102 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



624. Pelidna alpina americana (Cass.) Allen. B 530. c 424. R 539a. 



American Dunlin. 



625. Ancylochilus subarquatus (Giild.) Kaup. B 529. c 425. R 540. 



Curlew Sandpiper. 



626. Tringa caimtus L. B 526. c 426. R 529. 



Red-breasted Sandpiper; Robin Snipe; Knot. [See Addenda, No. 884. 



627. Calidris arenaria (L.) 111. B 534. c 427. R 542. 



Sauderling. 



628. Limosa fceda (L.) Ord. B 547. c 428. R 543. 



Great Marbled Godwit. 



629. Limosa hsemastica (L., 1758) Coues. B 548. c 429. R 545. 



Hudsonian Godwit. 



624. P. a. am-er-I-ca'-na. See Parula, No. 93. 



625. An-cy-lS-chi'-lus sub-ar-qua'-tus. Gr. dy/cvAoxeiAos, having a curved bill : aynv\os, 



crooked, bent, from a-yKtav, the bent elbow, and x^ os > ^ ie mouth, from a word signify- 

 ing to open, to gape. Lat. subarquatus, slightly curved ; see Arquatella, No. 620. 



626. Trin'-ga can-u'-tus. Lat. tringa, or trynga, or tryngas, a sandpiper ; not classic. Derived 



from Gr. rptyyas, an obscure and obsolete word, occurring in Aristotle as the name of 

 some unknown bird. The species was very aptly named by Linnaeus after old King 

 Canute, who, it is said, sat on the seashore and allowed the waves to reach him, to 

 rebuke his toadying courtiers who had declared the sea would obey his majesty, a 

 myth according well with the habits of sandpipers. Canutus, if it has any relation 

 with, or is of same meaning as canus, gray, hoary, vo\ios, is well suited either to the 

 old king, or to this sandpiper in its winter dress. 



627. Cal-id'-rls a-re-na'-rl-a. Gr. <TKa\iSpis or Ka\iSpis, Lat. scalidris or calidris, an obscure 



Aristotelian bird, by some supposed to be the modern totanus calidris. The word is 

 apparently from ovcaAis, some digging instrument, from 0-KaAAw, I scrape, rake, &c., and 

 refers to the same probing habits of this sandpiper that ereuneles signalizes. But the 

 form Chalidris also occurs, as in Belon for example ; whence some refer the word to the 

 Gr. x^'l kat. ca l x > calculus, &c., considering that it alludes to the pebbly or shingly 

 beaches which the bird frequents. Lat. arenarius, relating to sand ; arena, sand, or a 

 sandy place, as the arena was, where gladiatorial and other sports were witnessed by 

 the Roman brutes. 



628. Li-mo'-sa foe'-da. Lat. limosus, miry, muddy ; limus, mud, slime. We can learn nothing of 



any such word asfedoa, and take it to be a misprint or other mistake for fcedus, -a, -um t 

 ugly, unseemly, &c. It might be supposed to have some relation to fcedus, a compact, 

 treaty, the sense of which is seen in federal, confederate, &c., and the application of which 

 would be to the gregariousness of the bird. But fcedus, in the latter sense, is not an 

 adjective; it is fcedus, feeder is, and the adjectival form would be federatus ; while there is 

 an adjective fxdus, ugly, as well as a verb fcedo, to defile, the participial of which is 

 fcedatus. In view of these facts, we propose to substitutey^cfa forfedoa, until some satis- 

 factory explanation of the latter can be given. Fedoa occurs at least as far back as 

 Edwards as the name of this species, and has since passed unchallenged. 



629. L. haem-as'-ti-ca. Gr. cujuotrr/Kos or af/xart/cos, hsemastic or haematic, of a bloody-red 



color ; alfida-ffu, I make bloody ; at]ua, blood ; referring to the red under parts, so con- 

 spicuous in this species. 



This stands as L. hudsonica in the orig. ed. See Coues, Bull. Nutt. Club, v, 1880, 

 p. 100. 



