28 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



41. Lophophanes inornatus (Gamb.) Cass, b 287. c 28. R 38. 



Plain Titmouse. 



42. Lophophanes atrocristatus Cass, b 286. c 29. R 37. 



Black-crested Titmouse. 



43. Lophophanes woUweberi Bp. b 288. c so. R 39. 



Bridled Titmouse. 



^.'44. Parns atricapillus L. b 290. c si. r 41. 



Black-capped Chickadee. 



45. Parus atricapillus septentrionalis (Harr.) All. b 289. c sia. R 4ia. 



Long-tailed Chickadee. 



46. Parus atricapillus occidentalis (Bd.) Cones, b 291. c sic r at. 



Western Chickadee. 



y 47. Parus carolinensis Aud. b 29S. c 316. r 42. 



Carolina Chickadee. [See Addenda, No. 879. 



48. Parus montanus Gamb. B 294. c 32. R 40. 



Mountain Chickadee. 



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y49. Parus hudsonicus Forst. b 296. c S3, r 45. 



Hudsonian Chickadee. 



we instinctively incline to the latter, both as throwing the stress of voice on the radical 

 syllable, instead of on the connecting vowel, and as the a in -phanes represents two vowels, 

 ai or oc as in phcenomenon, phanogamous. 



41. L. Tn-or-na'-tus. Lat. in, negative, and ornatus, ornate, adorned; orno, I ornament. 



42. L. a-tro-cris-ta'-tus. Lat. ater, atra, atrurn, black ; and cristatus, crested ; crista, a crest. 



Commonly written atj-icristatus ; see Parus, No. 44. 



N. B. — The tenability of the position taken by Dr. Cones (B. C. V., i, p. 117 ; 1878) 

 respecting atro-cristatus has been queried by several correspondents ; among them Mr. 

 W. C. Avery, of Greensboro', Ala., who some time since furnished an extensive com- 

 mentary on the names of the old Check List, and whose suggestions have often proved 

 valuable. Mr. Avery maintains atricristatus, adducing albicerata (sc. Jicus) from Pliny, 

 15, 18 ; and atri-, albi, magni-, &c., is undoubtedly a correct form of such compounds. 

 But we take cristatus to be a perfect participle, and put ater in the ablative of instru- 

 ment ; there being no such word as atricristatus, unless we coin it. We consider the word 

 equal to cristatus atro, conformably with usage in Picus allo-larvatus, Tyrannus aurantio-atro- 

 cristatus, &c. Compare also the actual Latin auro-clavatus, striped with golden. 



43. L. w6Il-wgb'-6r-I. To Wollweber. 



44. Pa'-riis a-tri-cap-il'-lus. Lat. parus, a titmouse ; etymology in question, but apparently 



parus for parvus, small, petty, like the actual adverb parum, little ; Gr. iravpos, of same 

 signification, th. -iravw; ci. pau-cus, pau-lus, pau-per, &c. — Lat. atricapillus, black-hair(ed) ; 

 capillus, hair of the head ; a diminutive, allied to caput, and Gr. Kf(pa\ri, the head. Com- 

 pare English capillary, thready, hair-like, i. e., as fine as a hair. Notice atri-, not atro-; 

 cf. Lophophanes, No. 42. If the compound were with capillatus, it would be atrocapillatus. 



45. P. a. sep-ten-tr!-o-na'-lis. Lat. septentrionalis, nortliern ; septemtriones (septem and trio) 



being the constellation of seven stars near the north pole. 



46. P. a. 6c-c!d-en-ta'-lis. Lat. occidentalis, western ; occido, I fall; i. e., where the sun sets. 



47. P. ca-r61-!n-en'-sis. See Mimus, No. 16. 



48. P. mon-ta'-nus. Lat. montanus, relating to a mountain ; mons, genitive montis, a mountain. 



49. P. hud-s6n'-I-cus. Latinized from the name of Henry Hudson, discoverer of the region. 



