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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



164. Pyranga rubra (L.) V. b 220. c 107. R ici. 



Scarlet Tanager. 



165. Pyranga aestiva (L.) V. b 221. c 108. u i64. 



Summer Tanager. 



166. Pyranga aestiva cooperi (Ridg.) Coues. b — . c losa. r i64a. 



Cooper's Tanager. 



167. Pyranga hepatica Sw. b 222. c 109. r lea. 



Hepatic Tanager. 



158. Pyranga ludoviciana (Wils.) Bp. b 223. c 110. r ig3. 



Louisiana Tanager. 



159. Hirundo erythrogastra horreorum (Bartr.) Coues. B226. c 111. r 154. 



Barn Swallow. 



160. Iridoprocne bicolor (V.) Coues. b 227. c 112. r 155. 



Wliite-belUed Swallow. 



161. Tachycineta thalassina (Sw.) Cab. B 228. C113. R 156. 



Violet-green Swallow. 



164. Py-ran'-g5 rfib'-rS. The word Pyranga has a classic twang, as if formed in part from the 

 Gr. TTvp, fire ; but it is a barbarous word, talten from some Soutli American dialect. 

 Several similar combinations of letters occur in Marcgravc. Vieillot wrote it Piranqa 

 in 1807, and Pyraiu/a in 181(3. The latter lias come into general use. — The English 

 tanwjer is simply altered from the South American Uwaijra or tawjnra, both of whi(;h 

 words occur in the older authors, the latter being in general use until Linna}us, perhaps 

 by a misprint, gave the former currency. 



aes-ti'-v5. See Dendracn, No. 111. 



155. 

 156. 

 157. 



158. 

 159. 



P. a. coop'-6r-i. To Dr. J. G. Cooper, of California. 



P. hg-pat'-i-ca. Gr. ffirap, genitive Ifitaros, the liver, or Lat. hepnr, hepati's, the same ; 

 wlicnce T]iraTiK6s or hepulicus, the direct adjective. The allusion is to the liver-colored 

 plumage. 



P. Iu-d8-vl-cl-a'-n5. See Thri/othonts, No. 68. 



HIr-un'-do 6r-y-thr8-g3s'-tr5 h5r-r6-5'-rQm. Lat. hlnmdo, a swallow, from the Gr. 

 XcAiSuv, of same meaning. — CJr. fpv8p6s, red or ruddy, and yaa-T-np, the belly. — Lat. 

 fioirciim, a barn, in the genitive plural. (On the etymology of liintmh, and various 

 other, including the Lnglish, names of swallow see Birds Col. Vail., i, 1878, p. 300.) 



160. Ir-I-d5-proc'-n5 bl'-cfll-fir. Gr.'Ipu, genitive 'IpiSoi, Lat. /r/.s-, /ridis, Iris, the messenger 



of the gods ; also the rainbow ; from flpw or ipd, to anno\ince. The allusion is to 

 the sheen of the i)lumage. Gr. Up6Kvri, or Lat. Procne or Prnrjne, a proper name, the 

 daughter of Pandion, fabled to have been transformed into a swallow. — Lat. Wco/or, 

 two-colored. 



161. Tach-y-cln-e -ta thSl-as'-sT-n5. Gr. toxwch'Itos, moving rapidly, i.e., a swift runner; 



raxis, swift (flf'o), to run); Kivr)riip, from Ktviu, to move. — Gr, SaXi(T<nvos, sea-green, 

 6i\aa<Ta, the sen, from &\t, the sea, or salt. Observe accentuation of thulassiiia. We keep 

 the penult of Tarhi/n'iw'ln long as being Gr. tj, but are not sure that it should not be 

 transliterated Tachycin'ita. 



