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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



343. Corvus maritimus Bartr. b 429. c 229. r 283. 



Fish Crow. 



344. Piciconms columbianus (Wils.) Bp. b 430. c 230. R 284. 



Clarke's Nutcrackor. 



345. Gymnocitta cyanocephala Maxim. B 431. c 231. R 285. 



Blue Nutcracker. 



346. Psilorhinus morio (Wagl.) Cab. B444. c 232. R 288. 



Brown Jay. 



347. Pica rustica hudsonica (Cab.) Ridg. B 432. c 233. R 28C. 



American Magpie. 



348. Pica rustica nuttalli (And.) Coues. B 433. c 233a. R287. 



YclloTV-billed Magpie. 



349. Cyanocitta cristata (L.) Strickl. B 434. c 234. R 289. 



Blue Jay. 



350. Cyanocitta stelleri (Gm.) Strickl. B 435. c 235. R 200. 



Steller's Jay. 



351. Cyanocitta stelleri annectens (Bd.) Ridg. b — . c — . r 2906. (?) 



Connective Jay. 



343. C. m5r-It'-I-miSs. See Ammodrmnus, No. 2.38. 



This staiul8 as C. ossl/rdnus in the orij,'. ed. 



344. Pi-cl-cor'-vfls c6-lum-bI-a'-ntSs. Tiie fieiieric name is compounded of pica and cnnnis : 



see tiu'se words, Xos. !347 and 008. — 'I'iie specific name refers to the ColuniLia River, 

 wiienee Lewis and Clarke first brought specimens. 



345. Gym-n6-cit'-ta cy-3n-a-c6ph'-a-la. Gr. yvfivos, naked ; in allusion to the nostrils beiiij; 



e.xposei' as is unusual in tiiis family ; xhra or Kiatra, a jaj'. — ISee SrultcujiluKjus, No. 302. 



346. Psl-l6-rhi'-nfis mSr'-t-o. Gr. V'lArfs, snuxith, bare, bald, in allusion to the uncovered nos- 



trils, from }\iiu; and (>is, genitive l)iv6i, the nose. — The specific name is morio, "a dark 

 brown gem," in allusion to the color, which is remarkable in this group of birds. 



347. Pi'-c5 rus'-tl-ca h0d-s6n'-T-c5. Lat. pica, a magpie. It is supposed by some to bo for 



jiiijn, th.'it e(|uivalcnt to pi<il(i or piiia, from /liiii/o, I paint; hence signifying painted, 

 speckled, /)/((/. The same dubious etymology is ascribed to the masculine form of the 

 word, piciis, which see, No. 4:>;5. — Lat. rustinis, rustic, rural, from rim, the co.> .try as dis- 

 tinguished from tlie city. — To Hudson's Bay, nameil after Ileury Hudson, the explorer. 

 This stands as /'. militnohnrn liuilsoiiira in ilic orig. ed. ; but rustica iuis long priority. 



348. P. r. nQt'-t51-li. To Thomas Xuttall, the botanist and ornithologist. 



This stands as P. mclaiiolmca iiullalli in the orig. ed. 



340. Cy-Sn-fi-cIt'-tS cris-ta'-ta. Gr. KvavSs, ci/aiwKs, blue, and (cCrTa. a jay. — Lat. cristatim, 

 Ci.sted ; crista, a crest ; related to crisco, I grow, and criiiis, hair, througli a eonnnon root. 

 For use of Ci/aiiocittd instead of Ci/ammis, as in the orig. ed., see Coues, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, V, 1880, p. 5)8. 



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350, C. stel'-ler I. To G. W. Steller, surgeon and naturalist. 



351. C. s. an-nec'-tSns. Lat. anmclcns [ad and nertn, to bind), annexing, annectant, connecting, 



tying together ; because this subspecies is intermediate between others of the same stock, 

 serving to link them to each other. 



Not in the orig. cd. of the Check List. 



