CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 49 



205. Leucosticte griseinucha (Brandt) Bd. B 323. c lua. r 174. 



Brandt's Rosy Fincli. 



206. Leucosticte arctoa (Pall.) Bp. b 324. c 145. R — . 



PallaiS^s Rosy FincIi. 



207. JEgietfeus linaria (L.) Cab. b 320. c 146, i46a. r 179. 



Common Red-poll. 



208. -^giothus linaria holboelli (Brehm) Coues. b — . c — . R I79a. (?) 



Holbbll's Red-poU. 



209. ^giothus hornemanni (Holb.) Coues. b 321. c — . R 178. (G.) 



Greenland Mealy Red-poll. 



210. ^giotlius exilipes Coues. B — . c 1466. R I78a. 



American Blealy Red-poll. 



21 1. Linota flavirostris brewsteri (Ridg.) Coues. b — . c 147. R iso. (?) 



BreTFster's Linnet. 



205. L. gris-ei-nu'-cha. Lat. griseiis, gray, and nucha, the nape or scruff of the neck. Neither 



part of the word is classic ; griseus is Latinized from such a word as seen in Fr. gris, 

 Ital. griso, English grisly ; and nucha, a technical word in ornithology, is Latinized from 

 Fr. nuque, the nape (A. S. cnoep, a knob, knoll), which is the same as Gaelic cnoc, Welsii 

 cnwc. Nape is thus closely related to neck itself; A. S. hnecca, Dan. nakke, Dutch nak 

 or nek, Germ, naifen, &c. 



206. L. arc-to'-a. Gr. &pKTos, a bear; also, the constellation; hence, the north; adjective 



apKTwos, same as apKriKos, northern, whence Lat. arctous and arcticus, of same signi- 

 fication. 



207. Aeg-I'-U-LliDs li-na'-ri-a. Gr. AlyioOos, given by Cabanis as a proper name: supposably 



derived from alyis,- a goat-skin, or aegis, and Tidr)iJ.i, to put or place, as if the shield- 

 bearer, like iEgisthus. The application is far from being evident. The word is 

 probably anly another form of aXyiQos, the name of an unknown bird, occurring in 

 Aristotle, Hist. ix. 1, conjectured by some to be this very species. — Lat. linaria; 

 from li>mm (Gr. Xivov), flax ; the root is seen in many words, as line, linear, linen, lint, 

 linnet, &c. 



208. A. 1. hol'-boel-li. To Carl v. Holboll, a Danish naturalist, chiefly known in ornithology 



for his researches in Greenland. 



Not recognized in the first ed. of the Check List. 



209. A. horn'-6-man-ni. To Hornemann, who had to do with Greenland birds. 



This species is not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. It is only American inasmuch 

 as it is found in Greenland. It is absolutely confined to that country, and is the bird 

 usually quoted as Greenlandic " canescens." 



210. A. ex-il'-I-pes. Lat. exilis (for exigilis, from exigo), small, slender, &c., and pes, foot. See 



Ardetta, No. 667. 



211. Li-no'-ta fia-vi-ros'-tris brews'-tgr-I. See Linaria, above: the word is not classic, being 



directly Latinized from the Fr. linotte, one of the numberless words from linum, linea, 

 &c. — Lat. Jlavirostris, yellow-billed. — To William Brewster, of Cambridge, Mass., an 

 excellent ornithologist. 



This is questionably North American, and questionably a good species. 



