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630. Limosa segocephala (L.) Leach. B . c . R 540. (G.) 



Dlack-tailed Godwit. 



631. Limosa uropygialis Gould. B . c 430. R 544. (!A.) 



White-rumped God\vit. 



632. Symphemia semipalmata (Gra.) Hartl. B 537. c 431. R 552. 



Semipalmated Tattler ; Willet. 



633. Totanus melanoleucus (Gm.) V. B 539. c 432. R 548. 



Greater Tattler ; Stone Snipe. 



634. Totanus flavipes (Gm.) V. B 540. c 433. R 549. 



Lesser Tattler ; Yellowshanks. 



635. Totanus glottis (L.) Bechst. B 538. c 434. R 547. (!E.) 



Greenshanks. 



636. Rhyacophilus ochropus (L.) Ridg. B . c . R 551. (!E.) 



Green Sandpiper. 



637. Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.) Bp. B 541. c 435. R 550. 



Solitary Tattler. 



638. Tringoi'des macularius (L.) Gr. B 543. c 436. R 557 



Spotted Tattler; Spotted Sandpiper. 



630. L. aeg-6-ceph'-a-la. Gr. alyoKf'(pa\os, an Aristotelian epithet of some unknown bird ; it 



literally means "goat-headed," but what application? About the middle of the sixteenth 

 century it was applied by Belon to a species of Limosa, perhaps from the cry of the bird 

 being fancied like the bleating of a goat ; " bleating " is a term in every-day use now to 

 express the peculiar sounds made by some snipes. The curious English word god wit 

 is derived by Johnson from Anglo-Saxon god, good, and wild, animal : by others from 

 god, and veide, game ; latter not unlikely. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only North American as a straggler to Greenland. 



631. L. u-ro-py-gl-a'-lls. See Centunis, No. 452. 



632. Sym-phe'-mi-a sem-i-pal-ma'-ta. Gr. cvfj.<prif J Li ; cvv, with, and <f>i)fj.i, I speak; alluding to 



the noisy concerts of the birds. Lat, semipalmata, half-webbed: see sErjiaUtes, No. 584. 

 "Willet" is derived from the sound of the bird's voice; sometimes written "pilwillet." 



633. To-ta'-nus mel-an-o-leu'-cus. Totanus is Latinized from the Italian tot.ano, a name of 



some bird of the kind. We suppose it should be accented on a lengthened penult. 

 Gr. fj.e\as, genitive fj.e\avos, black, and \evtcos, white. 



634. T. fla'-vl-pes. Lat. Jlavus, yellow ; pes, foot. 



635. T. glot'-tis. Gr. yAwcrcra or y\wrra, the tongue ; referring to the noisiness of the bird. 



This is given in the orig. ed. as Totanus chloropus. 



636. R. 6ch'-ro-pus. Gr. uxpds, pale, sallow, wan, and irovs, foot. From this word come 



Lat. ochra, and our ochre, ochreons, orhraceous, as names of some dull yellowish color. 

 Linnceus had originally ocrophus by misprint. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since found in Nova Scotia as a straggler from Europe. See 

 Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, 1878, p. 49. 



637. Rhy-a-c5'-phH-us sol-I-ta'-ri-Qs. Gr. vo, genitive {IVO.KOS, a stream, brook; f>4w or f>v<a, 



I flow ; and <pi\os, loving, loved, a lover. Lat. solitarius, solitary ; solus, alone. 



638. Trin-g5-i'-des mac-ul-a'-rl-us. See Tringn, No. 623, and add f ?8oj, resemblance. Note 



that the word is in four syllables, accented on the penult. Lat. macularius, not classic ; 

 like maculatus and maculosus, spotted ; macula, a spot. 



