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162. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say) Cab. B 226. c 114. R 153. 



Cliff or Eave Swallow. 



163. Cotile riparia (L.) Boie. B 229. c 115. R 157. 



Bank Swallow. 



164. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.) Bd. B 230. c us. R 158. 



Rough-winged Swallow. 



165. Progne subis (L.) Bd. B 231. c m. R 152. 



Purple Martin. 



166. Ampelis garmhis L. B 232. c us. R iso. 



Bohemian Waxwing. 



167. Ampelis cedromm (V.) Bd. B 233. c 119. R 151. 



Cedar Waxwing. 



168. Phainopepla nitens (Sw.) Scl. B 234. c 120. R 26. 



Black Ptilogonys. 



162. Pet-ro-chei-I'-don lu'-nl-frons. Gr. vfrpa, a rock, and x^'Scoi/, a swallow; alluding to 



the places where the nests are often built. Lat. luna, the moon, that is, a crescent, and 

 frons, the forehead or front ; referring to the white frontal crescent. Luna is contracted 

 from Lucina, a proper name, epithet of Juno, from luceo, I shine ; lux, light. 



163. C5'-tI-le ri-par'-I-a. The generic name was originally written Cotile by Boie, afterward 



by him Cot.yle. The latter orthography came into general use, the alleged etymology 

 being KOTV\IJ, a cup, in supposed allusion to the excavations in which the bird nests. 

 The proper orthography is Cotile, from KwnAtfc, the swallow; literally, the twitterer, 

 babbler, prattler, from /com'AAw, I prate. (See Wharton, Ibis, October, 1879, p. 451 ; and 

 Coues, Bull. Nuttall Club, April, 1880, p. 96.) Lat. riparia, riparian: ripa, the bank of 

 a stream. 



1 64. Stel-gl-dop'-tg-ryx ser-rl-pen'-nls. Gr. <rrf\yis or ffrteyyts, a scraper ; and nrepvf , wing. 



Lat. serripennis, saw-feathered ; serra, a saw, penna, a feather. Both words mean sub- 

 stantially the same thing, having reference to the peculiar structure of the outer web of 

 the first primary. 



165. Prog'-ne siib'-Is. Lat. Progne ; see Iridoprocne, No. 160. Lat. subis, a word not known 



except as applied by Pliny to a bird said to break eagles' eggs ; application in this case 

 unknown. 



166. Am'-pg-lls gar'-ru-lus. Gr. djUTcAi's, or fytireAos, the grapevine; also, a small bird which 



frequented vineyards, by some conjectured to be the present species; d/tTreAW also 



occurs as the name of a bird. Lat. garrulus, garrulous, loquacious, from garrio, I 



chatter (Gr. yypta) or yapvo), I speak, yypvs or yapvs, voice) ; also, as substantive, a 

 jay-bird, which is the implication in this case. 



167. A. ced-r5'-rum. Lat. cedrus, genitive plural cedrorum, the cedar ; Gr. KfSpos. 



168. Pha-I-nS-pepMa nlt'-ens. Dr. Sclater says (Ibis, 1879, p. 223) that he formed the word 



from <f>aiv6s, shining, and that it should be written as above, as he originally did. 

 This, however, is merely a poetic form, from <j>aeii/a>, itself poetic for Qaivoo. It would 

 appear to be most naturally written Phcenopepla, like phcenomenon, phcenogamous, &c., from 

 the same source ; but if the orthography Phainopepla, in five syllables, be preserved, it 

 can be easily defended. Gr. ircVAa, poetic plural of ircirAos, a robe. Lat. nitens, present 

 participle from niteo, I shine. 



