132 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



863. Alle nigricans Link. B 738. c 626. R 752. 



Sea Dove; Dovekie. 



864. Synthliborhamphus antiqnus (Gra.) Coues. B 736. c 627. R753. 



Black-throated Auk. 



865. SynthliboramphTis umizTisiime (Temm.) Coues. B 737. c 628. R 754. 



Temminck's Auk. 



866. Brachyrhamphns marmorattis (Gm.) Brdt. B 732, 733. c 629. R 755. 



Marbled Murrelet. 



867. BrachyrhamphTis kittlitzi Brdt. B 735. c 630. R 756. 



Kittlitz's Murrelet. 



868. Brachyrhamphiis hypoleucus Xant. B . c . R 757. 



White-bellied Murrelet. 



869. Brachyrhamphus craverii (Salvad.) Coues. B . c . R 758. (?) 



Craveri's Murrelet. 



870. Brachyrhamphus brachypterus Brdt. B 734. c . R 759. (?) 



Short-winged Murrelet. 



863. AF-1S nig'-rl-cans. Alle is a local designation of this species and of Uria grylle. Its mean- 



ing we do not know. It was long the specific name of the bird, taken for the generic 

 by Link in 1806. Lat. nigricans, present participle of a supposed verb nigrico, equivalent 

 to nigresco, I grow black, am blackish. 



This stands in the orig. ed. as Mergulus alle : for the reason of the change, see Coues, 

 Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, p. 244. 



864. Syn-thll-b6-rharn'-phus an-ti'-qii-us. Gr. <rvvQ\i$(a, I compress ; avv, with, and 0Aa>, 



I press; papfyos, beak. Lat. antiquus, antique, ancient ; with reference to the gray of 

 the head, like an old man's. Antiquus is simply for anticuus, this a form of anticus, from 

 ante, before ; one having retained the idea of being before in space, that is, in front of, 

 the other having acquired the idea of priority in time, like antea; the opposition in 

 either case is with post, postea, behind, after. 



865. S. u-ml-zu'-sii-me. This appalling word we know nothing about except that it is 



transliterated from the Japanese, Temminck having described the species from that 

 country ; " son nom japonais est wumizusume," he says. We drop the w. 



866. Brach-y-rhanV-phus mar-m6-ra'-tus. Gr. Ppaxvs, short, and pap.<pos, beak. Lat. mar- 



moratus, marbled ; marmor, marble ; in allusion to the veined and clouded color. Marmor 

 is the Gr. jj.app.apos, from /j-ap/uaipw, I shine, glitter, sparkle, as did the beautiful white 

 stone which Praxiteles carved. Murrelet is a word coined by Coues in 1868 as a dimin- 

 utive of murre, like rivulet from river. 



867. B. kltt'-lltz-i. To F. H. von Kittlitz, traveller and naturalist. 



868. B. hyp-6-leu'-cfis. Gr. VTTO, under, arrd \evic6s, white, meaning neither whitish nor under 



the white, but white underneath. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized as probably valid. 



869. B. cra-ve'-rT-i. To Sig. Federico Craveri. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized as perhaps distinct. 



870. B. bra-chyp'-tS-rus. Gr. Ppax^s, short, and irTtpov, wing. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since recognized by Ridgway. Pacific Coast. 



