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334. Quiscalus major V. B 420. c 224. R 277. 



Boat-tailed Crow Blackbird ; Jackdaw. 



335. Quiscalus purpureus (Bartr.) Licht. B 421. c 225. R 278. 



Purple Crow Blackbird ; Purple Grackle. 



336. Quiscalus purpureus aeneus Ridg. B . c . R 2786. 



Bronzed Crow Blackbird. 



337. Quiscalus purpureus aglaeus (Bd.) Coues. B 422. c 225a. R 278a. 



Florida Crow Blackbird. 



338. CorVUS COraX L. B 423. 424. C 226. R 280. 



Raven. 



339. Corvus cryptoleucus Couch. B 425. c 227. R 281. 



White-necked Raven. 



340. Corvus frugivorus Bartr. B 426. c 228. R 282. 



Common American Crow. 



341. Corvus frugivorus noridanus (Bd.) Coues. B 427. c 228a. R 282a. 



Florida Crow. 



342. CorVUS CaurinUS Bd. B 428. C 2286. R 2826. 



Northwestern Crow. 



right track of the word, we may perhaps go a step further, and trace the undoubtedly 

 barbarous word quisculus through quisquilla to the similar Lat. quisguilice, which the lexi- 

 cons give as meaning refuse, dregs, or other trifling worthless matters ; as we might say,. 

 riff-raff, rag-tag ; and such would not be wholly inappropriate to these vagabond troopers,, 

 so common everywhere as to come under the contempt of familiarity. Gr. paitpSs, long,, 

 large, and o3/>a, tail. 



334. Q. ma'-j8r. Lat. major, greater, comparative of magnus. 



335. Q. pur-pur'-6-us. See Carpodacus, No. 194. 



336. Q. p. ae'-ng-us. See Molothrus, No. 315. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List : since recognized. 



337 Q. p. ag-lae'-fls. Gr. ay\aios or Ity\a6s, shining, from ct-yAo/a, splendor; also the name of 

 one of the Muses. Obs. Not to be confounded with agelceus, which see, No. 316. 



338. Cor'-viis c5r'-ax. Lat. corvus, a crow. Lat. corax or Gr. icrfpof, a raven. Corvus is by 



some considered an onomatopoeon, and referred through the Gr. icpdfy, Kpcafa, to croak, 

 back to a Sanscrit root of same signification. Corax is more obviously a word of 

 similar formation, as may also be the English crow. 



339. C. cryp-tS-leu'-cus. Gr. itpwirrds, hidden (with which compare Eng. crypt), and \fvx6s, 



white ; the allusion being to the concealed white at the bases of the feathers of the neck. 



340. C. fru-gl'-v6-rus. Lat. Jrugivorus, fruit-eating; frux, genitive frugis, fruit, and voro, I 



devour. Frux is from fruor, fruitus, fructus, as it is something that may be enjoyed. 

 Voro is rooted in &op, as seen in &opd, food, and pdcrKw (&6<a), I eat. 

 This is given as C. americanus in the orig. ed. of the Check List. 



341. C. f. fl5-rl-da'-nus. To Florida. Flora, Goddess of flowers ; flos, a flower. 



342. C. cau-ri'-nus. There is no such Latin word. Caurinus has been supposed to be equiva- 



lent to corvinus, crow-like, but is directly derived from caurus, the North-west wind, the 

 species having been discovered on the North-west coast of the United States. 



This stands as C. americanus var. caurinus in the orig. ed. : it has been redetermined to 

 be distinct, as originally described by Baird. 



