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630. Limosa aegocephala (L.) Leach. B . c . R 546. (G.) 



Black-tailed Godwit. 



631. Limosa uropygialis Gould. B . c 430. R 544. (!A.) 



White-rumped Godwit. 



632. Symphemia semipalmata (Gra.) Hartl. B 537. c 431. R 552. 



Semipalmated Tattler ; Willet. 



633. Totanus melanoleucus (Gm.) V. B 539. c 432. R 548. 



Greater Tattler ; Stone Snipe. 



634. Totanus flavipes (Gm.) V. B 540. c 433. R 549. 



Lesser Tattler; Yellowshanks. 



635. Totanus glottis (L.) Bechst. B 538. c 434. R 547. (!E.) 



Greenshanks. 



636. Bhyacophilus ochropus (L.) Ridg. B . c . R 551. (IE.) 



Green Sandpiper. 



637. Bhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.) Bp. B 541. c 435. R 550. 



Solitary Tattler. 



638. Tringoi'des macularius (L.) Gr. B 543. c 436. R 557 



Spotted Tattler; Spotted Sandpiper. 



630. L. aeg-5-c6ph'-a-la. Gr. alyoKetyaXos, an Aristotelian epithet of some unknown bird ; it 



literally means "goat-headed," but what application 1 About the middle of the sixteenth 

 century it was applied by Belon to a species of Limosa, perhaps from the cry of the bird 

 being fancied like the bleating of a goat ; " bleating " is a term in every-day use now to 

 express the peculiar sounds made by some snipes. The curious English word godwit 

 is derived by Johnson from Anglo-Saxon god, good, and wiht, animal : by others from 

 god, and wide, game ; latter not unlikely. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only North American as a straggler to Greenland. 



631. L. u-rS-py-gl-a'-Hs. See Centurus, No. 452. 



632. Sym-phe'-ml-a sSm-T-pal-ma'-ta. Gr. o-y^^i ; <r6v, with, and <t>r)fji.l, I speak; alluding to 



the noisy concerts of the birds. Lat. semipalmata, half-webbed: see ^Egialites, No. 584. 

 "Willet" is derived from the sound of the bird's voice; sometimes written "pilwillet." 



633. T6-ta ; -nus mgl-an-S-leu'-cus. Totanus is Latinized from the Italian totano, a name of 



some bird of the kind. We suppose it should be accented on a lengthened penult. 

 Gr. fjLe\as, genitive jueAcwos, black, and \evKos, white. 



634. T. fla'-vi-pes. Lat. flavus, yellow ; pes, foot. 



635. T. gl5t'-t!s. Gr. yhoocrora or yKwrra, the tongue ; referring to the noisiness of the bird. 



This is given in the orig. ed. as Totanus chhropus. 



636. R. 5ch'-r5-pus. Gr. uxpos, pale, sallow, wan, and TTOVS, foot. From this word come 



Lat. ochra, and our ochre, ochreous, ochraceous, as names of some dull yellowish color. 

 Linnaeus had originally ocrophus by misprint. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since found in Nova Scotia as a straggler from Europe. See 

 Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, 1878, p. 49. 



637. Rhy-a-c5'-phfl-\is sQl-T-ta'-rf-us. Gr. /3uo, genitive {>va.Kos, a stream, brook; free* or uo>, 



I flow ; and <j>i\as, loving, loved, a lover. Lat. solitarius, solitary; solus, alone. 



638. Trin-g6-i'-des mSc-ul-a'-rl-us. See Tringa, No. 623, and add elSos, resemblance. Note 



that the word is in four syllables, accented on the penult. Lat. macularius, not classic ; 

 like maculatus and maculosus, spotted ; macula, a spot. 



