114 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



715. Qnerquedula carolinensis (Gm.) Steph. b 579. c 495. r 612. 



Green-winged Teal. 



• 716. Qnerquedula discors (L.) Steph. B581. c 496. R 609. 



^ Blue-Ringed Teal. 



717. Querquedula cyanoptera (V.) Cass, b 582. c 497. R 610. 



Cinnamon Teal. 



.. 718. Spatula clypeata (L.) Boie. b 583. c 498. R 608. 



/ Shoveller. 



,. 719. A'ix sponsa (L.) Boie. B 587. c 499. R 613. 



Summer Duck; Wood Duck. [See Addenda, No. 



■ 720. Fuligula marila (L.) Steph. B 588. c 500. R 614. 

 Greater Black-head ; Scaup Duck. 



,721. Fuligula affinis Eyt. b 589. c 501. R 6i5. 



Lesser Black-head ; Scaup Duck. 



722. Fuligula collaris (Donov.) Bp. B 590. c 502. R 6I6. 

 King-neck ; Black-head. 



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723. Fuligula ferina americana (Eyt.) Coues. b 591. c 503. R 6I8. 



^^ American Pochard; Red-head. 



715. Q. ca-ro-lin-en'-sis. To Carolina. — The genus Neition, in which this teal has been placed 



by some, is the Gr. vr)mov, a little duck ; contracted from vrirrapiop, a diminutive of 

 vriaaa. or vrfTTa: see Hydranassa, No. 660. Very curiously, it seems to have been used 

 by the Greeks as a familiar term of endearment, just as we sometimes now say " little 

 duck," or " duckj' darling " 



716. Q. dis'-cors. 'La.t. discors, discordant, disagreeing, unlike; literally "two-hearted," from 



dis, twice, and cor, the heart ; opposed to concors, concordant. 



717. Q. cy-an-op'-t6-ra. Gv. kvw 6s, h\\\e, irr 4 pov, w'mg. 



718. Spa'-tii-la clyp-e-a'-ta. Lat. spatula or spathula, Gr. cnra6ls, a spathe, spatula, spoon, ladle; 



with reference to the spathulous or spoon-like shape of the bird's bill. — Lat. clypcatus, 

 furnished vvith a shield, wearing a shield; clypcus or clipeus or chipeus or clipeum, a shield: 

 commemorating in this case the rounded expanse of the bill. 



719. A'-ix sp6n'-sa. Gr. a5f| orS(|; application not obvious. Nor is the orthography settled. 



If the word be from the monosyllable ai^ it should be Latinized cex; if from the dissyl- 

 lable &i^ it becomes a'ix. In the uncertainty, we do not change the accustomed form ; 

 though we suspect cex to be preferable. — Lat. sponsa, a bride, a spouse, a betrothed ; 

 that is, a promised one ; spondeo, I promise sacredly, I vow. Prettily applied to this 

 lovely duck, as if the bird were arrayed for bridal. 



720. Ful-!g'-u-la ma-rl'-la. Jjnt.fulifjtda or fidicula, dimmntive of fulica or fidix, a, coot ; fuligo, 



soot. — Marda we know nothing about ; qii., a proper name 1 qu. Gr. ixapiXr], embers, 

 charcoal, from the scaup's pitch-black foreparts 1 



721. F. af-fin'-is. Lat. o^/i/s, affined, allied ; ac?, and ^nis. See CampyIorhynchus,'No. 6i. 



722. F. col-la'-r!s. Lat. collaris, relating to the neck, collum; this species having a ring of color, 



like a collar, round the neck. 



723. F. fg-rl'-na am-6r-I-ca'-na. Lat./en/ja, wild, in a state of nature, feral. 



