Why Birds Are so Named. 137 



]\Iarian's Marsh Wren. Scott. " Named in honor of his 

 wife, Alarian J. Scott." 



McCown's Longspur. Lawrence. "Named in honor of 

 the discoverer. Captain McCown, who obtained it in Texas," 



]**IcFarlane*s Gyrfalcon. (Forst.) Ridgw. " Named in 

 honor of R. McFarlane, who' first discovered it at Fort An- 

 derson, Alay 24, 1864." 



AIcFarlane's Screech Owl. Brewst. " Named at the re- 

 quest of the collector, Chas. E. Bendire, in honor of Robert 

 McFarlane, a professional friend of Robert Kennicott. Col- 

 lected October 22, 1881, at Fort Walla Walla, Wash." 



Alaynard's Cuckoo. Ridgw. " Dedicated to Mr. C. J. May- 

 nard, the Florida ornithologist." 



Maxmilian's Nutcracker. Max. " First discovered and de- 

 scribed by that eminent naturalist, Alaxmilian, Prince of 

 Wied." 



McGregor's House T<"!nch. Anthony. " Named in honor 

 of his friend, ^Ir. R. C. McGregor." 



McLeod's Sparrow. Brewster. " Named in honor of R. 

 R. McLeod, of Hutton, Maine." 



Alearns' Partridge. Nelson. " It is named for Dr. Edgar 

 A. Mearns, U. S. A., in recognition of the great amount of 

 zoological work he has done in the region which it inhabits." 



Mearns' Thrasher. Anthony. "Named in honor of Dr. E. 

 A. }^Iearns. Collected at San Quintin, Lower California, Jan- 

 uary 2, 1894." 



Merril's Song Sparrow. Brewster. " Named in honor of 

 Dr. J. C. Merrill. U. S. A., who first discovered it at Fort 

 Sherman, Idaho, March G, 1895." 



Morelet's Seedeater. Pucheran. " Named in honor of the 

 discoverer, Morelet." 



Nelson's Gull. Henshaw. " Named in honor of Nelson, 

 who first found it at St. Michael, June 20, 1877." 



Nelson's Ptarmigan. Stejneger. "Named in honor of E. 

 W. Nelson, who obtained the first specimen on the Aleutian 

 Islands." 



