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100 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



607. Gallinago media Leach, b — . c — . r 526. (g.) 



European Snipe. 



608. G-allinago wilsoni (Temm.) Bp. B 523. c 4i4. R 526a. 



American Snipe; Wilson's Snipe. 



609. Macrorhamphus grisens (Gm.) Leach, b 524. c 415. R 527. 



Red-breasted Snipe ; Gray-back Snipe ; Dowitcher. 



610. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say) Coues. B525. C4i5a. R527a. 



Western Red-breasted Snipe. 



,611. Micropalama himantopus (Bp.) Bd. b 536. c 4i6. R 528. 



Stilt Sandpiper. 



612. Ereunetes pusillus (L.) Cass. B 535. c 417. R 54i. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



613. Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis (Lawr.) Coues. b — . c 4i7a. r 54ia. (?) 



Western Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



614. Actodromas minutilla (V.) Coues. b 532. c 418. R 538. 



Least Sandpiper. 



615. Actodromas bairdi Coues. b — . c 4i9. R 537. 



Baird's Sandpiper. 



607. Gal-lin-a'-g5 m6d'-i-a. Lat. gallus, a cock, gallina, a hen, gallinula, a chicken, gallinarius 



or gallinaceus, relating to poultry ; the present word is an arbitrary derivative, as a 

 Latin word, though the forms gallinago, gallinazo, and others are found in dii?erent lan- 

 guages. It is formed from gallina like fringillago from fringilla, or like virago from vir. 



— Lat. medius, median, medium, in the middle (in size, between certain other species). 



Not in the orig. ed. ; only North American as occurring in Greenland. 



608. G. wil'-son-i. To Alexander Wilson. 



609. Mac-ro-rham'-phias gris'-g-us. Gr. fxaKpSs, great, large, long; and pd/j.(pos, beak, bill. 



Notice that the p is aspirated, requiring to be followed by h, as many writers forget. 



— Griseus, gray, grisly, grizzly; not classic; a late Latinizing of an Anglo-Saxon word; 

 compare Fr. gris and Gr. ypavs or ypi^vs, ye:pat6s, ■yepas or yripas — all tliese relate to age, 

 when people grow gray. The word "grous" or "grouse," "the gray bird," may be 

 related. See Leucosticte, No. 205. 



610. M. g. sc61-6-pa'-cg-us. The word is formed as an adjective from scolopax, which see. 



No. 606 ; scolopaceous, scolopacine, snipe-like. 



611. Mic-ro-pal'-a-ma hlm-an'-to-pus. Gr. /xiKpSs, small, and Tra\a.fj.r), the palm, the hand; 



same as the Lat. 75a^»ja ; referring to the webbing between the toes. — Himantopus, see 

 No. 601. 



612. E-reu-ne'-tes pus-Il'-lias. Gr. 4pivvt)Ti)s, a searcher; from the way in which the bird 



probes with its bill. — Lat. pusillus, puerile ; see Sitla, No. 60. 



613. E. p. 5c-ci-den-ta'-lis. Lat. occiWenta/j's, western. See Z)enc?rffca, No. 113. 



614. Ac-to'-drom-as min-u-tll'-la. Gr. okt^, the seashore; from &yvvixi, &yw, I break, as the 



waves do there ; Sponds, rapidly running • see Ammodramus, No. 238, and Eudromias, No. 

 591. — Lat. minutus, small, minute, diminutive, of which minutilla is an arbitrary d5nnnu- 

 tive; minuo, I lessen, diminish ; it ought to have been minutula. 



615. A. bair'di. To S. F. Baird. 



