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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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69. Sitta canadensis L. b 279. c. 39. r tf2. 

 Red-bellied Nut-hatch. 



60. Sitta pusilla Lath, b 280. c. 40. r cs. 



Browu-beaded Nut-hatch. 



61. Sitta pygmaea Vig. b 28I. C4i. rm. 



Pygmy Nut-hatch. 



62. Certhia familiaris L. b 275. c 42. r 55. 



Brown Creeper. 



63. Campylorhynchns brunneicapiUus (Lafr.) Gr. b 202. c 43. r B6. 



Browu-headed Cactus Wren. 



64. Campylorhynchus aflanis Bd. b — . c 44. r 57. 



St. Lucas Cactus Wren. 



65. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) Cab. b 204. c 45. r ss. 



liock Wren. 



66. Catherpes mexicanus (Sw.) Bd. b 203. c — . r 59. (!M) 



Caiion Wren. 



59. 



60. 



61. S 



63. 



63. 



64. 

 65. 



66. 



S. c5-nad-gn'-sls. Latinized from Canadian. — Nuthatch is nut-liatcher or nut-hacker (Fr. 

 hacher, Swed. hticku), tlie bird tliat haclcs, pecks, nuts; also called nut-jobber, to /o6 

 being to peck, or tlirust at. 



S. pQ-sil'-ia [puceellah, not pewzillerj. Lat. pusillim, petty, puerile ; directly formed from 

 putr, pusus, or ptisiu (Gr. jrojs), a boy ; here and connnonly used simply as signifying 

 small. The Sanskrit root reappears in endless forms of kindred meaning, 

 pyg-mae'-a. Gr. Truyni), the fist ; hence irvyfiaws, Lat. pyijtmtus, a pygmy, fistling, or 

 tom-lhumb. As a measure of length, from elbow to clenciied list, a itvyn-h was about 

 104 inches ; the original Pygmies were a race of African dwarfs at war with the Cranes ; 

 pi/ymiLits came afterward to mean any thing pygmy, dwarfed, and is here ai)plicd to a 

 very small nut-hatch. Compare Machetes pmjmij; No. (KO. 



Cer'-thI-5 f5m-ll-l-a'-rls. Gr. Kfpdios, Lat. cirlliius, become later certhia. The name 

 occurs in Aristotle, who apparently uses it for this very species, which he also calls 

 Kvtvo\6yos, rtiipoliHjHs ; that is to say, a gatlierer of insects ; Kvltft, a bug, and \tyu, I col- 

 lect. — JM. familian's, familiar, domestic, hence common; J'amilia, or older_/awii/ias, the 

 family, the household. 



Cam-pJ>-16-rhyn'-chQs brun-nei-cSp-Il'-liSs [broonaycapecUus]. Gr. KoyuTriJAos, bent, from 

 KdfxvTw, I bond ; and pvyxos (rhynclius), beak. — Lat. bniimciis, brown ; capillus, hair. The 

 adjective brunneus is post-classic, Latinized from It. hnino, ¥r. Imiii, Germ, braui: ; A. S. 

 hi/rnan, to burn ; related are hrami, brunt, and many similar words, among them brant ; see 

 licrniihi, No. TOO. 



C. af-fin'-!s laffeon'is], Lat. njfinls, i. c, ad and Jinis, at the end of, hence bordering on, 

 neighboring ; here in tin- sense of related to, resembling, having nj/niilij with. No. 03. 



Sal-pinc'-tes ob-sa-le'-tfls. Gr. craAiri7«T^i, a trumpeter, becoming in Latin salpinctes, from 

 (rrfAiri7{ (salpig.\== salpinx), a trumpet ; in allusion to the bird's loud, ringing song. — 

 Lat. obsoletus, unaccustomed, from oh, against, and soleo, I am wont ; hence obsolete, in 

 sense of effaced, all the colors of the bird being dull. — Wren is A. S. verenna. 



C5th-Sr'-p5s mSx-I-ca'-nQs. Gr. KafltpTr^i, a creeper; KaBipvw, I creep down, from KarA, 

 down, iind tpiru, I creep, crawl. The stem of the word is seen in herpes, the disease 

 which creeps over the skin ; herpetoXoify , the science of creeping things, reptiles ; repto or 

 rcpo, I creep, in Latin, siniply altered from fpir«. — Lat. mexicanus, see No. 28. 



