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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEBICAN BIRDS. 69 



289. Za3Baek>dia ludoviciana (L.) Coiios. b sso, c 193. r 244. 



Rose-breasted Soug Grosbeak. 



290. Zaiiielodia melanocephala (Sw.) Coues. b 381. c 194. R 245. 



Black-lieaded Song Grosbeak. 



291. Guira.ca ccerulea (L.) Sw. b 382. c 195. r 246. 



Blue Grosbeak. 



292. Passerina ciris (L.) Gray, b 384. c 19G. r 251. 



Painted Finch ; Nonpareil. 



293. Passerina versicolor (Bp.) Gray, b 385. c 197. R 250. 



Versicolor Painted Finch. 



.■294. Passerina amoena (Say) Gray, b 386. c 198. R 249. 



/ Lazuli Painted Finch. 



295. Passerina cyanea (L.) Gray, b 387. c 199. r 243. 



Indigo Painted Finch ; Indigo-bird. 



296, Spermophila moreleti Pucherau. b 388. c 200. R 252. 



Morejet's Seed-eater. 



^297. Phonipara zena (L., 1758) Bryant. B — . c 201. r 253. (!w. i.) 



/ Black-faced Finch. 



' TT" 289. ZR-mpl-mW l t-a lu-d5-vi-ci-a'-na. Gr. (d, an intensive particle, and ^eAwSta, singing:, 



) i/U>V^.{L(ri\. / u melody ; in allusion to the strikingly rich song. — To Louisiana ; see Thryuthorus, No. 68. 



' "jZ^Ca*** fviiy> ' ■ '^'"^ '^ given as Goniaphea lud. in the orig. ed. For the change, see Coues, Bull. 



> ''' J Nutt. Club, V, 1880, p. 98. 



( /^VHX- S90. Z. mgl-an-o-cgph'-a-la. Gr. /ieAos, feminine /^e'Aaira, neuter ^e'Xaj', black ; /c6(|)aA.-i7, the head. 



291. Gulr'-a-ca [pronounced Gwecrahcah] coe-rul'-e-a. The generic word is barbarous, from 



some South American vernacular, and of uncertain meaning. It occurs, with several 

 similar words, as guira, in Marcgrave. We mark the accent (for which there is no author- 

 ity) as usually heard. — For coa-ulea, see Polioptila, No. 3G. 



292. Pas-s6r-i'-na ci'-rls. Passerina, formed from Passei-, as Passerella and Passerculus also are. 



— Ciris, Gr. nelpis, a kind of bird, into which Scylla, daughter of Nisus, is fabled to have 

 been changed. — Nonpareil = " the incomparable." 



For use of Passerina, instead of Cjjanospiza of the orig. ed., see Coues, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, V, 1880, p. 90. 



293. P. ver-si'-c61-6r. Lat. versicolor, of changing or versatile colors, many-colored, party-col- 



ored ; verso, I turn about, change, am occupied with, versed in, &c. ; color, color. 



294. P. a-moe'-na [ahmwaynah]. Lat. amana, delightful, charming, dressy. 



295. P. cy-an'-e-a. Lat cyaneus, Gr. Kvdyeos or Kvavos, dark blue. 



296. Sper-mo'-phl-la more-lgt'-i. Gr. airep/xa. genitive (nTfpfj.aTos, a seed ; from cnreipu), equal 

 to the Lat. spargo, I sow seed: and (plKos. from <pt\iu>, I love. The word is contracted; 

 the full form is spermatophila. — To Morelet, a French naturalist. 



297. Eho-nP-pa^ra ze'-na. Gr. (jicoj/i), a sound, the voice ; ^ij/t/, I speak ; the English "phonetic" 

 is from the same. The rest of the word appears to be from Lat. pario, I bring forth, beget, 

 produce, having the same root as is seen in primi-;jarrr, /lar-turient, vivi-/)ar-ous, &c. ; if 

 so, the word is a hybrid which would be better written sonipara or voriparn. The mean- 

 ing of zena we do not know ; we suppose it not to be of Greek or Latin derivation. 



This is given as P. bicolor in the orig. ed. of the Check List, after Frimjilla bicolor L., 

 1766; but it seems that F. zena L., 1758, is the prior tenable name. 



