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GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



atrofuscus: blackish-brown. 



atromaculatus: black-spotted. 



atronasus: black- nosed. 



aura: pertaining to air. 



aurantiacus: orange. 



auratus: golden. 



aureolus: gilded. 



aurevs: golden. 



auricapillus: golden-crowned. 



auritus: long-eared. 



aurora: sunrise. 



austerus: austere. 



baltimore : to Lord Baltimore, in 



sportive allusion to his black coat 



and scarlet vest. 

 bernlcla: a barnacle-goose, 

 bicolor; two-colored, 

 bifrenatus : two- bridled (stripe 



through snout), 

 biguttatus : two-spotted, 

 bilineatus: two-lined, 

 bimaculatus: two-spotted 

 bison; a buffalo, 

 blennioides: blenny-like. 

 blennioperca; blenny-perch. 

 boleoides: darter-like, 

 borealis: northern, 

 boreus: northern, 

 bosclias: a kind ot duck, 

 bostoniensis: Bostonian. 

 brachyotus: Gr. short-eared, 

 branta; brant, 

 brevicauda: short-tailed, 

 breviceps: short-headed, 

 brevirostris: short-billed, 

 brosmianus: likeacusk. 

 brunneus: brown, 

 bubalinus: buffalo-like, 

 bubalus: buffalo, 

 buccatus: big- jawed, 

 buccinator: trumpeter, 

 bucco: big-cheeked, 

 bullaris: bubbling, 

 bursarius: purse-bearing, 

 cseruleus: blue, 

 cserulescens: bluish, 

 californicus: Californian. 

 calligaster: Gr. beautiful belly, 

 callipteryx: Gr. beautiful-finned. 

 calendulus: a little lamp, 

 calvus: bald, 

 camurus: decurved. 

 canadensis: Canadian. 

 candidissimus: most white. 



caninus: dog-like, 

 canis: a dog. 



cantabrigensis: from Cambridge, 

 cantiacus: Kentish, 

 canutus: hoary, 

 caprodes: Gr. like a pig. 

 carbo: coal-black. 

 carib39us: Caribbean, 

 caribou: French Canadian name, 

 carinatus: keeled, 

 carnivorus: carnivorous, 

 carollnensis: Carolinian, 

 carolinus: Carolinian, 

 carpio: a carp, 

 caspius: Caspian, 

 castaneus: chestnut-colored, 

 cataractse: from Niagara Falls, 

 cataractus: a cataract, 

 catenatus : with chain-like lines, 

 catulus a kitten, 

 catus: a cat 



caudacutus: sharp-tailed, 

 caudafurcatus : fork-tailed, 

 caudatus : long-tailed, 

 cavifrons: having the front concave, 

 cayuga: Cayuga Lake, 

 cedrorum: living among cedars, 

 celatus: concealed, 

 cephalus: Gr. big-headed, 

 cervinus: tawny, like a deer, 

 chaetodon: a marine genus, 

 chalybseus: steel-colored, 

 charybdis: a somewhat noted whirl- 

 pool. 



chrysaetus: Gr. golden eagle, 

 chrysocephalus: Gr. golden -headed, 

 chrysochloris: Gr. golden-green, 

 chrysoleucus: Gr. golden-white, 

 chrysops: Gr. golden-eyed, 

 chrysopsis: Gr. golden appearance, 

 chrysopterus: Gr. golden-winged, 

 cinereoargentatus: silver-gray, 

 cinereus: ashy-gray, 

 circulosus: with circles or rings, 

 ciris: a water-bird of some kind, 

 citraeus: citron-yellow, 

 clamitans: screaming, 

 clangula: a sharp bird's scream, 

 clausus: closed. 



clupeif ormis : herring or shad-shaped, 

 clypeata: shielded, 

 coccogenis: Gr. scarlet-cheeked, 

 coenosus: muddy, 

 collapsus: slab-sided, 



