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1 33. Dendrceca palmarum hypochrysea Ridg. B . c . R H3a. (?) 



Yellow-bellied Red-poll Warbler. 



134. Dendrceca pimis (Bartr.) Bd. B 198. c 91. R in. 



Pine-creeping Warbler. 



135. Siurus auricapillus (L.) Sw. B 186. c 92. R 115. 



Golden-crowned Thrush. 



136. Siurus nsevius (Bodd.) Coues. B 187. c 93. R 116. 



Water Thrush. 



1 37. Siurus nsevius notabilis Grinnell. B . c . R H6a. (?) 



Wyoming Water Thrush. 



138. Siurus motacilla (Y.) Bp. B 188. c 94. R 117. 



Large-billed Water Thrush. 



139. Oporornis agilis (Wils.) Bd. B 174. c 95. R us. 



Connecticut Warbler. 



140. Oporornis formosa (Wils.) Bd. B 175. c 96. R 119. 



Kentucky Warbler. 



1 33. D. p. h^-po-chry'-se-a. Gr. inr6, becoming Lat. hypo-, under, below, beneath, and 



golden ; referring to the under parts of this variety, which are yellower than those of 

 palmarum. Properly, hypo- in such connection simply diminishes the force of the adjec- 

 tive ; hypoleucus, hypochryseus, meaning whitish, yellowish ; but the present is an estab- 

 lished usage in ornithology. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since described by Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 84. 



1 34. D. pi'-nus. See Helminthophaga pinus, No. 98. 



135. Si-u'-riis aur-I-cap-fl'-lfis. Gr. creta, I wave or brandish, and ofya, tail. The word is pre- 



cisely equivalent to Lat. motacilla, French hochequeue, English wagtail. It was originally 

 and has since commonly been written Seiurus. (See Coues, Bull. Nuttall Club, ii, no. 2, 

 1877, p. 29. ) We keep the t long as representing Gr. e*. Lat. aurum, gold, and capillus, hair ; 

 golden-haired. ( See Coues, ibid., p. 30. ) See also Lophophanes, No. 42, and Parus, No. 44. 



136. S. nae'-vT-Gs. Lat. navus, a birth-mark, nevus, or spot; whence ncevius, so marked, or, in 



general, spotted in any way. 



137. S. n. nS-ta'-bl-Hs. Lat. notabilis, notable, from nota, a note, and the termination -bilis. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Later described by R. Ridgway, from Grin- 

 nell's MS., in Pr. Nat. Mus., ii, 1880, p. 12. Very doubtful. 



138. S. m5-ta-cfl'-la. See Motacilla, No. 86. 



139. 6p-or-6r'-nls a'-gl-lls. Gr. 6ir6pa, the autumn, and Spvis, a bird ; in allusion to the abun- 



dance of the species in the fall, in comparison with its scarcity in the spring. Lat. agilis, 

 agile, from ago, I act ; literally, do-able, that is, act-ive ; the adjectival termination being 

 simply applied to the root of the verb, both in Latin and English. 



140. O. for-mo'-sa. Lat. formosa, beautiful; primitively, in the sense of shapely, well-formed, 



in good or full proportion; forma, form. So said of Juno, in whose "lofty mind" 

 remained judicium Paridis, spretceque injuria format, h. e., of her slighted beauty. Verg., 

 JEn., i, 27. 



