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14. Oroscoptes montanus (Towns.) Bd. B 255. c 7. R 10. 



Mountain Mocking-bird. 



15. Mimus polyglottus (L.) Boie. B 253. c 8. R 11. 



Mocking-bird. 



16. Mimus carolinensis (L.) Gr. B 254. c 9. R 12. 



Cat-bird. 



17. Harporhynchus rufus (L.) Cab. B 261. c 10. R 13. 



Brown Thrush ; Thrasher. 



18. Harporhynchus nifus longirostris (Lafr.) Coues. B 260. c lOa. R i3a. 



Texas Thrasher. 



19. Harporhynchus curvirostris (Sw.) Cab. B 259. c . R. 15. 



Curve-billed Thrasher. 



20. Harporhynchus curvirostris palmeri Ridg. B . c 11. R isa. 



Bow-billed Thrasher. 



21. Harporhynchus bendirii Coues. B . c n&w. R Ua. 



Arizona Thrasher. 



22. Harporhynchus cinereus Bd. B . c 12. R 14. 



St. Lucas Thrasher. 



14. O-ro-scop'-tes [-tace] mon-ta'-nus. Gr. opos, a mountain, ffK^Trrijs, a mimic; <r/c<forrw, 



I mock, deride, jeer at. The orthography differs; authority may be found for 

 either Oroscoptes or Oreoscoptes ; the former was originally written by Baird ; it is 

 shortest : and we usually say orology, orography, &c. Lat. montanus, relating to mons, 

 a mountain. 



15. Mi'-mfis fmeemus] pol-^-glot'-tus. Lat. mimus, Gr. AU/XOS, a mimic. Gr. iroMyXwrTos, 



polyglot, from iro\vs, many, y\wrra, tongue. 



16. M. ca-rS-Hn-en'-sIs. Lat. for Carolinian, of Carolina; Carolus, Charles, is the modern 



Lat. form of Germ. $arl, or $erl, a peasant ; A. S. ceorl, Scot, carle, Eng. churl. Carolina 

 is by some derived from Charles II. of England ; but Ribault, in 1562, built in Port 

 Royal a fort he called Charlesfort, and Laudonniere, who came to relieve Ribault's 

 colonists in 1564, one which he says, "je nommay la Caroline, en honneur de nostre 

 prince le roy Charles [IX., of France]." 



17. Har-pS-rhyn'-chfis [rh very strong; ch as k\ ru'-ffis. Gr. &pirr), a sickle ; pAyxos, a beak; 



i. e., bow-billed. The former word is seen in harpy, so called from its hooked beak. 

 Some purists will have the r doubled in this and all such cases, making Harporrhynchus ; 

 but the current of modern usage has set too strongly against it to be stemmed without 

 liability of seeming pedantic. Lat. rufus, rufous, reddish. 



18. H. r. lon-gl-rSs'-trls [loang-gi-roas-tris]. Lat. longus, long, rostris, beaked, from rostrum, 



beak. 



19. H. cur-vl-ros'-trfs. Lat. curvus, curved ; and rostris. Not in the orig. ed. 



20. H. c. pal'-mgr-i [sound the /]. Dedicated to one Edward Palmer. 



21. H. bgn-dl'-rf-I. To Capt. Charles Bendire, U. S. Army. 



22. H. cln-gr'-e-Qs. Lat. cinereus, ashy, or ash-colored ; from cinis, genitive cineris, ashes. Gr. 



ictvis, of same meaning, apparently from Ka.lv, icdu, I burn. Related English words are 

 incinerate, cinder, &c. 



