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319. Xanthocephahis icterocephalus (Bp.) Bd. B 404. c 213. R 260. 



Yellow-headed Swamp Blackbird. 



320. Sturnella magna (L.) Sw. B 406. c 214. R 263. 



Meadow Starling; Field-lark. 



321. Sturnella magna mexicana (Scl.) Eidg. B . c . R 263a. 



Mexican Meadow Starling. 



322. Sturnella magna neglecta (Aud.) Allen. B 407. c 2i4a. R 264. 



Western Meadow Starling. 



323. Icterus vulgaris Daud. B 408. c . R 265. (! w.i.) 



Troupial. 



324. Icterus spurius (L.) Bp. B 414. c 215. R 270. 



Orchard Oriole. 



325. Icterus spurius affinis (Lawr.) Coues. B . c 215. R . (?) 



Texas Orchard Oriole. 



326. Icterus galbula (L., 1758) Coues. B 415. c 216. R 271. 



Baltimore Oriole. 



319. Xan-thS-ceph'-al-Qs ic-tgr-8-ceph'-al-fis. Gr. fr v 66s, bright yellow. Gr. r/crepos, or Lat. 



icterus, see Icteria, No. 144. Related apparently to ficw, I attack, as disease does. 



320. Stur-nel r -la mag'-na. Diminutive of Lat. sturnus, a starling ; as spizella from spiza. Lat. 



magnus, great, large ; root mag, as seen in Gr. pfyas ; whence also mactus, magnified, glo- 

 rified : magi, magician, magic, are all allied. 



321. S. m. mex-I-ca'-na. Latinized Mexican. See Sialia, No. 28. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since discovered in Texas by J. C. Merrill. 



322. S. m. neg-lec'-ta. Lat. neglecta, neglected, that is, not chosen, not heeded; from nee, not, 



and lego, I choose, select, &c. See Parus, No. 61. 



323. Ic'-ter-us vul-ga'-rls. See Sturnus, No. 363. Troupial or troopial, from the Fr. trouper, is 



simply trooper, the bird that goes in troops. 



Not in the orig. ed. Said to straggle to Southern States. No late case of its so doing. 



324. I. spu'-rl-us. For Icterus, see Icteria, No. 144, and Xanthocephalus, No. 319. Lat. spurius, 



illegitimate, bastard, spurious; related to the Gr. triropd, seed, generation, birth, &c., 

 aveipw, I sow seed. The bird was formerly called " Bastard Baltimore Oriole," whence 

 the undeserved Linnaean name. 



325. I. s. af-fi'-nls [accent the penult]. Lat. affinis, ad, and finis, allied, affined. 



This subspecies is very slightly distinguished from its stock. 



326. I. gal'-bu-la. Lat. galbula or galgula, some small yellow bird of the ancients ; doubtless 



derived from some word signifying yellow ; there are Latin words galbus, galbanus, Germ. 

 gelb, &c., of such meaning. The curious English word oriole, for which no derivation 

 is given in some standard works, has evidently a similar reference to the color yellow, 

 being equivalent to aureole ; Lat. aurum or Gr. adpov, gold : such form of the word for 

 gold, with or- instead of aur-, is seen in the Fr. or. "Baltimore," the former specific 

 name of the bird, is not directly from the city of that name, but from the name of Sir 

 George Calvert, first Baron of Baltimore, the colors of the bird being chosen by him for 

 his livery, or, as Catesby has it (N. H. Car., i, 1731, p. 48), the bird being named from its 

 resemblance in color to the Lord's coat of arms " which are Paly of six Topaz and 

 Diamond, a Bend, interchang'd." The name baltimore, L., 1766, as given in the orig. ed. 

 of the Check List, is antedated by Coracias galbula L., 1758 ; see Coues, Bull. Nutt. Club, 

 April, 1880, p. 98. 



