CHECK LIST OF NOliTIl AMEIilCAX BllWS. 



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217. Astragalinus psaltria mexicanus (Sw.) Coucs. b 315. c I5i6. R 18'J». 



Mcxioun UoldJluuli. 



218. Astragalinus notatus (I)ii Bus) Coucs. b 310. c — . u 184. (!m.) 



Ului'k-licailcd GolUlliioli. 



219. Plectrophanes nivalis (L.) Meyer. Ba-ja. c 10a. 11 180. 



Snow Bunting; Snowllako. 



220. Centrophanes lapponicus (L.) Kaup. b 320. c 133. Pw I8T. 



Luiplaml Longspur. 



221. Centrophanes pictus (Sw.) Cab. b 327. c 154. 11 188. 



Fainted Longspur. 



222. Centrophanes ornatus (Towns.) Cab. B 328, 329. c 155. R 189. 



Clicstnut-coliMrcd Longspur. 



223. Rhynchophanes maccowni (Lawr.) Bil. b 330. c loo. u loo. 



Maccown's Longspur. 



224. Passerculus bairdi (Ami.) Cones. B .131. c 157, I676i« R 191. 



Balrd*8 Savanna Sparrow. 



817. 

 218. 



219. 



220. 



221. 



222. 

 223. 



224. 



A. p. mSx-I-cS'-nS. Lat. mexkams, of Mexico. See Sialia, No. 28. 



A. nfit-S'-tQs. Lat. notatus, noted, marked; nolo, I make note of. In allusion to the dis- 

 tinction between tliis species and C. imu/clhtnicus. 



Not in the orig. ed. uf tlic Clicck List. Said by Audubon to have been actually 

 taken in Kentucky. (?) 



Pl5c-trO'-ph5-n5s nIv-5'-lIs. The Gr. irK'fiKTpov, or Lat. plectrnm, was an instrument for 

 striking tlie lyre, from irA^o-ffw, I strike; also used for a quill, a spur, &c. ; tlie nieanin;; 

 in tliis ease is tlie hind claw of the bird, wliich is remarkably long and straight. The 

 rest of the word is from ipaivw, to appear, to seem, &c., the claw in mention being likened 

 to the instrument spoken of. Obs. There is continual difference in opinion respecting 

 the pronunciation of this and similar words, according to whether we consider them as 

 Greek or as Latin. The rule iu (ireek would retain the accent upon the root of each word 

 entering into the composition, giving Plec'-tro-]ili(i"-ncs. But in Latinizing it is allowable, 

 and indeed j)referable, to accent as above ; as we have also done iu the cases of Ilelmin- 

 thu'i>ltiii;ti, l.oiiho'jihiinrs, &e. The gender of the many coined words ending in -phanes is 

 practically in question among ornithologists ; we make them masculine. 



CSn-trfi'-ph5-nSs lap-p6n'-I-cus. Or. nivrpov, a prick, nail, claw, &c., from KfVTf'w, I 

 prick or goad. Tiie reference, as in the case of Pleclrojihitncs, is to the long hind claw. 

 See Plectrophanes. — Lat. l<ii>ponicu3, pertaining to Lapland, formerly Lapponia. 



C. pic'-tiSs. Lat. pictus, painted, from pinijo, I paint or ornament; in allusion to the 

 variegated colors. 



C. or-na'-tiis. Lat. ornatus, adorned, decorated, from onto, I ornament. 



Rhyn-ch6'-ph5-n6s mSc-c6wn'-i. Gr. fivyxos, snout, muzzle, beak, and <l>aivti> ; in allu- 

 sion to the large bill. See Plectrophanes. — To Capt. J. P. McCown, then of the U. S. 

 Army. 



Pas-sEr'-cQ-ltSs baird'-i. Lat. passerculus, a little sparrow; diminutive of passer. — To 

 Spencer F. Baird, long time the leader in North American ornithology. 



Centronijx ochrocephalus, No. 1&7 bis of the first ed., is this species in fall plumage. 



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