106 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



652. Eudocimus ruber (L.) Wagl. b 498. c 447. R 502. 



Scarlet Ibis. 



653. Ajaja rosea (Briss.) Reich. B 501. c 448. R 505. 



/■^ Roseate Spoonbill. 



654. Mycteria americana L. b — . c 4486/s. r 499. (!m.) 



American Jabiru. 



Q55. Ardea herodias L. b 487. c 449. r 487. 



y^ Great Blue Heron. 



656. Ardea occidentalis And. b 488, 489. c 450, 451. R 486. 



Great White Heron ; Florida Heron. 



657. Ardea cinerea L. b — . c — . R 488. (G.) 



European Blue Heron. 



658. Herodias egretta (Gm.) Gr. B 486, 486*. c 452. R 489. 



Great White Egret. 



659. Garzetta candidissima (Gm.) Bp. b 485. c 453. r 490. 



Little White Egret ; Snowy Heron. 



660. Hydranassa tricolor (Miill.) Ridg. b 484. c 454. r 492. 

 X Louisiana Heron, 



652. E. rub'-6r. Lat. ru6er, red. This is 76is ruirn in the orig. ed. 



653. Ajaja r6'-s6-a. Lat. roseiis or rosaceus, rosy, rose-red; rosa, a rose; related to Gr. p6^ov\ 



see for instance in rhodocolpus, rose-breasted. — -Ajaja or ajnia or aiaia or ai/aya is tlie old 

 Brazilian name of tliis l)ird, of signification and pronunciation alike unknown to us. 



This stands as Plataka ajaja in the orig. ed. ; for the change of this long-standing 

 name, see Ridg., Pr. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 10. 



654. Myc-te'-rl-a am-gr-i-ca'-na. Gr. ixvKr-h.p, the nose, sncut; yui/K-Trjpi^a;, literally, "I work 



the nose," ;'. e., turn up the nose at, sneer, scorn, deride, &c. ; well applied to the expres- 

 sion of this ugly bird. 



655. Ar'-d6-a hgr-6'-dI-as. Lat. ardea, a heron. — Gr. ipdS.as, epuSds, or epwSws, a heron. 



There is also a proper name Herodias. 



656. A. 6c-ci-den-ta'-lTs. See Dendrmca, No. 113. 



Note. — The Ardea wurdemantii of the orig. ed. is a dichroism of this species. See 

 Ridg., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv. No. 1, 1878, p. 227. 



657. A. cin-er'-e-a. Lat. cinereiis, ashy. See Harporhytichus, No. 22. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only North American as occurring in Greenland. See Reinh., 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 9. 



658. H€r-5'-dI-as e-gret'-ta. Latin proper name Herodias: see Ardea, No. 655. — Egretta is 



Latinized from the French aigrette, a top-knot, plume; whence also egret. These words 

 are said to be related to heron itself, all springing from O. H. G. hiegro, a heron. 



659. Gar-zet'-ta can-dl-dis'-si-ma. Garzetta is the Italian name of the corresponding Euro- 



pean species. — Lat. candidissima, very white, entirely white ; superlative of Candidas. 

 See Faico, No. 501. 



660. Hyd-ra-nas'-sa tri'-c61-6r. Gr. Sdup, water, giving in Latin hydra-, and vacraa or vrja-<Ta, a 



water-fowl ; from a verb meaning to swim. We have here two words very fruitful of 

 derivatives ; one giving us the compounds of hgdr-, as hydraulic, the other those relating 

 to the sea, a ship, or swimming : nautical, aeronaut, navy, navigate, nausea ; the latter is 

 originally " sea "-sickness, and literally " ship "-sickness. — Lat. tricolor, three-colored. 



This stands as Ardea leucogastra var. leucoprymna in the orig. ed. See Ridg., Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv, No. 1, 1878, p. 224. 



