84 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



485. Glancidium ferruginenm. (Maxim.) Kaup. b — . c sso. R 410. 



Ferrugineous Owl. 



486. Micrathene whitneyi (Coop.) Coues. b — . c 331. R 411. 



Elf Owl. 



487. Speotyto cunicularia hypogsea (Bp.) Coues. b 58, 59. c 332. E 408. 



^ Burrowing Owl. 



488. Speotyto cunicularia floridana Ridg. b — . c — . R 408a. 



Florida Burrowing Owl. 



^ 489. Circus cyaneus hudsonius (L.) Coues. b 38. c 333. R 430. 



y""^ Marsh Hawk ; Harrier. 



490. Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus (— ) Ridg. b 37. c 334. R 429. 



Everglade Kite. 



491. Ictinia subcoerulea (Bartr.) Coues. b 36. c 335. R 428. 



Mississippi Kite. 



492. Elanus glaucus (Bartr.) Coues. b 35. c 336. R 427. 



White-tailed or Black-shouldered Kite. 



485. G. fer-ru-gin'-6-um. 'Lat. fejrttgineiim, rusty-red; /er7V'^o/ iron-rust ; /eirwrn, iron. 



486. Mi-cra-then'-e whlt'-ney-i. Gr. /xiKpSs, small; 'AOrivri or 'Adr)va or 'AflTjj/aia, the Greek 



goddess of wisdom, to whom the owl was sacred. There was already a genus Athene, 

 when Dr. Coues constructed the above. The genus Atthis, No. 416, is rooted with the 

 same, as are Attic, Athens, Athenian, Athenceum, &c. — To Professor J. D. Whitney, Director 

 of the Geological Survey of California. 



487. Spe-6'-ty-to cun-I-cu-la'-ri-a hy-p6-gae'-a. Gr. a-ireos, a cave, excavation ; tvtw, a kind 



of owl. The first refers to the burrowing of this species ; the last, like idula, is onoma- 

 topoeic, in imitation of an owl's hooting or "tooting"; <^to, a " tooter." — Lat. cunicu- 

 larius, a miner, burrower; cuniculus, a mine, pit, hole. — Lat. hypogceum, a vault, cellar; 

 Gr. vnoyeios, under ground, subterranean ; inr6, under, yea, yy\, the ground. Thus all 

 three words refer to the same thing. 



488. S. c. flor-id-a'-na. To Florida, " land of flowers." 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since described ; Ridg., Am. Sportsman, July 4, 1874, p. 216. 



489. Cir-cus cy-an'-6-us hud-s6n'-i-ias. Gr. KipKos, Lat. circus, a kind of hawk, so called 



from its circling in the air. — Gr. Kvavos, Lat. cyaneus, blue ; the color of the old male. — 

 To Hudson's Bay. 



490. Rostr-ham'-us s6-ci-a'-bl-lis plum'-b6-us. Lat. rostrum, beak, and hamus, Gr. x°Mo^) ^ 



hook, from the greatly decurved form of the upper mandible. It is a queerly com- 

 pounded word, meaning literally bill-hook, though the person who invented it meant to 

 say hook-bill, hamirostrum. It is very bad form as it stands, but we hardly know liow 

 to emend without entirely changing it. — Lat. sociabilis, sociable, gregarious; socius, a 

 companion. — Lat. plumbeus, plumbeous, lead-colored. 



491. Ic-tin'-i-a sub-coe-rul'-g-a. Gr. j/ctiV or i/cTTj/os, a kite ; probably rooted same as y/crepos, a 



disease, in the idea of attacking ; Lat. ictus, a blow, &c. — Lat. sub, a prefix of dimhiishing 

 force, and can-uleus, blue ; bluish, pale blue. See Dendrceca, No. 117. 



This stands as 1. vdssissippiensis in the orig. ed. See Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad., 1875, 

 p. 345. 



492. El'-an-us glau'-cus. Lat. elanus, a kite ; derived from the Gr. eXavva), I drive on, urge 



forward, press upon, harass, &c. ; a good name for a bird of prey which exhibits what 

 the French would call e'lan. — Lat. glaucus, Gr. yKavKos, bluish, glaucous; from Xeuw, 

 Aeuo-trco, I shine. See Glaucidium, No. 484. 



This is Elanus leucurus in the orig. ed. See Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad., 1875, p. 345. 



