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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEBIC AN BIRDS. 



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107. Helminthophaga celata (Say) Bd. b 184. c C8. R so. 



OniiiKO-cruwuod Wurblor. 



108. Helminthophaga celata lutescens Ridg. b — . c csa. u son. 



Ptu'lUc OruuKO-i* row lied Wurblor. 



109. Helminthophaga peregriua (Wils.) Cub. b iso. c co. r S7. 



Teuiicsseo Wurbler. 



110. Peucedraraus olivaceus (Olr.) Coues. b — . c — . r 92. 



Olivo Warbler. 



111. DendrcBca aestiva (Gm.) Bd. b 203. c 7o. r 93. 



Summer M'arblor. 



112. Dendrceca virens (dm.) Bd. b iso. c 71. R 107. 



Blttck-th routed Circoii Wurbler. 



113. DendrcBca occidentalis (Tuwns.) Bd. b i90. c 72. rio9. 



Western Wurbler. 



114. DendrcEca townsendi (Niitt.) Bd. b 191. c 73. r los. 



Townseud's Wurbler. 



107. H. c8-lS'-tI. Lat. cc/(ifi/s, concealcil, f n .n c«/o ; tlic orange color of thu crown being hidden. 



108. H. c. lu-t5s'-cSns. Lat. inceptive verb lutenco, present participle lutescens, from liiteKs, 



yellow ; from liitiim, an herb used in dyeing yellow. There i.s ai^tiially no such verb as 

 luli'sco, the describcr of the species having apparently mistaken lutism, I grow muddy, 

 become miry, for a supposed lulcsi-o, I grow yellow, by some confounding of liiteus, 

 muddy, loamy {hence possibly clay-colored or yellowish) with liiiina, golden-yellow. The 

 bright yi'llownes.s of the bird in comparison with //. alu/n being its prime characteristic, 

 the propriety of assuming the tlerivation to be from tutuiii, and lieitcc writing lutescens, 

 from a supposed lutrsio, is obvious. 



A form lately distinguished by Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sei., .3d scr., iv, 1872. p. 457. 



109. H. pgr-i-gri'-nS. Lat. peregrinus, wandering, alien, e.xotic, that comes from foreign parts ; 



from })er, through, and wjer, a field or land ; literally, " across country." 



110. Peu-ce'-dr5-mi5s fil-I-va'-cC-tSs. Gr. irtvicri, a pine-tree, and Spa/ufrc, 2d aorist infinitive, 



from Tpf'xtti, I run. Tlie allusion is to the pine creejiing habits of the bird. N. B. Many 

 genera are compounded from the same root, and spelled either ■(Intiiiiis or -ilromiis. Either 

 is correct. — Lat. olirareus, pertaining to the olive; in tiiis case, in color, oliraceous. 

 Not in the orig. ed. Since discovered in Arizona by IL W. ileuiihaw. 



111. D5n-droe'-c5 ags-ti'-v5 [diiyndrwaykah aystcevah]. Gr. SfvSpov, a tree, and oikcoi, I 



inhabit ; oIkos, a habitation. The word was originally compounded Ihmlroica by G. R. 

 Gray : later emended as above. The fidl form would bo Di'iidrwcelis, like PottciOs, 

 Neiihircelfs (oiwtjt^s, an inliabit.'int). — Lat. a'Klirn, adjective from (ruins, the summer 

 season ; (cstus, heat, ardor (Gr. atdw, I burn). Notice the long accented penult. 



112. D. vir'-ens [pronounced virraynce]. Lat. virens, participle present of rirro, T grow green. 



113. D. 8c-cl-den-ta'-ll3. Lat. occidentalis, occidental, western; that is, in the place where the 



sun sets ; from occido, I fall down. 



1 14. D. town'-sgnd-I. To J. K. Townsend, Esq., companion of Nuttall during his travels. 



The first syllable of this word represents the exact pronunciation of Latin au diphthong 

 — like English ow; as if we made it W-fin-. 



