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179. Vireo solitarms plumbeus (Coues) Allen. B . c ma. R 1416. 



Plumbeous Greenlet. 



180. Vireo vicinior Coues. B . c 128. R 147. 



Gray Greenlet. 



181. Vireo noveboracensis (Gm.) Bp. B 248. c 129. R 143. 



White-eyed Greenlet. 



182. Vireo huttoni Cass. B 249. c 130. R 144. 



Button's Greenlet. 



183. Vireo belli Aud. B 246. c 131. R 145. 



Bell's Greenlet. 



184. Vireo pusillus Coues. B . c 132. R 146. 



Least Greenlet. 



185. Vireo atricapillus Woodh. B 247. c 133. R 142. 



Black-capped Greenlet. 



186. Lanius borealis V. B 236. c 134. R 148. 



Great Northern Shrike; Butcherbird. 



187. Lanius hidovicianus L. B 237. c 135. R 149. 



Loggerhead Shrike. 



188. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorid.es (Sw.) Coues. B238. ci35a. Ri49. 



White-rumped Shrike. 



179. V. s. plum'-bS-us. Lat. plumbeus, plumbeous, lead-colored ; plumbum, lead. 



180. V. vi-ci'-nl-or. Lat. comparative degree of vicinus, neighboring ; vicinia, a neighborhood 



or vicinity ; this from vicus, digammated from Gr. O?KOS, a house. The allusion is to the 

 close resemblance of the species to others. 



181. V. n6v-6-b6r-a-cen/-sIs. Very late Latin for of, or pertaining to, New York; novus, new, 



and eboracensis, pertaining to Eboracum, the old name of York, England ; Noveboracum is 

 literally New York. 



1 82. V. hut'-teSn-i. To William Button, of Monterey, California. 



183. V. bei'-li. To J. G. Bell, of New York, for many years the most skilful and most distin- 



guished taxidermist of America. 



184. V. pu-sil'-lus. See Sitta pusilla, No. 60. 



1 85. V. a-trl-cap-Il'-lus. Lat. ater, atra, black ; the opposite of albus. It properly means dead 



black, as niger does glossy black, which latter would have been better in this case. 

 Capillus, hair of the head, from caput, head ; whence English capillary, thready. 



186. Lan'-I-us b6r-g-a'-lls. Lat. lanius, a butcher; from lanio, I rend, lacerate. See Falco, 



No. 502. Lat. boreas, the north wind, h. e., the north ; whence borealis, northern. 



For reason of the generic change from Collurio of the orig. ed. of the Check List, and 

 for Shrikes' names in general, see Birds Colorado Valley, i, 1878, p. 537 et seq. 



187. L. lu-do-vl-cl-a'-nus. Lat. Ludovicus, Louis, a proper name. The application here is to 



the Territory of Louisiana, formerly of great extent. See Thryothorus, No. 68. 



188. L. ex-cub-T-to-rl'-des. Lat. excubitor, a watchman, sentinel, from ex, out of, and cubitor, 



one who lies down, from cubo ; i. e., an out-lier. The termination of the word is the Gr. 

 (ISos, appearance or resemblance (e?5o>, I see). There is a difference in the orthography 

 of the word : it has oftenest been written exculitoroldes, and pronounced in six syllables, 

 with the accent on the penult. But if this spelling is used, it should be excubiloro'ides, 



