68 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



361. Perisorens canadensis obscurus Ridg. b — . c 239a. r 298. 



Oregon Jay. 



362. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis Bd. b — . c 2396. R 297a. 



Rocky Mountain Jay. 



363. Sturnus vulgaris L. B — . c — . R 279. (G. ! e.) 



European Starling. 



364. Pitangus derbianus (Kaup) Scl. B — . c — . R 308. 



Lord Derby's Flycatclier. 



365. Myiodynastes luteiventris Scl. b — . c — . R 310. 



Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher. 



366. Milvulus tyrannus (L.) Bp. B 122. c 240. R 302. (!S. A.) 



Fork-tailed Flycatcher, 



367. Milvulus forficatus (Gm.) Sw. b 123. c 241. R soi. 



Swallow-tailed Flycatcher; Scissor-tail. 



368. Tyrannus carolinensis (L.) Bd. b 124. c 242. R 304. 



Tyrant Flycatcher; King-bird; Bee-martin. 



369. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gm.) Rich, b 125. c 243. R 303. 



Gray Tyrant Flycatcher; Gray King-bird. 



361. P. c. 6b-scu'-rus. See Molothrus,No.Sl4:. 



362. P. c. cap-i-ta'-lis. Lat. capitalis, capital, relating to the head, caput, the color of which 



distinguishes the race from the stock species. 



363. Stur'-nias vul-ga'-ris. Lat. sturnus, a stare or starling. — Lat. vulgaris, vulgar, conamon ; 



vulgus, or valgus, the people or folk, is digamuiated Gr. FoAxos, with transposition of 

 letters from ^x^"*) ^ crowd. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only American as occurring in Greenland, and there only acci- 

 dentally, in one known instance. 

 364-. Pit-an'-gus der-bi-a'-nus. Pitangus is a barbarous word, of some South American ver- 

 nacular ; it occurs, in several forms, in Marcgrave. — The species is dedicated to the 

 Earl of Derby. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Since discovered in Texas by G. B. Sennett. 

 See Coues, The Country, i, p. 184, July 13, 1878. 



365. Myi-6-dyn-as'-tes lut-gl-ven'-tris. Gr. /^u7a, a fly, and Suyaa-Trjs, a sovereign, ruler, &c. ; 



Swa/jLis, power, from Swafxai, I can, I am able. — Lat. luteus, luteous, yellow, from lutum, a 

 plant used for yellow dye, and venter, genitive ventris, the belly ; said to be digammatcd 

 from Gr. ivrepov, the entrails. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List : since discovered in Arizona by H. W. 

 Henshaw. See Hensh., Rep. Expl. W. 100 Merid., v, 1876, p. 346, pi. xiv. 



366. Mil'-vu-lijs tyr-an'-nus. Lat. milvulus, diminutive of milvus, a kite. — Lat. tyrannus, Gr. 



Tvpavvos, a ruler, despot, " tyrant ; " well applied to a bird of this genus. 



367. M. for-fi-ca'-tus. Lat. /or^cafus, a participial adjective, as if from a verhforjico; for/ex, a 



pair of shears, scissors, which the deeply forked tail resembles. 



368. Tyr-an'-nus ca-r6-lin-en'-sls. See M/i-h/us, No. 366. — Named after the State of Caro- 



lina : the direct adjective from Carolus, Charles. See Mimus, No. 16. 



369. T, d6m-in-i-cen'-sTs. Named after the island of Hayti, or St. Domingo; dominicus, do- 



minus, domus. See Dendraca, No. 129. 



