Some Local Names of Birds 81 



BUTEONIDAE. 



85. Elanoides forficatus. — Forked-tailed hawk , Hickman, Ky. 

 (Pindar). 



86. Circus hudsonius. — Meadow-hawk, Revels Id., Va., Hickman, 

 Ky., (Pindar). 



87. Accipiter velox. — Privateer, Wallops Id., Va. 



88. Astur atricapillus. — Blue hawk. Nova Scotia (Forest and 

 Stream, 12, No. 13, May 1, 1879, p. 245). 



89. Buteo sp. — Up-the-country boy, Chestertown, Md., among 

 negroes (Bergen). This name, together with those quoted in my 

 former list for the marsh hawk and swallow-tailed kite, indicates 

 a general use among negroes of the term "boy" for hawks. 



90. Haliceetus leucocepTialus. — Grepe, Newfoundland (Harvey). 



Falconjdae. 



91. Falco islandus (?). — White hawk, Newfoundland (Harvey). 



92. Falco columbarius. — Privateer, Wallops Id., Va. 



■ 93. Falco sparverius. — Mouse hawk, Hickman, Ky. (Pindar), 



Stbigidae. 



94. Otus asio. — Field, little gray, mottled, rat or red owl, Hick- 

 man, Ky. (Pindar). 



CUCULIDAE. 



95. Geoccoccyx californianus. — For some time I have had on 

 hand a collection of local names for this species. It is here pre- 

 sented in alphapetical order, practically without annotation: Cali- 

 fornia hen, California peacock, chachalaca, chaparral, chaparral 

 bird, cock, or fowl, churca (also, if not a misprint, churea), cor- 

 poral, correo del camino (there are several variants of this, most 

 of them erroneous; exceptions may be correcamino and correo 

 del paisano), el caporal, ground cuckoo, hoitlalotl, lizard bird, 

 long-tailed pheasant, medicine bird, Mexican peafowl, paisano, pa- 

 jaro, prairie cock, racer, rattle-snake killer, road-runner, snake 

 killer, war bird. 



96. Coccyzus americanus. — Chow-chow, phantom or spirit bird, 

 Hickman, Ky. (Pindar). 



Alcedinidae. 



97. Ceryl alcyon. — Martin pecheur, Marksville, La. 



PiCIDAE. 



98. Dryobates villosus. — Big sapsucker, wood-knocker, Hickman, 

 Ky. (Pindar). 



99. Dryobates pubescens. — Little sapsucker, Hickman, Ky. (Pin- 

 dar). 



100. Phloetomus pileatus. — Great black woodpecker, Newfound- 

 land (Harvey) ; poule de marais, Indian hen, Marksville and Ham- 

 burg, La. 



