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31a. R 41a. 

 . R 416. 



Idenda, No. 879. 



;e on the radical 

 ents two vowels, 



rnament. 

 ; crista, a, crest. 



, i, p, 117 ; 1878) 

 muoiig them Mr. 

 I I'xti'iisive coin- 

 ive often proved 

 ('(•lis) from riiny, 

 iuch compounds, 

 jlativc of instni- 

 .'onsider tlie word 

 niiiis aiinuitlo-alro- 

 golden. 



1, but apparently 

 . rravpos, of same 

 s, black-liair(ed) ; 

 the head. Com- 

 e nlri; not atro- ; 

 be atrocaiiilhitus. 

 (scptem and trio) 



■re the sun sets. 



>ntis, a mountain. 

 ;r of the region. 



50. Panis rufescens Towns, b 2<j5. c 34. r 46. 



Cbestnut-backed Chickadee. 



51. Parus rufescens neglectus Ridg. b — . c — . R46a. (?) 



Caltfornian Chickadee. 



52. Parus cinctus Bodd. B — . c — . R 44. (!a.) 



Siberian Chickadee. 



53. Psaltriparus minimum (Towns.) Bp. B 298. c 36. R 47. 



Least Bush-tit. 



54. Psaltriparus plumbeus Bd. b 299. c 36. r 48. 



Plumbeous Bush-tit. 



55. Psaltriparus melanotis (Haiti.) Bp. b 297. c — . r 49. (!m.) 



Biack-eared Bush-tit. 



56. Auriparus flaviceps (Sund.) Bd. B 300. c 37. R so. 



Yeiiow-headed Verdin. 



57. Sitta carolinensis Gm. b 277. c 38. R 51. 



White-bellied Nut-batch. 



58. Sitta carolinensis aculeata (Cass.) All. B 278. c 38a. R 5ia. 



Slender-billed Nut-hatch. 



50. 



51. 



53 



54. 

 65. 



56 



P. 

 P. 



P. 

 P. 



ru-fes'-cens. Lat. rnfi'sceiui, present participle of tlie inceptive verb nifisco, to grow red ; 

 be rufous. — "Cliickadee" is an obvious onomatopoeia, from the bird's note, 

 r. neg-lec'-tus. Lat. MP(/fcc/((s, neglected ; verb nc (//(V/o ; eijual to wc (hoh), not, and leclus, 

 chosen, picked, taken ; lego, I gather in, select, &c. Najkcl is a nearly exact opposite 

 of collect. 

 53. P. cinc'-tus. Lat. cinctus, girdled; perfect participle of ciw/o, I surround, encompass, 

 encircle. A cimjulam is a little something that goes around as a girdle docs, whence 

 surciwile, cincke. 

 P-sal-trl-pa'-riSs min'-l-mfls [sound the initial p ; the a in parus is properly long ; some- 

 times shortened in composition]. Lat. /(sa/<na, Gr. i^£{\Tpio, one who plays on tiie lute; 

 from the verb psallo, }\i<i\\oi, to strike such an instrument ; English psaltery, &c. ; and 

 parux, a titmouse. See No. 44. — Lat. minimus, least, superlative of parvus, small. 

 plum'-b6-iis. Lat. plumbeus, plumbeous, lead-colored. 



m6l-an-5'-tIS. Gr. fitKas, genitive ixeKavos, black ; oh, genitive airds, ear. 



Not in tiie orig. cd. of tlie Ciieek List, and scarcely establislied as North American, 

 thougli given by Baird in 1858. Supposed to liave been spjn by Ridgway in Nevada, 

 August, 18(38. See Rep. Surv. 40th Par., iv, 1877, p. 415. See Index, p. 1.37. 



Aur-I-pa'-rfls [owriparus] fla'-vl-ceps. Lat. aureus, goli'r ., from aurum, gold ; and parus, 

 a titmouse. — Lat.y?(/('((s, yellow, (or Jla(jrus, from Jlacjro, to glow; whence English defla- 

 grate, flagrant, &c. Ceps is a Lat. termination, from Gr. Ke(paK-ii, the head; compare 

 caput, cephalic, occiput, &c. — A more strict metiiod of compounding aure-us with parus 

 would give aureiparus; but it may be taken direct from aurum, making auriparus admis- 

 sible; as we should say "gold-tit," like" bush-tit," "coal-tit." 



Sit'-t5 ca-r8-lln-5n'-s!s. Gr. (rtrra, (titttj ; Lat. sitta, a nut-hatch ; the word occurs in 

 Aristotle. It is related to o-tTrtiKTi, (((ittokoj, Lat. sittare, psitlacus, a parrot ; the implication 

 being some sharp sound made by the bird, as English jisii ! There is a Greek verb 

 i(/iTT({^(tf, to make sticli a noise. — Lat. carolinensis, see Mimus, No. ll). 



S. c. 5-cQ-l6-a'-t5. Lat. no(/en^«s, sharpened, dim. «n(/eHs, sharp, (((•».>.■, a needle ; from ncpr, 

 sharp, tir. axis, a point ; compare aKwy, aKfuri, (txpos, &c., English acme, acropolis, acer- 

 bity, acrimony, and numberless words in many languages, from ^(i^-. 



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