32 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



76. Anorthura troglodytes hiemalis (Wils.) Coues. B 273. c 50. R 65. 



Winter Wren. 



77. Anortlmra troglodytes pacificus (Bd.) Riclg. B . c . R 65a. (?) 



Western Winter Wren. 



78. Anortlmra troglodytes alascensis (Bd.) Coues. B . c 50a. R 66. 



Alaskan Winter Wren. 



79. Telmatodytes pamstris (Bartr.) Cab. B 268. c 51. R 67. 



Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



80. Telmatodytes pamstris pamdicola Bd. B . c . R 67a. (?) 



Tule Marsh Wren. 



81. Cistothoms stellaris (Licht.) Cab. B 269. c 52. R 68. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



82. Eremophila alpestris (L.) Boie. B 302. c 53. R 300. 



Horned Lark; Shore Lark. 



83. Eremophila alpestris leucolaema Coues. B . c 535. R 300a. (?) 



Western Shore Lark. 



84. Eremophila alpestris chrysolsema (Wagl.) Bd. B . c 53a. R soo<?. 



Southern Shore Lark. 



76. An-or-thu'-ra trog-lS'-dy-tes hl-gm-a'-lls. Gr. d or kv, privative, 6 P e6s, straight, olpa, 



tail. The name was invented by Rennie, because he considered Troglodytes etymologi- 

 cally inapplicable to a wren. Lat. hiemalis or hyemalis, of or pertaining to winter ; from 

 (hiemps) hiems or hyems, winter, a weakened form of the Gr. x 6 */*") a gushing, a torrent, 

 or x* i/*^ the rainy, tempestuous, or winter season ; Skr. hlma, snow. We of tener use 

 the y than the i, but the latter is correct. 



77. A. t. pa-cl'-fl-cus. Lat. pacificus, pacific, peaceful, literally peace-making, from pax, geni- 



tive pads, peace, smdfacio, I make, do. The application is to the occurrence of the bird 

 on the west coast of the United States. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. (Baird, Rev. Am. B., i, 1864, p. 145.) 



78. A. t. a-las-cen'-sls. Alascensis, relating to Alaska. 



79. Tel-ma-tS'-dy-tes pal-us'-trfs. Gr. reA/ut, genitive rf\p.aros, a marsh or swamp ; 8rfn?s, an 



inhabitant, from 86a>, I go in or under. Lat. palustris, adjective from palus, a marsh, 

 whence palustrine, like lacustrine from lacus, marine from mare. 



80. T. p. pal-u-dl'-cS-la. Lat. palus, genitive paludis, a marsh; and (in)cola, an inhabitant. 



See No. 79. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. (Baird, Rev. Am. B., i, 1864, p. 148.) 



81. Cis-tS-tho'-rus stel-la'-rls. Gr. icio-ros, a shrub, and dovpos, from (66po>) QP&GKW, I run or 



rush through ; compare Thryothorus, No. 68. Cabanis, who coined the word in 1850, gives 

 dtfiScfytupfer as the German translation. Lat. stellaris, stellar, starry, adjective from Stella, 

 a star, like aster, Gr. aa-r-fip ; here in the sense of speckled. 



82. Er-e-mS'-phl-la al-pes'-trls. Gr. tyy/tos, a desert; <pi\w, I love. Lat. Alpestris (not 



classic), from AJpes, Alps ; perhaps from a\<j>6s, albus, white ; that is, snowy. 



83. E. a. Ieu-c6-lae'-ma. Gr. \cvx4s, white ; \aifi6s, the throat. 



This is a slight variety, lately described by Coues from the high central plains ; it is 

 the bleached form of that region. (B. N. W., 1874, p. 38.) 



84. E. a. chry-sS-lae'-ma. Gr. xp^o-eos, golden ; that is, of a golden color, from xpvffAs, gold ; 



and \atp.6s, the throat. A. S. laferc, Scot, laverock, Germ. Ier$e, Eng. lark. 



