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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



225. Passerculus princeps Mayn. b — . c 158. R 192. 



Ipswich Savanna Sparrow. 



226. Passerculus sandvicensis (Gm.) Bd. b 333. c i696. R 193. 



Sandwich Savanna Sparrow. 



227. Passerculus sandvicensis savana (Wils.) Ridg B332. c 159. r i93a. 



Common Savanna Sparrow. 



228. Passerculus sandvicensis anthinus (Bp.) Coues. B334. ci59a. r 194. 



Pipit Savanna Sparrow. 



229. Passerculus sandvicensis alaudinus (Bp.) Ridg. b 335. c — . R 1936. 



Larli Savanna Sparrow. 



230. Passerculus rostratus (Cass.) Bd. B 336. c ico. R 196. 



Bealced Savanna Sparrow. 



231. Passerculus guttatus Lawr. B — . c icoa. r 195. 



St. Lucas Savanna Sparrow. 



232. PooBcetes gramineus (Gm.) Bd. B 337. c ici. R 197. 



Bay-winged Bunting; Grass Finch. 



233. Pocecetes gramineus confinis Bd. b — . c 16I0. r 197«. 



Western Grass Finch. 



234. Coturniculus passerinus (Wils.) Bp. r 338. c 162. R 198. 



Yvllow-winged Sparrow. 



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225. P. prin'-cEps. Lat. princeps, first, principal ; from primus, first, and -ceps. 



226. P. sand-vl-cen'-sls. Nauieu after Sandwich Island, one of tlio Kurile or Aleutian Archi- 



pelago. 



227. P. s. s5-va'-na. Properly Span, sahana or sarana, anglicized savanna or savannah, a 



meadow. As a quasi-Latin word, it should have but one n, as in the Spanisli. Tlie 

 quantity of the penult is marked by the general rule for accentuation in Spanish, that 

 words ending in a vowel have the accent on the penult. 



228. P. s. an-thi'-ni5s. Arbitrarily formed from anthus, a i)ipit, which see, No. 89. 



229. P. s. ai-aud-i'-n2s. Arbitrarily formed from Lat. alauda, a. lark ; this from the Celtic at, 



high, and and, song. 



Not in the orig. cd., as then not recognized as valid. 



230. P. rSs-tra'-ttSa. Lat. rostratus, beaked, i. c, having a large beak ; rostrum, a beak ; this from 



rndo, to gnaw, corrode, &c. 



231. P. gut-ta'-ti5s. Lat. ipttiatus, spotted, speckled; from gutta, a drop; as if marked with 



droppings. 



232. Pa-o5'-c6-tSs gra-mln'-g-Qs. Gr. irda, rota, wiv, ""O'l. grass, herbage; and oiHfrris, an 



inhabitant; from oIkos, a dwelling. The ortliograpliy of this word has been unsettled: 

 it was first written Poncirtes by Baird in 1858, and has since been variously spelled. 

 The stenj of tlie first word is to, giving /io-; and oiKtrris becomes in Latin trceles ; the 

 above form seems eligible, as first emended by Sclater in 1859. It may be suscept'ble, 

 but not preferably, of further contraction into Pacctes. — Lat. rjramiiieus, grassy fgura- 

 tivcly applied to a bird that lives much in the grass ; (jramen, grass. 



233. P g. cJSn-fi'-nls. Lat. coji/ihis, like (///ww, allied to, &c.; ron, with, and ^hw, the boundary, 



limit, edge, or end of a tiling. 



234. Ca-tur-nl'-ctS-lfis pas-sSr-i'-nils. Arbitrary diminutive of coturnii, a. quail; said to be 



so called from the resemblance of the sound of its voice to tiio sound of the word. — 

 Passerinus, an arbitrary adjective from iiasscr, a sparrow ; sparrowlike. 



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