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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEBICAN BIRDS. 



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162. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say) Cab. B 226. c 114. 11 153. 



Cliff or Eave Swallow. 



163. Cotile riparia (L.) Boie. B 229. C 115. R 157. 



Bank Swallow. 



164. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.) Bd. b 230. c 116. R 158. 



Rough-wiuged Swallow. 



165. Progne subis (L.) Bd. b 231. c in. R 152. 



Purple Martin. 



166. Ampelis garrulus L. B 232. c 118. R 150. 



Bohemian Waxwing. 



167. Ampelis cedrorurr.. (V.) Bd. B 233. c ii9. u 151. 



Cedar Waxwing. 



168. Phainopepla nitens (Sw.) Scl. b 234. c 120. R 26. 



Black Ptllogouys. 



162. Pet-r5-chel-i'-don lu'-nl-fr5ns. Gr. itirpa, a rock, and xfAi8(«»', a swallow; alluding to 



tliL' places wiicre tlie nests are often built. — Lat. lumi, the moon, that is, a crescent, anil 

 frons, tiic forelicad or front ; referring to the white frontal crescent. Luna is contracted 

 from Liiciim, a proper name, epithet of Juno, from lucco, I shine ; lux, light. 



163. C5'-tI-le ri-p5r'-I-5. The generic name was originally written Colile by Boie, afterward 



by him Coii/k. The latter orthography came into general use, the alleged etymology 

 being KorvKr), a cup, in supposed allusion to the excavations in wliich the bird nests. 

 The proper ortliography is Cotllc, from KmriXds, the swallow ; literally, the twitterer, 

 babbler, prattler, from kutiAAoi, I prate. (See Wharton, Ibis, October, 1879, p. 451 ; and 

 Cones, Bull. Nuttall Club, April, 1880, p. 90.) — Lat. riparia, riparian : ripa, the bank of 

 a stream. 



164. Stel-gl-d5p'-tfi-ryx ser-rl-pen'-nls. Gr. o-reX-y/s or (rTAfyvfs, a scraper ; and Trrepuf, wing. 



— Lat. scrn'iiiniiis, saw-feathered ; srrra, a saw, i>ciiii(i, a feather. Both words mean sub- 

 stantially the same thing, having reference to the peculiar structure of the outer web of 

 the first primary. 



165. Prog'-ne sub'-Is. Lat. Prmpic ; see Tridnpromo, No. 100. — Lat. suhis, a word not known 



except as applied by I'liiiy to a bird said to break eagles' eggs ; application in this case 

 unknown. 



166. Am'-pfi-lls gar'-rfl-lQs. Or. afiveKis, or &nwf\os, the grapevine; also, a small bird wliich 



fre(iuented vineyards, l)y some conjectured to be the present species ; ajUTTfAioii/ also 



occurs as the name of a bird. — Lat. (idrniliis, garrulous, loquacious, from i/nrrio, I 



chatter (Gr. yripia) or yapvu, I speak, yyjpus or yiipvs, voice) ; also, as substantive, a 

 jaybird, wlii'il' is the implication in this case. 



167. A. ced-ro'-rQm. Lat. crrfrHs, genitive plural rcrfiwiim, the cedar ; Gr. ice'Spos. 



168. PhS-i-na-pep'-la nTt'-ens. Dr. Sclater says (Ibis, 1879, p. 223) that he formed the word 



from tpattvds, shining, and that it should be written as above, as lie originally did. 

 This, however, is merely a poetic f'lrm, from (pafivw, itself poetic for (paivai. It would 

 appear to be most naturally written PhdiwpipJa, like phirunmrnnii, ph<rmvjnmoHS, &c., from 

 the same source ; but if the orthography PlmXiwpi pla , in five syllables, be |)reserved, it 

 can be easily defended. Gr. irtTrAo, poetic plural of ire'jrAoi, a robe. — Lat. nilcns, present 

 participle from nitco, I shine. 



