88 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



514. Buteo cooperi Cass. B 29. c 349. R 437. (?) 



Cooper's Buzzard Hawk. 



515. Buteo harlani (Aud.) Bp. B 22. c sso. R 438. 



Harlan's Buzzard Hawk. 



516. Bnteo borealis (Gm.) V. B 23. c 351. R 436. 



Red-tailed Buzzard Hawk; Hen Hawk. 



517. Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.) Ridg. B 20, 24. c 35ia. R 436&. 



Western Red-tailed Buzzard Hawk. 



518. Buteo borealis lucasanus Ridg. B . c 3516. R 436e. 



St. Lucas Buzzard Hawk. 



519. Buteo borealis krideri Hoopes. B . c 35ic. R 436a. (?) 



Krider's Buzzard Hawk. 



520. Buteo lineatus (Gm.) Jard. B 25. c 352. R 439. 



Red-shouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



521. Buteo lineatus elegans (Cass.) Ridg. B 26. c 352a. R 439a. 



Western Red-shouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



522. Buteo abbreviatus Cab. B . c 353. R 440. 



Band-tailed Hawk. 



523. Buteo swainsoni Bp. B is, 19, 21, 28. c 354. R 442. 



Swainson's Buzzard Hawk. 



514. B. coop'-6r-i. To Dr. James G. Cooper, of California, well known for his studies of the 



birds of that country. Doubtful species : only one specimen known. 



515. B. harMan-I. To Dr. Richard Harlan, of Philadelphia, author of Medical and Physical 



Researches, Fauna Americana, etc. 



516. B. b8r-g-a'-lls. Lat. borealis, northern; boreas, the north wind. 



517. B. b. cal-u'-nSs. Gr. Ka\6s, beautiful, and olpa, tail. 



518. B. b. lu-cas-a'-nus. Named after Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. 



519. B. b. kri'-dgr-i. To John Krider, the veteran taxidermist of Philadelphia. Dubious. 



520. B. li-nS-a'-tus. Lat. lineatus, lineated, limned, from linio ; linea, a line. In reference to the 



streaking of the plumage. 



521. B. 1. e'-lg-gans. Lat. elegans, elegant, because select, chosen: e and ligo, I pick out. 



522. B. ab-brSv-I-a'-tus. Lat. abbreviatus, shortened ; ab and brevio, I abridge, contract ; brevis, 



short ; Gr. ppaxts- Applicability unknown to us. 



This stands as B. zonocercus in the orig. ed. See Ridg., Pr. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 220. 



523. B. swaln'-s8n-i. To William Swainson, Esq., the celebrated English naturalist. 



Mr. Sharpe has lately called this B. obsoletus (Gm.), but very erroneously, Gmelin's 

 bird of that name being a Gyrfalcon. B. insignatus of Cassin is simply a melanism. 

 B. bairdi of Cassin is the young. This bird is the nearest form we have to the Euro- 

 pean B. vulgaris, which latter has been attributed to Michigan : see Maynard, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, i, No. 1, 1876, pp. 2-6. 



The meaning of the word " buzzard " is unknown to us. It runs through several 

 languages, as buzhard, buzard, busard, buse. Some think it onomatopoeic, related to 

 buzz ; that seems doubtful ; more likely related to the Latin buteo. Butes is a Latin 

 proper name, but of no obvious connection. 



