106 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



652. Eudocirmis rriber (L.) Wagl. B 498. c 447. R 502. 



Scarlet Ibis. 



653. Ajaja rosea (Briss.) Reich. B 501. c 448. R 505. 



Roseate Spoonbill. 



654. Mycteria americana L. B . c 4486/s. R 499. (!M.) 



American Jabiru. 



655. Ardea herodias L. B 487. c 449. R 487. 



Great Blue Heron. 



656. Ardea occidentalis Aud. B 488, 489. c 450, 451. R 486. 



Great White Heron ; Florida Heron. 



657. Ardea cinerea L. B . c . R 488. (G.) 



European Blue Heron. 



658. Herodias egretta (Gm.) Gr. B 486, 486*. c 452. R 489. 



Great White Egret. 



659. G-arzetta candidissima (Gm.) Bp. B 485. c 453. R 490. 



Little White Egret; Snowy Heron. 



660. Hydranassa tricolor (Mull.) Ridg. B 484. c 454. R 492. 



Louisiana Heron. 



652. E. rub'-6r. Lat. ruber, red. This is Ibis rubra in the orig. ed. 



653. Ajaja ro'-sS-5. Lat. roseus or rosaceus, rosy, rose-red; rosa, a rose; related to Gr. f>6$ov\ 



see for instance in rhodocolpus, rose-breasted. Ajaja or ajaia or aiaia or ayaya is the old 

 Brazilian name of this bird, of signification and pronunciation alike unknown to us. 



This stands as Platalea ajaja in the orig. ed. ; for the change of this longstanding 

 name, see Ridg., Pr. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 10. 



654. Myc-te'-rl-a am-gr-I-ca'-na. Gr. ^vKT-ftp, the nose, snout; nvKrnpifa, literally, "I work 



the nose," i. e., turn up the nose at, sneer, scorn, deride, &c. ; well applied to the expres- 

 sion of this ugly bird. 



655. Ar'-dg-a h6r-o'-dl-as. Lat. ardea, a heron. Gr. pc*>5;as, tyMs, or epdbSios, & heron. 



There is also a proper name Herodias. 



656. A. 6c-cl-den-ta'-lls. See Dendrceca, No. 113. 



NOTE. The Ardea wurdemanni of the orig. ed. is a dichroism of this species. See 

 Ridg., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv, No. 1, 1878, p. 227. 



657. A. cln-fir'-e'-a. Lat. cinereus, ashy. See Harporhynchus, No. 22. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only North American as occurring in Greenland. See Reinh., 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 9. 



658. Hr-5'-dI-as e-gret'-ta. Latin proper name Herodias: see Ardea, No. 655. Egretta is 



Latinized from the French aigrette, a top-knot, plume; whence also egret. These words 

 are said to be related to heron itself, all springing from O. H. G. hiegro, a heron. 



659. Gar-zet'-ta can-dl-dls'-sl-ma. Garzetta is the Italian name of the corresponding Euro- 



pean species. Lat. candidissima, very white, entirely white; superlative of candidus. 

 See Falco, No. 501. 



660. Hyd-ra-naV-sa tri'-c51-8r. Gr. vScap, water, giving in Latin hydra-, and va<r<ra or ^o-tro, a 



water-fowl ; from a verb meaning to swim. We have here two words very fruitful of 

 derivatives ; one giving us the compounds of hydr-, as hydraulic, the other those relating 

 to the sea, a ship, or swimming: nautical, aeronaut, navy, navigate, nausea; the latter is 

 originally " sea "-sickness, and literally " ship "-sickness. Lat tricolor, three-colored. 



This stands as Ardea kitcoyastra var. leucoprymna in the orig. ed. See Ridg., Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv, No.' 1, 1878, p. 224. 



