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289. Zamelodia ludoviciana (L.) Cones, b sso. c 193. r 244. 



Rose-breasted Song Grosbeak. 



290. Zamelodia melanocephala (Sw.) Coues. B 381. c 194. R 245. 



Black-headed Song Grosbeak. 



291. Guiraca ccerulea (L.) Sw. b 382. c 195. r 246. 



Blue Grosbeak. 



292. Passerina ciris (L.) Gray. B 384. c 196. r 251. 



Painted Finch ; Nonpareil. 



293. Passerina versicolor (Bp.) Gray. B 385. c 197. R 250. 



Versicolor Painted Fincb. 



294. Passerina amcena (Say) Gray, b 386. c 198. u 249. 



Lazuli Painted Fincli. 



295. Passerina cyanea (L.) Gray, b 387. c 199. R 248. 



indigo Painted Finch; Indigo-bird. 



296. Spermophila moreleti riichcran. B 388. c 200. R 252. 



Morelot's Seed-eater. 



297. Phonipara zena (L., 1758) Bryant. B — . c 201. r 253. (! w. I.) 



Black-faced Finch. 



289. Za-mSl-o'-dl-a Iu-d5-vl-ct-a'-n5. Gr, f<£, an intensive particle, and ;ufXy8/o, singinp, 

 nieloily ; in nIlu:jion to tlie strilcingly ricli song. — To Louisinnii ; si'e Thnjatliorifi, No. 6S. 

 This is given as Gonkiphea lad. in tlie orig. cd. For tiie clumgo, see Cones, Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, V, 1880, p. 98. 

 Z. mel-5n-6-ceph'-5-ia. Gr. ni\as, feminine fieKatva, neuter /xtXav, blaek ; Kt<pa\'fi, the head. 

 GuIr'-5-c5 [pronouncid Gweeraheah] coe-rfll'-C-S. The generic word is barbarous, from 

 some South American vernacular, and of uncertain meaning. It occurs, witli several 

 similar words, as //w/id, in Marcgrave. We mark the accent {for which there is no author- 

 ity) as usually heard. — For cariika, see Polloplila, No. 30. 

 Pas-s6r-1'-n5 ci'-rls. Passerina, formed from Passer, as PasscreUa and Passemiliis also are. 

 — C'irls, (Jr. K(7pis, a kind of bird, into which Scylla, daughter of Nisus, is fabled to have 

 been changed. — Non|)areil = " the incomparable." 



For use of Passerina, instead of Cyanosjiiza of the orig. ed., see Coues, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, v, 1880, p. !)0. 

 293. P. ver-sT'-c61-fir. Lat. versia>h>r, of changing or versatile colors, many-colored, party-col- 

 ored ; vrrso, I turn about, change, am occupied with, versed in, &c. ; color, color. 



P. 5-moe'-na [ahmwaynah]. Lat. amwna, delightful, charming, dressy. 



P. cy-Sn'-e-S. Lat eyaneus, Gr. Kudvfos or Kvavot, dark blue. 



Sper-mfl'-phl-lS m8re-let'-i. Gr. o-Trc'p/ua, genitive (rirfpfiaros, a, seed ; from imtpai, equal 

 to the Lat. spanp, I sow seed: and <pl\os. from (piKfw, I love. The word is contracted; 

 the full form is .tpermatophila. — To Morelet, a French naturalist. 



Ph5-nl'-p5-r5 ze'-n5. Gr. 0«v^, a sound, the voice ; (^tj/u/, I speak ; the Fnglisli "phonetic" 

 is from the same. The rest of the word appears to l)e from Lat. jmrio, 1 bring forth, beget, 

 produce, having the same root as is seen in primi-/)(ii-(7, /»(r-turient, vivi-/)ur-ous, &c. ; if 

 so, the word is a hybrid which would be better written sonlpara or roeipara. The mean- 

 ing of :ena we do not know ; we suppose it not to be of Greek or Latin derivation. 



This is given as P. hieolor in the orlg. ed. of the Check List, after Frinyilla hicolor L., 

 1700; but it seems that /'. zena L., 1708, is the prior tenable name. 



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