76 CHECK LIST OF NOETH A3IERICAN BIBBS. 



426. Crotophaga sulcirostris Sw. b — . c — . R 390. 



Groove-billed Ani. 



427. Geococcyx californianus (Less.) Bd. b 68. c 289. R 385. 

 Ground Cuckoo ; Chaparral Cock ; Road-runner. 



,v428. Coccygus erythrophthalmus (Wils.) Bd. b to. c 290. R 388. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo. 



429. Coccygus americanus (L.) Bp. b 69. c 29i. R 387. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



.430. Coccygus seniculus (Lath.) V. b 7i. c 292. r 386. 



Mangrove Cuckoo. 



431. Campephilus principalis (L.) Gr. b 72. c 293. r 359. 



Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 



,, 432. Hylotomus pileatus (L.) Bd. b 90. c 294. R 37i. 



Plicated Woodpecker. 



,433. Picus borealis V. b so. c 296. R 362. 

 Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



4£6. C. sul-ci-r5s'-tris. Lat. sulcus, a groove, furrow, channel; a word sibilated from Gr. 

 oAkos, a trace, track, trail ; and rostris, pertaining to tlie beak, rostrum. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discovered in Texas by G. B. Sennett. See Coues, The 

 Country, i, July 13, 1878, p. 184. 



427. Gg-6-c5c'-cyx cal-I-f6r-nT-an'-iis. Gr. yrj or yea, the earth, and kokkv^, a cuckoo. The 

 latter word is onomatopccic, and runs in similar forms through many languages, the idea 

 being always to express the cuckoo's voice in a word : Lat. cucidus ; Fr. coucou ; Eng. 

 cuckoo, cuckoio; Germ, ^'ufuf, &c. See Coccygus, No. 428. 



428. Coc'-cy-giis g-ryth-roph-thal'-miis. The generic name is modified from k6kkv^, a cuckoo. 

 Its orthography has given rise to much variance of opinion. It was originally written 

 by Vieillot coccyzus ; such spelling has been accepted by Sclater and others, and is per- 

 haps defensible on the ground that there is a Greek verb kokkvCid, I make a noise like a 

 cuckoo, whence a noun kokkv(os, becoming coccyzus in Latin, might be formed. Boie 

 first emended Vieillot's name to coccygus, in which he was followed by Cabanis and many 

 others. Other forms of the word found in ornithological writings are : coccyzon, coccy- 

 gius, coccysus, coccyzius, coccygon. We adopt Boie's form coccygus, being directly from the 

 genitive of kokkv^, not wishing to unnecessarily interfere. — For erythrophthalmus, see 

 Pipilo, No. 301. 



429. C. am-Sr-i-ca'-nus. To America. See Parula, No. 93. 



430. C. sgn-i'-cii-lus. Lat. seniculus, a little old man; diminutive of senex, an old man. The 

 allusion is probably to the gray on the head, a sign of senility. 



431. Cam-pe'-phil-ias prln-cl-pa'-lis. Gr. KafMirri, a caterpillar, from its bending; well-illus- 

 trated in tlie way a " measuring-worm " bends. The word primarily means a bending : 

 KafxTTTos, bent ; KafnTTTw, I bend ; the same word is seen in Campylorhynchus, for example. 

 <f)iAos, (pt\fa>, I love. — Lat. principalis, principal, chief, from the great size of the bird. 



432. Hy-16'-tQ-miis pi-lg-a'-tiis. Gr. v\ot6/j.os, cutting wood, i'. e., a woodcutter: y'A.?;, wood, 

 and Ttfiveiv, to cut. — Lat. pileatus, capped, i.e., crested; from pileus or pilcnm, a cap ; 

 related to pilus, a hair; the same root is seen in depilatory, pile, as of velvet, &c. 



433. Pi'-cus b6r-6-a'-lTs. Lat. Picus, a mythical person, and also a woodpecker, because tlie 

 former, one of the victims of Circe, whose love lie had scorned, was transformed into a 

 woodpecker. The etymology oi picus is doubtful ; the word is said by some to be prob- 



