ko.1656. LIST OF GENERU TERMS OF BIRDS RICHMOND. 603 



Coua Okkn. [sis, I. 1817, p. 1 L84. 



Based on "LesCouas, Vaill." Cuvier, Regne Animal [I, 1817, 

 p. 425 (type, OucuVus madagascariensts Gmelin Cuculus gigas 



B( tDDAERT)] ( < UCulida . | 



Cractes Billberg, Synopsis Faunae Scand., I, Pars •_'. L828, tab. A 

 and p. J4. 



New name for Garrulus Brisson [Corvidae.] 



KpatKrrjS^ a screamer, chatterer. (Billberg.) 

 Craspedoprion Hartert, Novitates Zoologicae, IX, >»<>. 3, Dec. 16, 

 L902, p. tin!'. 

 Type, Cyclorhynchus asguinoctialis Sglateb . . . .| Tyrannidas.] 

 KpaGneSov^ edge, border; npioov^ a saw. 

 *Craugus Billberg, Synopsis Fauna' Scand.. I, Pars 2, J828, tab. A. 



Type, ('iirillu.s iin/'<lt'is LlNN.Kl> ! . . | / VV •///.•/ . I 



l\/jat')'o;. a woodpecker. 

 *Crecca Brookes, Catal. Mus. Joshua Brookes, Pt. II, July. 1828, 

 p. 101. 



Type, " Crecca communis" or " Common Teal" [Anatida . \ 



Crecca, probably an onomatopoietic word. 

 Crecca " A.NTIQ." S. I>. W*., Analyst, III, No. XIV, Jan., 1836, p. 209 

 (also Palmer, Analyst. IX, 1839, p. 306, note). 



Types, "Crecca palustris" or "Common Teal," Crecca ses- 

 twa"or "( rargany Teal, "and "Creccinjlnrltiins," ov " Bimaculated 

 Teal "... .[A natida . \ 



*Creurgus Morris, in X. Wood's Naturalist, II, No. 9, June, L837, 

 p. 124. 



Types, *• C/\ Hiyu.s r.vciibltor" or "Shrike," "Creurgus lanius," 

 or " Flusher," and " ( 'rt urgus rufus" or " Woodchal "" [of his lisl 



of British birds]... . ..[Zaniida . j 



Kpeovpyo^ a butcher, carver. 

 Crocethia BlLLBERG, Synopsis Fauna- Scand., I, Pars 2, 1828, tab. A 

 and p. L32. 



New name for Cdlid/ris [lliger, with the following species: 

 Tringa arenaria \a\\ i i 8, L766 ( Tringa lencophsea Pallas, 



1 7»'»4) — [Scolopadda . ) 



" Quum Nom. geneo Arenaria Bechst. genus phythologicum est et 

 Calidris 111. est nomen specificum alius generis aUudt graecis vocis 

 KpoKfjUtus it $€io> currO) deri/uatum adoptawmus." (Billberg.) 



aRillberg's woodpecker genera arc "Craugus r>. I Picua Cuv.)," .lynx, and Picas. 

 He includes Picas tridactylus under Picas (coin pa re p. 126), thus eliminating Picoides. 

 It is probable thai he intended to bestow Craugus on the group of which Cuvier 

 | Elegne Animal, I, p. 423 ) wrote : "On peut egalemenl faire un bi lua-genre des espe- 

 ces <i Ul ' lenr bee, Legerement arque\ commence a rapprocher des coucous." As 

 examples of this group Cu\ ier cited ( 'uculus auratus Linn.i -t>, and P'umscaft H imelin. 



