86 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



499. Falco sacer obsoletus (Gra.) Ridg. B . c . R 4i2c. 



Labrador Gyrfalcon. 



500. Falco islandicus Gm. B 12. c . R 4i2a. 



Iceland Gyrfalcon. 



501. Falco candicans Gm. B 11. c 34ia. R 412. (G.) 



Greenland Gyrfalcon. 



502. Falco mexicanus Licht. B 10. c 342. R 413. 



American Lanier Falcon. 



503. Falco peregrinus Tunstall. B 5, 6. c 343. R 414. 



Peregrine Falcon; Duck Hawk. 



504. Falco peregrinus pealii (Ridg.) Coues. B . c 343a. R 4i4a. (?) 



Peale's Peregrine Falcon. 



505. Falco columbarius L. B 7. c 344. R 417. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



506. Falco columbarius stickleyi Ridg. B . c 344a. R 4i7a. (?) 



Suckley's Pigeon Hawk. 



spending to F. gyrfalco of Continental Europe, without raising the much-vexed question 

 of their identity. We give the dark Labrador bird as a variety of this, and the Ice- 

 landic and Greenlandic as both specifically distinct ; though we suppose all the northern 

 Hierofalcones to be but geographical races of a single species. 



499. F. s. 5b-s61-e'-tus. Lat. obsoletus, unaccustomed, unwonted, disused, obsolete ; here refer- 



ring simply to the ill-defined character of the markings ; ob and soleo, I am accustomed. 



Not in orig. ed. This is Falco labradorus of Audubon, lately accredited by Mr. Eidg- 

 way with varietal distinction, and identified with F. obsoletus Gm. 



500. F. is-land'-I-ciis. [ees-]. Latinized directly from the native name of Ice-land (Island, 



otherwise known as Eisland and Ijsland), and thus meaning Icelandic, not "in- 

 sular." 



501. F. can'-di-cans. Lat. candico, I am white ; present participle of the verb ; candidus, white ; 



candeo, I am shining, &c. Candid is pure, clean, hence truthful ; candescent, brilliantly 

 glowing; candidates were so called because clothed in white; candles give light; canescent 

 hairs grow white ; in all these, and countless words, the same root is seen. 

 In the orig. ed. as Falco sacer var. candicans ; see above, No. 498. 



502. F. mex-i-ca'-nus. To Mexico, whence Lichtenstein described it. It has been identified 



with F. polyagrus of Cassin. " Lanier " or " Lanner " is the name applied in ornithology 

 and falconry to certain Old World species ; it is from laniarius, of a butcher, laniator, a 

 butcher, from lanio, I lacerate, mangle; lanius (which see, No. 186) is the same thing. 



503. F. pgr-e-gri'-niis. See Helminthophaga, No. 109. 



This stands as F. communis in the orig. ed. It is well to stretch a point in favor of 

 Tunstall, 1779, to be able to restore this well-known name. 



504. F. p. peal'-i-i [in three syllables]. To Titian E. Peale, of United States Exploring Expe- 



dition fame. Of doubtful standing. 



505. F. c61-um-ba'-rl-us. Post-classic Lat. columbarius, pertaining to a pigeon, columba ; or, a 



pigeon-fancier, as this spirited little falcon is. 



506. F. c. suck'-iey-i. To George Suckley, known in ornithology for his researches in Oregon 



and Washington Territories. The first syllable is long, and pronounced with the full 

 Latin force of u, like oo in moon. A very dubious bird. 



