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14. Oroscoptes montanus (Towns.) Bd. B 255. c 7. R 10. 

 Mountain Mocking-bird. 



.15. Mimus polyglottus (L.) Boie. B 253. c 8. R 11. 



Mocking-bird. 



16. ^Miimis carolinensis (L.) Gr. b 254. c 9. r 12. 



Cat-bird. 



17. Harporhynchus rufus (L.) Cab. b 26I. c 10. r 13. 



Brown Thrush ; Thrasher. 



18. Harporhynchus rufus longirostris (Lafr.) Coues. b 260. c lOa. R i3a. 



Texas Thrasher. 



19. Harporhynchus curvirostris (Sw.) Cab. b 259. c — . r. 15. 



Curve-billed Thrasher. 



20. Harporhynchus curvirostris palmeri Ridg. b — . c 11. r i5a. 



Bow-billed Thrasher. 



21. Harporhynchus bendirii Coues. b — . c lUis. R Ua. 



Arizona Thrasher. 



22. Harporhynchus cinereus Bd. b — . c 12. r 14. 



St. Lucas Thrasher. 



14. O-ro-scop'-tes [-tace] mon-ta'-niis. Gr. 6pos, a mountain, aKciirrris, a mimic; crKcinru, 



I mock, deride, jeer at. Tiie orthograpliy differs ; autliority may be found for 

 either Oroscoptes or Oreoscoptes ; the former was originally written by Baird; it is 

 shortest : and we usually say orologi/, orography, &c. — Lat. montanus, relating to wans, 

 a mountain. 



15. Mi'-mus fmeemus] pSl-Jr-glot'-tQs. Lat. mimus, Gr. fiT/xos, a mimic. — Gr. troKvyKoiTTos, 

 '-"•- polyglot, from vo\vs, many, yKwTra, tongue. 



/ 16. '■*4^ ca-r6-lln-en'-sls. Lat. for Carolinian, of Carolina; Taro/ifs, Charles, is the modern 

 Lat. form of Germ. J?ar(, or ilcrl, a peasant ; A. S. reo?7, Scot, carle, Eng. churL Carolina 

 is by some derived from Charles II. of England ; but Eibault, in 1562, built in Port 

 Royal a fort he called Charlesfort, and Laudonniere, who came to relieve Ribault's 

 colonists in 1564, one which he says, "je nommay \a Caroline, en honneur de nostre 

 prince le roy Charles [IX., of France]."* 



17. Har-pS-rhyn'-chiis [rh very strong; ch as h\ ru'-fus. Gr apiryj, a sickle ; piyxos, a beak; 



i. e., bow-billed. The former word is seen in harp;/, so called from its hooked beak. 

 Some purists will have the r doubled in this and all such cases, making Harporrhynchus ; 

 but the current of modern usage has set too strongly against it to be stemmed without 

 liability of seeming pedantic. — Lat. rufus, rufous, reddish. 



18. H. r. l5n-gi-ros'-trIs [loang-gi-roas-tris]. Lat. longus, long, rostris, beaked, from rosti-um, 



beak. 



ciir-vi-ros'-trls. Lat. curvus, curved ; and rostris. — Not in the orig. ed. 

 c. pal'-m6r-i [sound the I]. Dedicated to one Edward Palmer, 

 bgn-dl'-rl-i. To Capt. Charles Bendire. U. S. Army. 

 H. cin-Sr'-6-ias. Lat. cinereus, ashy, or ash-colored ; from cinis, genitive cineris, ashes. Gr. 

 k6vis, of same meaning, apparently from kuIu, kolu, I burn. Related English words are 

 incinerate, cinder, &c. 



