42 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMEBICAN BIRDS. 



154. Pyranga rubra (L.) V. b 220. c 107. r 161. 



Scarlet Tanager. 



155. Pyranga sestiva (L.) V. b 221. c i08. R 164. 



Summer Tanager. 



156. Pyranga sestiva cooperi (Ridg.) Coues. b — . c lOSa, R I64a. 



Cooper's Tanager. 



157. Pyranga hepatica Sw. b 222. c 109. R 163. 



Hepatic Tanager. 



y 158. Pyranga ludoviciana (Wils.) Bp. b 223. c 110. R I62. 



Louisiana Tanager. 



159. Hirundo erythrogastra horreorum (Bartr.) Coues. B225. c 111. R154. 



Barn Swallow. 



160. Iridoprocne bicolor (V.) Coues. B 227. c 112. R 155. 



White-bellied Swallow. 



161. Tachycineta thalassina (Sw.) Cab. B 228. c 113. R 156. 



Violet-green Sw^allow^. 



154. Py-ran'-ga rub'-ra. The word Pyranga has a classic twang, as if formed in part from the 



Gr. TTvp, fire ; but it is a barbarous word, taken from some South American dialect. 

 Several similar combinations of letters occur in Marcgrave. Vieillot wrote it Piranga 

 in 1807, and Pyratuja in 1816. The latter has come into general use. — The English 

 tanayer is simply altered from the South American tanagra or tangara, both of which 

 words occur in the older authors, the latter being in general use until Linnasus, perhaps 

 by a misprint, gave the former currency. 



155. P. aes-ti'-va. See Dendrceca,'^o. 111. 



156. P. a. coop'-6r-i. To Dr. J. G. Cooper, of California. 



157. P. he-pat'-i-ca. Gr. fiirap, genitive Tjiraros, the liver, or Lat. hepar, hepatis, the same; 



whence ^ttotjkcJs or hepaticus, the direct adjective. The allusion is to the liver-colored 

 plumage. 



158. P. Iu-d6-vi-c!-a'-na. See Thryothorus, 'No. 6S. 



159. Hir-un'-do er-y-thr6-gas'-tra hor-rg-o'-riim. Lat. hirundo, a swallow, from the Gr. 



Xe\LSiii', of same meaning. — Gr. epvBpSs, red or ruddy, and yaarrip, the belly. — Lat. 

 horreuin, a barn, in the genitive plural. (On the etymology of hirundo, and various 

 other, including the English, names of swallows, see Birds Col. Vail., i, 1878, p. 369.) 



160. Ir-!-d5-proc'-ne bl'-c61-6r. Gr.'^lpts, genitive "IpiSos, Lat. Iris, Iridis, Iris, the messenger 



of the gods ; also the rainbow ; from eXpoi or ipSi, to announce. The allusion is to 

 the sheen of the plumage. Gr. UpiKvrt, or Lat. Procne or Progne, a proper name, the 

 daughter of Pandion, fabled to have been transformed into a swallow. — L&t. bicolor, 

 two-colored. 



161. Tach-y-cln-e'-ta thal-as'-sl-na. Gr. TaxuKiv-nros, moving rapidly, i.e., a swift runner; 



raxvs, swift (0ea>, to run); Kiv^T^p, from KLvew, to move. — Gr. OaXdcra-ivos, sea-green, 

 ed\aff(ra, the sea, from a\s, the sea, or salt. Observe accentuation of thalassina. We keep 

 the penult of Tachycine'ta long as being Gr. ij, but are not sure that it siiould not be 

 transliterated Tachycin'ita. 



