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Neotoma: neo to swim: tome 

 a cutting (Rodent), ... 31 



Nerodia: neros moist, . . 175 



Nettion: nettion a little duck, 142 



Nisus: a king of Megara, changed 

 to an eagle 113 



Mareca: meaningless, . . 141 



MARSIPOBRANCHII: marsipion 

 a pouch; braychia gills, . 313 



MARSUPIALIA : marsipion 

 pouch, 35 



Melanerpes: melas black ; herpo 

 to creep, 104 



Melanetta: melas black; netta 

 a duck, 144 



Melanura: me las black; oura 

 a tail 253 



MELEAGRID.E: . . . . 117 



Meleagris : meleagris a fowl 

 (from the hero Meleager, whose 

 sisters wept themselves into 

 Guinea-hens) 117 



Melospi/a: melos song; spiza a 

 sparrow 87 



Menobranchus : menos strength; 

 (meno to remain); bragchosa, 

 gill, 198 



MENOPOMID^E 196 



Menopoma : menos strength ; 

 poma opercle 196 



Mephitis: L., a bad odor, . 19 



Mergus: L., mergo to dive, . 145 



Mesogonistius : mesos middle ; 

 gonia angle; histion sail (dor 

 sal) 232 



Micristius: mikros small ; Mstion 

 sail (dorsal) 252 



Micropalama . mikros small ; 

 palame palm (web), . . 126 



Microperea: mikros small; per ke 

 a perch 218 



Micropterus : mikros small ; 

 pteron a fln 229 



Milvulus: dim. of L., milvus a 

 kite 96 



Minnilus : English, minnow ; 

 French, menuise ; L., minus 

 small 289 



Nocomis: Ind., nokomit daugh 

 ter of the moon, . . . 278 



Notemigonus: notos back; hemi 

 half; gonia angle, . . 290 



Nothonotus : nothos spurious ; 

 notos -back 218 



PAGK. 



Notophthalmus : notos back ; 



ophthalmos eye, . , . 191 

 Noturus: notos back; oura tail, 303 

 Numenius: noumenia the new 



moon 129 



Nyctale: nufctaJos nocturnal, 108 

 Nyctea: nuktios nocturnal, . 109 

 Nyctherodius: nuktios noctur 

 nal; herodios a heron, . 132 

 Nyctiardea: L., a night-heron, 132 

 Nycticejus: mix night. , . 23 

 Ochetodon: ochetos a channel; 



odon a tooth 32 



CEdemia: oidema a swelling, 144 

 Oligocephalus : oligos n, few 



(small); kephale head, . 218 

 Oligosoma: oligos small; sorna 



body 171 



Olor : a Latin name, . . . 139 

 Opheosaurus: ophis snake; sau- 



ros lizard, . 170 



Ophibolus: op his snake ; bolis 



dart 180 



OPHIDIA: ophis snake, . . 172 

 Oporornis -. opora early autumn 



(fruit); ornis bird, . , 67 

 Ortyx: ortux a European quail, 119 

 Oryzomys : L., oryza rice; mus 



mouse, 32 



Osceola: Name of an Indian chief, 181 

 Osrnerus: osmeres odorous, . 261 

 Otocorys: ous ear; korus hel 

 met 56 



Otus: otos a horned owl (otos 



eared) 107 



O zotheca: ozo to give out an 



odor; thekea, box, . . . 166 

 Pagophila: pagos ice; phileo to 



love 150 



Pandion: name in mythology, 112 



PARID^B 51 



Parula: dim. of Parus, . . 60 

 Parus: L., a titmouse, . . 51 

 Passer: L., a sparrow, . . 83 

 Passerculus: dim. of Passer, . 84 

 Passerella: dim. of Passer, . 88 



PASSKRKS 44 



Pedioecetes: pediona field; koite 



a nest, 118 



Pedomys: pedion field; mus a 



mouse 33 



Pegedichthys: pege a fountain; 



ichthus a fish, .... 244 

 PELECANID^E, .... 146 



