CHECK LIST OF NOHTH AMEBIC AN BIBDS. 65 



334. Quiscalus major V. b 420. c 224. r 277. 



Boat-tailed Crow Blackbird ; Jackdaw^. 



335. Quiscalus purpureus (Bartr.) Licht. B421. C 225. R 278. 



Purple Crow Blackbird ; Purple Grackle. 



336. Quiscalus purpureus seneus Ridg. b — . c — . R 2786. 



Bronzed Crow Blackbird. 



337. Quiscalus purpureus aglaeus (Bd.) Coues. b 422. c 225a. r 278a. 



Florida Crow^ Blackbird. 



338. Corvus corax L. b 423. 424. c 226. R 280. 



Raven. 



339. Corvus cryptoleucus Couch. B 425. c 227. R 281. 



White-necked Raven. 



340. Corvus frugivorus Bartr. b 426. c 228. R 282. 



Common American Crow^. 



341. Corvus frugivorus floridanus (Bd.) Coues. B 427. C 228a. r 282a. 



Florida Crow. 



342. Corvus caurinus Bd. b 428. c 2286. r 2826. 



Northw^estern Crove. 



right track of the word, we may perhaps go a step further, and trace the undoubtedly 

 barbarous word qiiisculiis through quisfjuilla to tlie similar Lat. quisqailue, which the lexi- 

 cons give as meaning refuse, dregs, or other trifling worthless matters ; as we might say,. 

 Tiff-raff, rarj-tag ; and such would not be wholly inappropriate to these vagabond troopers, 

 so common everywhere as to come under the contempt of familiarity. — Gr. /xuKpSs, long,, 

 large, and ovpa, tail. 



334. Q. ma'-jor. Lat. major, greater, comparative of magnus, 



335. Q. pQr-pur'-6-us. See Carpodacus, No. 194. 



336. Q. p. ae'-ng-us. See Molothrus, No. 315. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List : since recognized. 

 337 Q. p. ag-lae'-us. Gr. ayXalos or ay\a6s, shining, from ayXala, splendor; also the name of 

 one of the Muses. Obs. — Not to be confounded with agelceus, which see, No. 316. 



338. Cor'-viis c6r'-ax. Lat. corvus, a crow. — Lat. corax or Gr. KSpa^, a raven. — Corvus is by 



some considered jtn onomatopoeon, and referred through the Gr. Kpd,(w, Kpw^w, to croak, 

 back to a Sanscrit root of same signification. — Corax is more obviously a word of 

 similar formation, as may also be the English crow. 



339. C. cryp-t6-leu'-ciis. Gr. KpwTrT6s, hidden (with which compare Eng. cri/pf), and XevKos, 



white; the allusion being to the concealed white at the bases of the feathers of the neck. 



340. C. fria-gl'-vd-rus. Lat. Jrugivorus, fruit-eating; frux, gcmtixe frugis, fruit, and roro, I 



devour. Frux is from fntor, fruitus, fructus, as it is something that may be enjoyed. 

 Voro is rooted in fiop, as seen in fiopd, food, and fioaKw (/80'ai), I eat. 

 This is given as C. arnericanus in the orig. ed. of the Check List. 



341. C. f. flo-rl-da'-niis. To Florida. F/ora, Goddess of flowers ; _/?os, a flower. 



342. C. cau-rl'-nus. There is no such Latin word. Caurinus has been supposed to be equiva- 



lent to corvinus, crew-like, but is directly derived from caurus, the North-west wind, the 

 species having been discovered on the North-west coast of the United States. 



This stands as C. nmericanus var. caurinus in the orig. ed. : it has been redetermined to 

 be distinct, as originally described by Baird. 



