CHECK LIST OF NOMTII AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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14. Oroscoptes montanus (Towns.) Bd. b 255. c 7. R 10. 



Mountain Mocking-bird. 



15. Mimus polyglottus (L.) Bole. B 253. c 8. R 11. 



Mocldng-bird. 



16. Mimus carollnensis (L.) Gr. b 254. c 9. r 12. 



Cat-bird. 



17. Haiporhynchus nifus (L.) Cab. B 201. c 10. R 13. 



Brown Thrush ; Thrasher. 



18. Harporhynchus rufus longirostris (Lafr.) Coues. b 200. c lOa. r 13a. 



Texas Thrasher. 



19. Harporhynchus curvirostris (Sw.) Cab. b 259. c — . r. 15. 



Curve-billed Thrasher. 



20. Harporhynchus curvirostris palmeri Ridg. b — . c 11. r 15a. 



Bow-bllled Thrasher. 



21. Harporhynchus bendirii Coues. b — . c iiw*. r Ua. 



Arizona Thrasher. 



22. Harporhynchus cinereus Bd. b — . c 12. r 14. 



St. Lucas Thrasher. 



0-r5-sc5p'-tgs [taccl mon-ta'-ntis. Gr. &poi, a mountain, <rKJ>irrr,,, a mimic; ff/ccUirr™, 

 I mock, deride, jeer at. The orthography differs; authority may be found for 

 either Oroscophs or Orcoscoples ; the former was originally written by Baird ; it is 

 shortest: and we usually say orolo,;;/, orcyraph/, &c. — Lat. nwntanus, relating to' mons 

 a mountain. ' 



Mi'-mfls fmeemus] p61-^glot'-tQs. Lat. mimus, Gr. /i?;uoi, a mimic. -Gr. tomJ^Awttoi, 

 polyglot, from iroAui, many, yKuTra, tongue. 



M. c5.r8-lln-en'-sls. Lat. for Carolinian, of Carolina; Carohts, Charhs, h the modem 

 Lat. form of Germ. Jtart, or tcrl, a peasant ; A. S. norl, Scot, carle, Eng. r/mrl. Cm;,linn 

 IS by some derived from Charles IL of England; but Ribault. in 1502, built in Port 

 Royal a fort he called a,nrr,,rn,t, and Laud„nni5re, who came to relieve Ribanlfs 

 coh,n,sts .n IGW, one which he says, "je nommay la Caroline, en honneur de nostre 

 prince le roy Charles [IX:., of France]." 



Har-pa-rhyn'-chfls [rh very strong ; rh as ^1 ru'-ffls. Gr. fip,,, a sickle : ^oy^o,, a beak ; 

 ^..,bow-bdled. rhe former word is seen in harp,;, ,o called from its hooked beak. 

 Some punsts w.U have the r doubled in this and all such cases, making r/arporrhy.ch.s ,■ 

 bu he current of mo.iern usage has set too strongly against it to be stennned without 

 liability of seemmg pedantic. - Lat. ^,^.,, rufous, reddish. 



"' beak."'^^''^^'"''''^ [loang-gi-roas-tris]. Lat. lo„.jus, long, roslrh, beaked, from rost,-uw, 



H. cur-vl-r(5s'-trls. Lat. curvus, curved ; and rostris. — Not in the orig. -d. 



H. c. pal'-m«r.i [sound tlie /]. Dedicated to one Edward Palmer. 



H. ben-di'-rl-i. To Capt. Charles Beudire. U. S. Army. 



H. cIn-er'.«.iJs. Lat. cinfreus, ashy, or ash-colored ; from cinis, genitive cinms, ashes. Gr. 



k6.^s, of same meaning, apparently from Kalu,, ndo,, I burn. Related English words are 



incinerate, cinder, &c. 



