Why Birds Are so Named. 141 



Trudeau's Tern. And. " Named for J- Trudeau, of Lou- 

 isiana, who first discovered it at Great Egg Harbour, N. J." 



Turner's Ptarmigan. Turner. " The common name given 

 in honor of the discoverer, Mr. L. J\I. Turner, who first found 

 it at' Atka Island, west end of the Aleutian chain." 



A'igors's Warbler. Aud. " In honor of the naturalist by 

 that name." 



A^iosca's Pigeon. Brewst. "At Frazar's request I have 

 named this bird for Mr. Viosca, U. S. consul at La Paz, who 

 has been most kind and helpful in furthering the success of 

 Mr. Frazar's expedition." 



Virginia's Warbler. Baird. " Was first discovered in New 

 Mexico by Dr. W. V. Anderson, and Professor Baird; dedi- 

 cated it to the wife of the discoverer." 



Wagler's Oriole. Sclater. " First described by Fagler in 

 Isis, 1839. The first obtained in North America, May, 1853, 

 at Coahuila, Mexico, by Lieut. Couch." 



Ward's Heron. Ridgw. " Named in honor of the discov- 

 erer, Chas. W. Ward, who first found it at Oyster Bay, 

 March, 1881." 



Wilson's Phalarope. (Sabine.) Coues. "Named in honor 

 Geo. O. Welch, who first obtained specimens upon which the 

 species is founded, in May and June, 1883." 



W'ilson's Phalarope. (Sabine.) Coues. " Named in honor 

 of the ornithologist who first discovered it, but did not live 

 to describe it." 



Wilson's Plover. Ord. " The specimen upon which the 

 specie is founded was shot the 13th day of May, 1813, on 

 the shore of Cape Island, N. J-. hy my ever regretted friend, 

 and I honored it with his name." 



Wilson's Sandpiper. " Named in honor of the great orni- 

 thologist." 



Wilson's Snipe. (Temm.) Audubon says, " To Wilson is 

 due the merit of having first showed the difiference between 

 this and the common snipe of Europe and it is honorable for 

 the ornithologists of that region of the globe to have dedicated 

 our species to so zealous and successful a student of nature." 



