30 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



59. Sitta canadensis L. b 279. c. 39. r 52. 



Red-bellied Nut-hatch. 



60. Sitta pusilla Lath. B 280. c. 40. R 63. 



Brown-headed Nut-hatch. 



61. Sitta pygmsea Vig. b 28I. C4i. R54. 



Pygmy Nut-hatch. 



62. Certhia familiaris L. b 275. c 42. r 55. 



Brown Creeper. 



^ 63. Campylorhynchns brunneicapillus (Lafr.) Gr. b 262. c 43. r 56. 



Brown-headed Cactus Wren. 



64. Campylorhynchns affinis Bd. b — . c 44. r 57. 



St. Lucas Cactus Wren. 



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65. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) Cab. b 264. c 45. R 58. 



Rock Wren. 



66. Catherpes mexicanus (Sw.) Bd. b 263. c — . r 59. (!m) 



Canon Wren. 



59. S. ca-nad-en'-sis. Latinized from Canadian. — iVw<Aa<cA is nut-hatcher or nu^hacker ( Fr. 



hacker, fSwed. hucka), tlie bird that hacks, pecks, nuts; also called nut-jobber, to job 

 being to peck, or thrust at. 



60. S. pu-sil'-la [puceellah, not pewzillerj. Lat. p((s<7/((s, petty, puerile ; directly formed from 



puer, pitsus, or pusio (Gr. Trats), a boy; here and conunonly used simply as signifying 

 small. The Sanskrit root reappears in endless forms of kindred meaning. 



61. S. pyg-mae'-a. Gr. irvyfxr], the fist; hence Trvy/jaTos, Lat. pjjijmceus, a pygmy, fistling, or 



tom-tliumb. As a measure of length, from elbow to clenched fist, a -Kvyix-i) was about 

 13^ inches ; the original Pygmies were a race of African dwarfs at war with the Cranes ; 

 pyymiEus came afterward to mean any thing pygmy, dwarfed, and is here applied to a 

 very small nut-hatch. Compare Machetes pugnax, No. 639. 



62. Cer'-thi-a fam-il-i-a'-rls. Gr. KfpOios, Lat. certlnus, become later certhia. The name 



occurs in Aristotle, who appai;ently uses it for this very species, which he also calls 

 Kynro\6yos, cnipologus ; that is to say, a gatherer of insects; kp'ixI/, a bug, and \4yw, I col- 

 lect. —Lat. familiaris, familiar, domestic, hence common; familia, or older famiiias, the 

 family, the household. 



63. Cam-py-16-rhyn'-chus briin-nei-cap-il'-lus [broonaycapeellus]. Gr. /ca^iTrvAos, bent, from 



KafiTTTco, I bend ; and pvyxos (rhynchus), beak. — Lat. bnmnms, brown ; capillus, hair. The 

 adjective brunneus is post-classic. Latinized from It. bruno, Fr. bran, Germ. &raun; A. S. 

 biiman, to burn ; related are brand, brunt, and many similar words, among them brant; see 

 Bernicla, No. 700. 



64. C. af-fin'-is [affeen'is]. Lat. affinis, i. e., ad and finis, at the end of, hence bordering on, 



neighboring ; here in the sense of related to, resembling, having affinity with, No. 63. 



65. Sal-pinc'-tes ob-s6-le'-tias. Gr. (xaK-iriyKriis, a trumpeter, Ibecoming in Latin salpinctes, from 



(Tc{A.7rj7f(salpigx = salpinx), a trumpet; in allusion to the bird's loud, ringing song.— 

 Lat. ohsoktus, unaccustomed, from ob, against, and soleo, I am wont ; hence obsolete, in 

 sense of effaced, all the colors of the bird being dull. — Wren is A. S. wrenna. 



66. Cath-er'-pes mex-T-ca'-nus. Gr. /caSepTn^s, a creeper; Kaeepirw, I creep down, from Kard, 



down, and epirai, I creep, crawl. The stem of the word is seen in herpes, the disease 

 which creeps over the skin ; herpetology, the science of creeping things, reptiles ; repto or 

 repo, I creep, in Latin, simply altered from epirw. — Lat. mexicanus, see No. 28. 



