INDEX TO NAMES 



OF 



GENERA AND HIGHER GROUPS, 



WITH THEIR DERIVATIONS. 



KoTE. — 111 tliis index, names of genera recognized in this work 

 are printed in ordinary type, as Dendroeca; families and liiglier 

 groups in small capitals, as Emydid.e ; synonyms and sub-genera 

 iii italics, as AmUodon. In giving the etymology of terms, all 

 words not otherwise designated are understood to be Greek ; L. 

 indicates Latin. Greek words are here, for convenience, printed 

 in Roman characters. 



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Abastor: a coin6d name, . . 181 

 Ablabes: ablabes, harmless, . 179 

 Abramis: L., a bream, , . 301 

 Acantharclius: akantka — spine; 



archos — anal ( many anal 



spines) 237 



AcANTHOPTERi: afcant/ia— spine ; 



pteron — fln, . . . . 215 

 Accipiter: L., a hawk, . . ir3 

 Acipenser: L., a stnigeon (sharp 



fins), 345 



ACIPENSERID^, .... 344 

 •^cojjius: a coined name, . . 319 

 Acris: L., sharp— from the note, 190 

 Actiturus:- actaino— -to move 



quickly; oiira — tail (wagtail), 129 

 Actndi'omas: akte — sea beach; 



dramas — a running, . . 127 

 ^gialitis : aigialites — pertaining 



to the shore, .... 121 

 .<Egiothus: aigiothos — a, hedge 



sparrow, .... 82 



JEsalo7i: aisalon — a merlin (kind 



of hawk), Ill 



Agelaeus: agetaios— gregarious, 92 

 Aix: aia>— goat (why?), . . 142 

 Alaudid^: L., alauda — a, lark 



(L., laiido to praise), . . 56 



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Alburnellus: Dim. of Alburnus 



the Bleak (from L. albus, white)296 

 Alburnops: Alburnus-like, . 290 

 Alee: an elk (Scandinavian), . 21 

 Alcedinid.E: L.,aJcedo— a King- 

 fisher 101 



Alectorides: alektor — a, cock: 



eirtos— likeness 134 



Alligator: L., one who binds, . 157 

 Allosomus: a/ios— otherwise; soma 



body 361 



Alosa: German, aise— a shad, . 278 

 Alvordius: to Major Alvord, . 220 

 Amblodon: amblus — blunt; odon 



tooth 250 



Ambloplites : amblus — blunt; 



hoplites — armed, . . . 237 

 Amblyop-SIDzE: .... 268 

 Amljlyopsis: amblus— hlunt; opsis 



vision, 269 



Amblystoma: amblus — blunt; 



stoma— mouth 194 



Amblystomid.e: . . . 194 

 Amia: amia— name of some sea- 

 fisli, probably the bonito, . 340 



Amiid.b, 339 



Aminrus: a — not; jneiowros— cur- 

 tailed or notched (the tail), . 329 



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