32 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



76. Anorthnra troglodytes hiemalis (Wils.) Coues. b 273. c 50. r 65. 



Winter Wren. 



77. Anorthura troglodytes pacifictis (Bd.) Ridg. b — . c — . r 65a. (?) 



Western Winter Wren. 



78. Anorthura troglodytes alascensis (Bd.) Coues. B — . c soo. R 66. 



Alaskan Winter Wren. 



'79. Telmatodytes palustris (Bartr.) Cab. B 268. c 5i. R 67. 



/ Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



80. Telmatodytes palustris paludicola Bd. b — . c — . r 67a. (?) 



Tule Marsh Wren. 



.- 81. Cistothorus stellaris (Licht.) Cab. b 269. c 52. r 68. 



/^ ...... Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



82. -Eremophila alpestris (L.) Boie. b 302. c 53. r 300. 



^^ :, Horned Lark ; Shore Lark. 



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83. Eremophila alpestris leucolsema Coues. b — . c 536. r sooa. (?) 



-v^ Western Shore Lark. 



84. Eremophila alpestris chrysolsema (Wagl.) Bd. b — . c 53a. r soOc. 



Southern Shore Lark. 



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76. An-or-thu'-ra trog-lo'-dy-tes hl-gm-a'-lis. Gr. d or av, privative, 6p06s, straiglit, ovpa, 



tail. The name was invented by Rennie, because he considered Troglodytes etyraologi- 

 cally inapplicable to a wren. — Lat. hiemalis or hyemalis, of or pertaining to winter ; from 

 (hiemps) hiems or hyems, winter, a weakened form of the Gr. xf*!""- ^ gushing, a torrent, 

 or xe'M'^''> the rainy, tempestuous, or winter season ; Skr. hima, snow. We of tener use 

 the y than the i, but the latter is correct. 



77. A. t. pa-ci'-fi-cus. Lat. pac{^ri(s, pacific, peaceful, literally peace-making, from joax, geni- 



tive pads, peace, and yac/o, I make, do. The application is to the occurrence of the bird 

 on the west coast of the United States. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. (Baird, Rev. Am. B., i, 1864, p. 145.) 



78. A. t. a-las-cen'-sTs. Alascensis, relating to Alaska. 



79. Tel-ma-to'-dy-tes pal-us'-tris. Gr. reA^o, genitive TeK/jLaros, a marsh or swamp ; Suttjs, an 



inhabitant, from Svw, I go in or under. — Lat. palustris, adjective from palus, a marsh, 

 whence palustrine, like lacustrine from lacus, marine from mare. 



80. T, p. pal-Q-dI'-c6-la. Lat. palus, genitive paludis, a marsh; and (in)cola, an inhabitant. 



See No. 79. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. (Baird, Rev. Am. B., i, 1864, p. 148.) 



81. Cis-to-tho'-rus stel-la'-rls. Gr. k'kttos, a shrub, and Oovpos, from (Q6pu>) OpduKoi, I run or 



rush through ; compare Thryothorus, No. 68. Cabanis, who coined the word in 1850, gives 

 St|^^d)Iiipfcr as the German translation. Lat. stellaris, stellar, starry, adjective from stella, 

 a star, like aster, Gr. aa-rrip ; here in the sense of speckled. 



y^^iVSt&l'^j- 82. Er-e-m6'-phl-la al-pes'-tris. Gr. eprJiJ.os, a desert; <t>i\4w, I love. — Lat. Alpestris (not 

 ' u/fi 7)t ^fl 9i/? 9' classic), from Alpes, Alps ; perhaps from a,\<l>6s, albus, white ; that is, snowy. 



83. E. a. Ieii-c6-lae'-ma. Gr. \euK6s, white ; \atfj.6s, the throat. 



This is a slight variety, lately described by Coues from the high central plains ; it is 

 (A^l/Tiii ^'^^ bleached form of that region. (B. N. W., 1874, p. 38.) 



84. E. a. chry-s6-lae'-ma. Gr. xpi^ceos, golden; that is, of a golden color, from xpwcrJs, gold; 



and \ain6s, the throat. — A. S. laferc, Scot, laverock. Germ. Ierd)e, Eng. lark. 



