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88 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEEICAN BIRDS. 



514. Biiteo cooperi Cass, b 29. c 349. R 437. (?) 



Cooper's Buzzard Hawk. 



515. Bnteo harlani (And.) Bp. b 22. c 350. r 438. 



Harlan's Buzzard Hawk. 



• 516. Bnteo borealis (Gm.) V. b 23. c 351. r 436. 



Red-tailed Buzzard Haw^k ; Hen Hawk. 



517. Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.) Ridg. b 20, 24. c ssia. r 4366. 



Western Red-tailed Buzzard Hawk. 



518. Buteo borealis lucasanus Eidg. b — . c 3516. r 436c. 



St. Lucas Buzzard Ha^rk. 



519. Buteo borealis krideri Hoopes. b — . c 35ic. R 436o. (?) 



Krider's Buzzard Haw^k. 



520. Buteo lineatus (Gm.) Jard. b 25. c 352. R 439. 



Red-sliouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



521. Buteo lineatus elegans (Cass.) Ridg, b 26. c 352a. R 439a. 



Western Red-sliouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



522. Buteo abbreviatus Cab. b — . c 353. r 440. 



Band-tailed Ha-wk. 



523. Buteo swainsoni Bp. b is, 19, 21, 28. c 354. R 442. 



Swainson's Buzzard Hawk. 



514. B. co6p'-gr-I. To Dr. James G. Cooper, of California, well known for his studies of the 



birds of that country. Doubtful species : only one specimen known. 



515. B. har'-lan-i. To Dr. Richard Harlan, of Philadelphia, author of Medical and Physical 



Researches, Fauna Americana, etc. 



516. B. b6r-6-a'-lis. Lat. iorcc/Z/s, northern ; ioreas, the north wind. 



517. B. b. cal-ia'-rus. Gr. icoAcis, beautiful, and o5pa, tail. 



518. B. b. lu-cas-a'-nus. Named after Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. 



519. B. b. krl'-d6r-i. To John Krider, the veteran taxidermist of Philadelphia. Dubious. 



520. B. li-ng-a'-tus. Lat. ///^a^^fs, lineated, limned, from /m/o ; /iwea, a line. In reference to the 



streaking of the plumage. 



521. B. 1. e'-16-gans. Lat. e%a?zs, elegant, because select, chosen : e and %o, I pick out. 



522. B. ab-brgv-I-a'-tus. Lat. a66rei'('a<;/s, shortened ; a6 and fo-en'o, I abridge, contract ; brevis, 



short ; Gr. ^paxvs- Applicability imknown to us. 



This stands as B. zonocercus in the orig. ed. See Ridg., Pr. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 220. 



523. B. swain'-son-T. To William Swainson, Esq., the celebrated English naturalist. 



Mr. Sharpe has lately called this B. obsoktus (Gm.), but very erroneously, Gmelin's 

 bird of that name being a Gyrfalcon. — B. insignatus of Cassin is simply a melanism. 

 — B. bairdi of Cassin is the young. — This bird is the nearest form we have to the Euro- 

 pean B. vulgaris, whicli latter has been attributed to Michigan : see Maynard, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, i. No. 1, 1876, pp. 2-6. 



The meaning of the word "buzzard " is unknown to us. It runs through several 

 languages, as buzhard, buzard, busard, buse. Some tliink it onomatopoeic, related to 

 buzz ; that seems doubtful ; more likely related to the Latin huteo. Butes is a Latin 

 proper name, but of no obvious connection. 



