CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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16. 



, C 13a. R 16a. 



32. Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.) Dress, b — . c 20. R 34. (!A.) 



Kennicott's Warbler. 



33. Regulus calendula (L.) Licht. ^ I6I. c 21. R so. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



34. Regulus satrapa Licht. B 102. c 22. R 33. 



Golden-crested Kinglet. 



35. Regulus satrapa olivaceus Bd. b — . c — . r 33a. (?) 



Western Golden-crested Kinglet. 



36. Polioptila coerulea (L.) Scl. b 282. c 23. R 27. 



Blue-gray Gnat-catcher. 



37. Polioptila melanura Lawr. b 284. c 24. r 29. 



Black-capped Gnat-catclicr. 



38. Polioptila plumbea Bd. b 283. c 25. r 28. 



Plumbeous Gnat-catcher. 



39. Chamsea fasciata Gamb. B 274. c 20. R 35. 



Wren-tit. 



40. Lophophanes bicolor (L.) Bp. b 285. c 27. R 36. 



Tufted Titmouse. 



' back ngnin, and 

 ilder author. 

 1U8 entomologist, 

 iscd of a certain 

 •efroni, siniiifyin); 

 r. (cpi(T(rrfs, Kipa6i. 

 ula, a rock-inhiib- 



•iliflom, and Or. 



■or of tlie vine : " 



', is an uncertain 

 ■d to tliis species 



were one wliicli 



a ; verb (ri&A/C'"> 



er! 



Icxico, Mfjlco, or 



Is, near the bear. 



ly gome supposed 



; KiyKKlCu) is to 



erhaps not before 

 av6s, blue ; nieaii- 

 — Lot. siiccira or 

 country the bird 

 J of si.nie of the 

 ?aning " rcdtail," 

 le species, 

 ika. 



32. Phyl-l5'-sc8-pQs b6r-e-a'-lls. Gr. <pi\\ov, a leaf ; trKowSi, a watchman ; aitoirfu, I look 



out, survey, examine ; as tliose birds peer about in tlie foliage. — Lat. boreas, the north- 

 wind, h. e., the north ; borealis, northern. 



33. R6g'-u-liis c51-en'-dii-13. Lat. reyulus, diminutive of rex, a king; exactly equivalent to 



"kinglet." — Calendula is a substantive whicii may be formed from the gerund of the 

 verb caleo, I am warm ; figuratively, glowing; in allusion to the fiery color on the liead. 

 It was apparently coined by Brisson, 17(50, for the lOuropean Reyulus cristaliis, but was in 

 1706 approjiriated by Linnaeus to the present species. The early ornithologists liad a 

 great variety of names for these diminutive birds, mostly indicating royalty or other 

 high station, in obvious reference to the "crown ; " as Rex, Re(/iilii.i, lieyillus, Tijmnnus or 

 Tvpavvos, Dnsillsciis or haaiKiaKos, Preshi/.i or ripfVjSiiy, BatriAcus ; to say nothing of 

 Orchilus or 'Opxi\os, Trochilus or TpoxlXos, Parus, Sylvia, Motacilla, Pass<ri:iiliis, Tioi/lodi/tts, 

 &c. The French Roitelet or Rotjtckl, and the Gernum iloniijlcili, correspond to " kinglet." 



34. R. sat-ra'-p5. Lat. satraps, sntrapes, or satrapa, Gr. caTpdmis, from the Persian Utshulrani, 



meaning a crown or a kingdom : English satrap. Alluding to the bird's golden crown. 



35. R. s. fil-i-va-c6-fls. Late Lat. olivaceus, olivaceous, olive-colored. Sec Vireo, No. 170. 



36. Pd-ll-op'-tl-la coe-rul'-6-S Isayrulca]. Gr. vo\i6s, hoary, gray ; irrlKov, feather ; in allu- 



sion to the whitish edgings of tlie primaries. — Lat. eo-nf/cu or carulea or ctru/tu, blue, 

 azure. Any of these forms of the word is admissible. We prefer cniruUa. 



37. P. mei-an-u'-rS. Gr. /ueAas, fern. ixtKawa, black ; olpa, tail. Sec Index, p. 137. 



38. P. plum'-be-a. Lat. ;)/Mwi('Hs, plumbeous, lead-colored ; from ;)/hhi6u«i, lead. 



39. Cham-ae'-a [kamay-ah] fas-cl-a'-ta. Gr. x"Ma'. adverb, on the ground. — Lat. fascis, a 



bundle of faggots; hence, /(i,'.c(V(/».?, striped. The allusion is to tlie indistinct bands 

 across the tail-feathers of the bird that lives in bushes close to the ground. 



40. L6ph-6'-pha-nes [-nace] bl'-cfil-Or. Gr. A(J<^os, a crest; and ^aivu,\ appear; in allusion 



to the conspicuous crest. — Lat. i/ro/»r, two-colored. 



N. B. — The accentuation of this and many similar words is questionable, and per- 

 haps arbitrary. We give tlie above in deference to technical rule, conformably with 

 Aristo'phanis, &c. The actual usage, in this cotmtry at least, is L6ph-6-pha'-nes ; and 



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