92 CHECK LIST OF NOBTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



543. Ectopistes migratorius (L.) Sw. b 448. c 370. r 459. 



Wild Pigeon ; Passenger Pigeon. 



y 54A. Zenaidura carolinensis (L.) Bp. b 451. c 371. R 460. 



Carolina Dove. 



545. Zenaida amabilis Bp. b 449. c 372. r 462. 



Zenaida Dove. 



546. Melopelia lencoptera (L.) Bp. b 450. c 373. r 464. 



White-winged Dove. 



... 547. Chamaepelia passerina (L.) Sw. b 453. c 374. R 465. 



Ground Dove. 



548. Chamsepelia passerina pallescens (Bd.) Coues. b — . c 374a. r — . (?) 



St. Lucas Ground Dove. 



549. Scardafella inca (Less.) Bp. b 452. c 375. r 466. 



Scaled Dove. 



550. Geotrygon martinica (Gm.) Reich, b 454. c 376. r 467. 



Key West Pigeon. 



543. Ec-t6-pis'-tes mi-gra-to'-ri-Qs. Gr. eKToiria-T'fis, a wanderer, passenger ; fKroirl^w, I 

 wander, change place ; from e/c, out of, and tottos, place ; " out of place." — Lat. 

 migratorius, of same meaning; viigro, I migrate. 



644. Zen-a-i-du'-ra ca-ro-lin-en'-sis. We think zenaida is a barbarous word. Its meaning we 

 do not know. See Phonipara, No. 297, and compare zena there given. The rest of the 

 word is formed by adding the Greek ovpi. Bonaparte originally wrote zenaidura, which 

 has usually, of late, following Dr. Coues' lead, been turned to zemedura ; but if the 

 word is not classic, there is no occasion for the modification. 



545. Zgn-a-i'-da am-a'-bll-is. Zenaida, a proper name, perhaps Spanish ; meaning unknown 



to us : see No. 544. — Lat. amabilis, lovable, lovely ; amo, I love. 



546. M6l-6-pel-i'-a Ieu-c5p'-ter-a. Gr. fj.eXos, melody, and ireKeia, a dove. Name derived 



from TTeXAos, the peculiar dark slaty-blue color, so characteristic of pigeons ; we say 

 to-day in sporting parlance " blue-rocks " for the ordinary domestic pigeon. The word, 

 like many others ending in -pelia, is often wrong- written -peleia. Observe that the Greek 

 et becomes long ;' in Latin, giving us -pelia, accented on the penult. — Gr. Aeu/cJy, white, 

 and iTTip6v, a wing. 



547. Cham-ae-pel-i'-a pas-s6r-i'-na. Gr. x°-l^^'h an adverb, on the ground, and ireAeia, a dove. 



See No. 546. See Chamaa, No. 39. This word is spelled about a dozen different 

 ways, by writers or printers who are careless or ignorant. — Lat. passerina, sparrow-like, 

 in allusion to the diminutive size: passer, a sparrow. See No. 192. 



548. C. p. pal-les'-cens. See Mitrephorus, No. 392. Scarcely distinguishable from No. 547. 



549. Scar-da-fel'-la in'-ca. Scardafella is an Italian word, thus accounted for by Bonaparte, 



who founded the genus, in his " Coup d'CEil sur I'Ordre des Pigeons " (p. 43 of the 

 separate copies) : " une expression du Dante m'a inspire le nom de scardafella, qui peint 

 I'apparence e'cailleuse de notre treizieme genre." The " scaly appearance " is due to the 

 coloration, not the texture, of the feathers. — Inca is a barbarous word ; the incas or yncas 

 were Peruvian chiefs. 



This Is S. squamosa var. inca in the orig. ed. ; later determined to be distinct. 



550. G6-6-try'-g5n mar-tin'-I-ca. Gr. 7/0, the earth, the ground, and rpvytiiv, a pigeon ; from 



Tpv^w, to coo ; onomatopoeic, like turtur. There seems to be reason for keeping the 

 penult long, and accenting it. — Lat. martinica, Latinized adjective from Martinique, one 

 of the West Indies. 



