132 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMEEICAN BIRDS. 



863. Alle nigricans Link. B 738. c 626. R 752. 



Sea Dove; Dovekie. 



864. Synthliborhamphns antiquus (Gra.) Coues. B 736. c 627. R753. 



Black-throated Auk. 



865. Synthliboramplms umizusume (Temm.) Coues. B 737. c 628. R 754. 



Temminck's Auk. 



866. Brachyrharnphus marmoratus (Gm.) Brdt. B 732, 733. c 629. R 755. 



Marbled Murrelet. 



867. Brachyrharnphus kittlitzi Brdt. B 735. c 630. R 756. 



Kittlitz's Murrelet. 



868. Brachyrhamphus hypoleucus Xant. B . c . R 757. 



White-bellied Murrelet. 



869. Brachyrhamplms craverii (Salvad.) Coues. B . c . R 758. (?) 



Craveri's Murrelet. 



870. Brachyrharnphus brachypterus Brdt. B 734. c . R 759. (?) 



Short-winged Murrelet. 



863. Al'-le nig'-ri-cans. Alle is a local designation of this species and of Uriagrylh. Its mean- 



ing we do not know. It was long the specific name of the bird, taken for the generic 

 by Link in 180G. Lat. nigricans, present participle of a supposed verb nigrico, equivalent 

 to nitjresco, I grow black, am blackish. 



This stands in the orig. ed. as Mergulus atte : for the reason of the change, see Coues, 

 Bull. Nutt, Club, iv, 1879, p. 244. 



864. Syn-thli-bo-rham'-phus an-ti'-qu-us. Gr. trw0Ai/3co, I compress ; avv, with, and 0\(&a>, 



I press ; pau.(pos, beak. Lat. antiquus, antique, ancient ; with reference to the gray of 

 the head, like an old man's. Antiquus is simply for anticuus, this a form of anticus, from 

 ante, before; one having retained the idea of being before in space, that is, in front of, 

 the other having acquired the idea of priority in time, like antea; the opposition in 

 either case is with post, postea, behind, after. 



865. S. u-mi-zu'-su-me. This appalling word we know nothing about except that it is 



transliterated from the Japanese, Temminck having described the species from that 

 country; " son nom japonais est wumizusume," he says. We drop the w. 



866. Brach-y-rham'-phus mar-mo-ra'-tus. Gr. /Spaxvs, short, and pdfj.<pos, beak. Lat. mar- 



moratus, marbled ; marmor, marble ; in allusion to the veined and clouded color. Marmor 

 is the Gr. /j.dp/j.apos, from /j.a,p/j.a'ipa>, I shine, glitter, sparkle, as did the beautiful white 

 stone which Praxiteles carved. Murrelet is a word coined by Coues in 1868 as a dimin- 

 utive of murre, like rivulet from river. 



867. B. kitt'-litz-i. To F. H. von Kittlitz, traveller and naturalist. 



868. B. hyp-o-leu'-cus. Gr. v-n-6, under, and \evic6s, white, meaning neither whitish nor under 



the white, but white underneath. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since "recognized as probably valid. 



869. B. cra-ve'-ri-i. To Sig. Federico Craveri. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized as perhaps distinct. 



870. B. bra-chyp'-te-rus. Gr. Ppaxvs, short, and -n-rfpov, wing. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since recognized by Ridgway. Pacific Coast. 



