132 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



863. AUe nigricans Link, b 738. c 626. R 752. 



Sea Dove; Dovekie. 



864. Synthliborhamphus antiqnus (Gra.) Coues. b 736. c 627. R753. 



Black-throated Auk. 



865. Synthliboramphns umizusiime (Temm.) Coues. B 737. c 628. R 754. 



Temuiinck's Auk. 



866. Brachyrhamphns marmoratus (Gm.) Brdt. b 732, 733. c 629. r 755. 



Marbled Murrelet. 



867. Brachyrhamphus kittlitzi Brdt. b 735. c 630. R 756. 



Kittlitz's Murrelet. 



868. Brachyrhamphns hypolencns Xant. b — . c — . R 757. 



White-bellied aiurrelet. 



869. Brachyrhamphns craverii (Sah-ad.) Coues. b — . c — . R 758. (?) 



Craveri's Murrelet. 



870. Brachyrhamphns brachypterns Brdt. b 734. c — . R 759. (?) 



Short-winged Murrelet. 



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863. Al'-le nig'-ri-cans. AUe is a local designation of this species and of UriagrylJe. Its mean- 



ing we do not know. It was long the specific name of the bird, taken for the generic 

 by Link in 1806. — Lat. nigricans, present participle of a supposed verb nigrico, equivalent 

 to 7iigresco, I grow black, am blackish. 



Tins stands in the orig. ed. as Mergulus aUe : for the reason of the change, see Coues, 

 Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, p. 244. 



864. Syn-thli-bo-rliam'-phiis an-ti'-qu-iis. Gr. awOKi^co, I compress ; avv, with, and e\i$a, 



I press ; pd,u(pos, beak. — Lat. antiquus, antique, ancient ; with reference to the gray of 

 the head, like an old man's. Antiquus is simply for anticuus, this a form of anticus, from 

 ante, before; one having retained the idea of being before in space, that is, in front of, 

 the other having acquired the idea of priority in time, like antea ; the opposition in 

 either case is with post, postea, beliind, after. 



865. S. Q-ml-zii'-su-me. This appalling word we know nothing about except that it is 



transliterated from the Japanese, Temminck liaving described the species from that 

 country; " son nom japonais est wumizusiime," he says. We drop the iv. 



866. Brach-y-rham'-phiis mar-mo-ra'-tus. Gr. Upaxvs, short, and pd/xcpos, beak. — Lat. mar- 



moratus, marbled ; marmor, marble; in allusion to the veined and clouded color. Marmor 

 is the Gr. fj.dp,uapos, from ij.apij.aipa}, I shine, glitter, sparkle, as did tlie beautiful white 

 stone which Praxiteles carved. — Murrelet is a word coined by Coues in 1868 as a dimin- 

 utive of murre, like rivulet from river. 



867. B. kitt'-litz-i. To F. H. von Ivittlitz, traveller and naturalist. 



868. B. hyp-6-leu'-cus. Gr. vtt6, under, and XsvkSs, wliite, meaning neither whitish nor under 



the white, but white underneath. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized as probably valid. 



869. B. cra-ve'-ri-i. To Sig. Federico Craveri. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized as perhaps distinct. 



870. B. bra-chyp'-te-rijs. Gr. ^paxvs, short, and Trrepou, wing. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since recognized by Ridgway. Pacific Coast. 



