CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMElilCAN JJIIiDS. 



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334. Quiscalus major V. n 420. c 224. n 277. 



DouUtulletl Crow Uluckblrd ; Jiu'kdaw. 



335. Quiscalus purpureas (Hartr.) Licht. H42i. c 226. R 278. 



I'lirplo Crow Uhicklilrd ; I'urplo Clruckle. 



336. Quiscalus purpureus aeneus llidg. b — . c — . u 278*. 



Bronzed Crow Uloekblrd. 



337. Quiscalus purpureus aglseus (Bd.) Couea. b 422. c 225a. r 278a. 



Florida Crow DIackblrd. 



338. Corvus corax L. b 423. 424. c 220. r 28O. 



Raven. 



339. Corvus cryptoleucus Couch. B 425. c 227. R 281. 



Wlilte-nccked Raven. 



340. Corvus flrugivorus IJartr. b 420. c 228. R 282. 



Common American Crow. 



341. Corvus firugivorus floridanus (Bd.) Coues. b 427. c 2280. r 282a. 



Florida Crow 



342. Corvus caurinus Bd. b 428. c 2286. r 2826. 



Northwestern Crow. 



334. 

 335. 

 336. 



337 



338. 



339. 

 340. 



341. 

 342. 



right track of tlip word, we mny porlmps go a stop further, and trace the undoubtedly 

 barbarous word iiiiismliis through (inist/uilhi to tiic similar hat. (jiiisi/nilur, wliicli tlie lexi- 

 cons give as meaning refuse, dregs, or otiier tritling wortiiless matters ; as we niigiit say,. 

 riff-rtiff, nuj-tdf/ ; and sucii wouUl not be wliolly inappropriate to tliese vagabond troopers, 

 80 common every wiiere as to come under tlie contempt of familiarity. — Ur. fiaKp6s, long, 

 large, and oipa, tail. 



Q. ma'-jfir. Lat. major, greater, comparative of magnus. 



Q. pur-pQr'-e-iSs. Sec Carpodacus, No. 104. 



Q. p. aS'-ne-Qs. See Molothnis, No. .")15. 



Not in the orig. e<l. of the Cheek List : since recognized. 

 Q. p. ag-laS'-iSs. br. iyKalos or iy\a6s, shining, from ay\aCa, splendor ; also the name of 



one of the Muses, Ohs. — Not to be confounded with arjclivux, which sec, No. .310. 

 C5r'-viSs c8r'-ax. Lat. rorviis, a crow. — Lat. rornx or Gr. KSpa^, a raven. — Cnrriis is by 



some considered an onomatopcron, and referred through the (ir. Kpd^ai, Kpw^w, to croak, 



back to a Sanscrit root of same signification. — Cura.c is more obviously a word of 



similar formation, as may also be the English crow, 



C. cryp-t6-leQ'-cu3. Gr. nprnrSs, hidden (with which compare Eng. rri/pl), and KtvKdt, 

 white; the allusion being to the concealed white at the bases of the feathers of the neck. 



C. fru-gl'-v6-rfls. Lat. /niijironis, fruit-eating; fnt.r, genitive yn"//.s, fruit, and voro, I 

 devour. Friir is from f'nwr, fniitiis, fnicliis, as it is sometliing that may be enjoyed. 

 Voro is rooted in /3op, as seen in fiopd, food, and $6trKw (/Srfw), I eat. 

 This is given as C. aiwriramis in the orig. cd. of the Check List. 



C. f. flIo-rl-da'-niSs. To Florida. Flora, Goddess of flowers ; Jlos, a flower. 



C. caQ-ri'-nCis. There is no such Latin word. Caurinus has been supposed to be equiva- 

 lent to cortlmis, crew-like, but is directly derived from cnitrus, the North-west wind, the 

 species having been discovered on the North-west coast of the United States. 



This stands as C. nmericamts var. cawimis in the orig. ed. : it has been redetermined to 

 be distinct, as originally described by Baird. 



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