110 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



682. Porzana jamai'censis coturniculus Bd. B . c 470a. R 576. 



Farallone Black Crake. 



683. Crex pratensis Beehst. B 558. c 471. R 577. (!E.) 



Corn Crake. 



684. G-allimila galeata (Licht.) Bp. B 560. c 472. R 579. 



Florida Gallinule. 



685. lonornis martinica (L.) Reich. B 561. c 473. R 578. 



Purple Gallinule. 



686. Fulica americana Gm. B 559. c 474. R 580. 



American Coot. [See Addenda, No. 885. 



687. Phcenicoptems ruber L. B 502. c 475. R 585. 



Red Flamingo. 



688. Cygnus buccinator Rich. B 562. c 476. R 589. 



Trumpeter Swan. 



689. Cygnus columbianus (Ord) Coues. B 56iw*. c 477. R 588. 



American Swan. 



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682. P. j. co-tur-nl'-cu-liis. Lat. diminutive of Cotumix, which see, No. 579. 



683. Crex pra-ten'-sis. Gr. itpe, Lat. crex, a crake; all three of these words are the same, 



meaning the creaking, crackling cry of the bird ; KPCKKCI), I make such a noise. Lat. 

 pratensis, see Grus, No. 670. (A subgenus, " Crescicus," which passed in some American 

 works for the black rail, was simply a misprint for creciscus, which is a Greek diminu- 

 tive form of 



684. Gal-lin'-u-la gal-g-a'-ta. Lat. gallinula, a diminutive of gallina, a hen : see Gallinago, No. 



608. It is commonly but wrongly accented on the penult, and pronounced gaily-new' -ler ! 

 But gahl-leen'-u-lah is doubtless nearer the sound a Roman would have made if he had 

 used the word. Lat. galeata, helmeted ; galea, a helmet ; galeo, I crown with a helmet ; 

 very apt, in allusion to the frontal shield of a bird of this genus. 



685. I-6n-6r'-nIs mar-tin'- 1- ca. Gr. tov, iwvia, a violet, and &pvts, a bird ; well applied to these 



luxurious porphyritic or hyacinthine " sultans." English violet is from Lat. viola, and 

 this is very easily gotten from the Greek. To the island of Martinique. 



686. Ful'-I-ca am-Sr-I-ca'-na. Lat. fulica, same as fulix, a coot, from the sooty color of the 



bird; fuligo, soot, \vhencefuliginosus, &c. 



687. Phoe-nl-cop'-tgr-us rub'-gr. Gr. fpoivuttirrtpos, Lat. phcenicopterus, the flamingo ; literally, 



red-winged : </>oiVi| and irrfpov : see Ac/elceus, No. 316. Lat. ruber, red. English flamingo 

 seems to come directly through the Spanish flamenco, the name of this bird ; both these, 

 as the French flamant, are of course from the Latin flamma, flame, fiery-red. 



688. Cyg'-nus buc-cln-a'-t8r. Gr. KVKVOS, Lat. cycnus or cygnus, a swan ; famed for its dying 



song ; also name of a person fabled to have been transmuted into the bird. The name 

 is probably rooted in the idea of singing, this being one of the most persistent and 

 ubiquitous myths. Lat. buccinator, a trumpeter, who uses his cheeks so much in blowing 

 his instrument ; buccina, or fivnavr), a trumpet ; bucca, the cheek. 



689. C. c8-lum-bl-a / -nus. Of the Columbia River, where specimens were noted by Lewis and 



Clarke, afterwards named by Ord. 



This stands in the orig. ed. as C. americanus. For the change, see Coues, Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. Terr., 2d ser., No. 6, 1876, p. 444. 



