CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 45 



179. Vireo solitarius plumbeus (Coues) Allen, b — . c i27a. R nib. 



Plumbeous Greenlet. 



180. Vireo vicinior Coues. b — . c 128. R 147. 



Gray Greenlet. 



181. Vireo noveboracensis (Gm.) Bp. b 248. c 129. R 143. 



White-eyed Greenlet. 



182. Vireo huttoni Cass, b 249. c 130. R 144. 



Hutton's Greenlet. 



183. Vireo belli Aucl. b 246. c lai. r 145. 



Bell's Greenlet. 



184. Vireo pnsillus Coues. B — . c 132. r 146. 



Least Greenlet. 



185. Vireo atricapillus Woodh. b 247. c 133. R 142. 



Black-capped Greenlet. 



186. Lanius borealis V. b 236. c 134. r 148. 



Great Northern Shrike; Butcherbird. 



187. Lanius ludovicianus L. b 237. c 135. R 149. 



Loggerhead Shrike. 



188. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Sw.) Coues. B238. ci35a. Ri49a. 



White-rumped Shrike. 



179. V. s. plum'-b6-us. Lat. /i/M/nieus, plumbeous, lead-colored ; p/in7ii»;«, lead. 



180. V. vi-ci'-nl-6r. Lat. comparative degree of r(c/«»s, neighboring ; vicinia, a, neighborhood 



or vicinity ; this from vicus, digammated from Gr. oIkos, a house. The allusion is to the 

 close resemblance of the species to others. 



181. V. nov-e-bor-a-cen'-sis. Very late Latin for of, or pertaining to, New York; novus, new, 



and eboracensis, pertaining to Eboracum, the old name of York, England ; Noveboracum is 

 literally New York. 



182. V. hut'-ton-i. To William Hutton, of Monterey, California. 



183. V. b61'-li. To J. G. Bell, of New York, for many years the most skilful and most distin- 



guished taxidermist of America. 



1 84. V. pu-sll'-ms. See Sitla pusilla, No. 60. 



185. V. a-trl-cap-il'-lus. Lat. a/er, afra, black ; the opposite of albits. It properly means dead 



black, as nicjer does glossy black, which latter would have been better in this case. 

 Capillus, hair of the head, from caput, head ; whence English capillary, thready. 



186. Lan'-i-iis bor-g-a'-lls. Lat. lanius, a butcher; from lanio, I rend, lacerate. See Falco, 



No. 502. — Lat. boreas, the north wind, h. e., the north ; whence borealis, northern. 



For reason of the generic change from Collurio of the orig. ed. of the Check List, and 

 for Shrikes' names in general, see Birds Colorado Valley, i, 1878, p. 5-37 et seq. 



187. L. lu-do-vl-cl-a'-nus. Lat. L»f?o(.vcus, Louis, a proper name. The application here is to 



the Territory of Louisiana, formerly of great extent. See Thryolhorus, No. 68. 



188. L. ex-cub-T-t5-rI'-des. Lat. excubitor, a watchman, sentinel, from ex, out of, and cubilor, 



one who lies down, from cubo ; i.e., an out-lier. Tlie termination of the word is the Gr. 

 ii^os, appearance or resemblance (e^Soj, I see). There is a difference in the orthograpliy 

 of the word : it has oftcnest been written ercuhiloroidcs, and pronounced in six syllables, 

 with the accent on the penult. But if this spelling is used, it should be excubitoroides, 



