newfoundland so called. 



526. A. fer-ru-gm'-g-us. See Scolecophanus, No. 331. 



527. As-tur-i'-na pla-ga'-ta. Asturina is simply formed from Lat. astur, which see, No. 496, 



without any difference of meaning. Lat. plugata, striped, from playo, I strike ; plarja, a 

 blow, stroke, stripe ; Gr. ir\riyfi, a blow, wound, from tr\ri<T(ru or TT\^TTW, I strike. Com- 

 monly written phujiata, for which we see no good reason. 



528. U-ru-bi-tin'-ga an-thra-ci'-na. Urubitinga is a barbarous word, of some South American 



dialect ; urubu means a vulture ; we do not know what the rest of the word is, nor the 

 quantity of the first two vowels ; we hear them long and leave them so. Lat. anihra- 

 cinus, Gr. a.v(!paKivos, carbuncular ; &vdpa.^, genitive &vOpanos, a carbuncle ; also a live coal, 

 a coal. The application in the present case is not to a glowing coal, like a carbuncle, 

 but to a dead coal, coal-black ; the glossy black of anthracite coal, as the bird is. 



529. O-nych'-o-tes gru'-bgr-i. Gr. oj/u|, genitive ow^os, a claw; the rest of the word is the 



regular suffix -TTJS, -tes, making the whole signify " the clawed one." Notice the accent. 

 To F. Gruber, a taxidermist of San Francisco. 



This bird is questionably North American ; but distinct from any Hawk in this list. 



530. Pan-di'-5n hal-I-a-e'-tus. Lat. Pandion, Gr. Tlai/Slav, was the alleged father of Progne 



and Philomela : see Coues, B. Col. Vail., i, 1878, p. 371. Observe quantity and accent of 

 the penult. Gr. oA.y, genitive a\6s, salt, the sea, and ebjrJs, an eagle; "sea-eagle." 

 See Haliaetus, No. 533. 



531. Thra-sy-a-e'-tus har-pyi'-a or har-py'-I-a [either three or four syllables; in either case 



pronounced har pwe.fi* ah]. Gr. Qpaavs, bold, audacious, and arjTos, eagle; see No. 533. 

 Generally written Thrasaetus, as originally by Gray : but the above is preferable; com- 

 pare Thrasyas, Thrasybulus, Thrasymachus, c., all retaining the // (u). The " 



