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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



361. Perisoreus canadensis obscurus Ridg. b — .c 239a. r 298. 



Oregon Jay. 



362. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis Bd. b — . c 2396. R 297a. 



Rocky Mountain Jay. 



363. Stumus vulgaris L. b — . c — . u 279. (g. !e.) 



European Starling. 



364. Pitangus derbianus (Kaup) Scl. B — . c — . R 308. 



Lord Derby's Flycatcher. 



365. Myiodynastes luteiventris Scl, B — . c — . R 310. 



Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher. 



366. Milvulus tyrannus (L.) Bp. b 122. c 240. r 302. (!s. a.) 



Fork-tailed Flycatcher. 



367. Milvulus forficatus (Gm.) Sw. b 123. c 241. r 301. 



Swallow-tailed Flycatcher; Scissor-tail. 



368. Tyrannus carolinensis (L.) Bd. b 124. c 242. r 304. 



Tyrant Flycatcher; King-bird; Bee-martin. 



369. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gra.) Rich. B 125. c 243. R 303. 



Gray Tyrant Flycatcher; Gray King-bird. 



361. P. c. ob-scu'-rQs. See Molothrus, No. 3U. 



362. P. c. c5p-l-ta'-lls. Lat. capitalis, capital, relating to the h- 1, caput, the color of which 



distinguishes the race from the stock species. 



36G. Stur'-niis vul-ga'-rls. Lat. stumus, a stare or starling. — Lat. t'»/j(im, vulgar, common ; 

 vul(ius, or vohpis, the people or folk, is digamniated Gr. FoKxos, with transposition of 

 letters from &x^os, a crowd. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only American as occurring in Greenland, and there only acci- 

 dentally, in one known instance. 



364. PIt-an'-giSs der-bl-a'-nfis. Pitangus is a barbarous word, of some South American ver- 

 nacular ; it occurs, in several forms, in Marcgrave. — The species is dedicated to the 

 Earl of Derby. 



Not in the orig. cd. of the Check List. Since discovered in Texas by G. B. Sennett. 

 See Coups, The Country, i, p. 184, July 13, 1878. 



366. MyT-6-dyn-as'-t5s lut-6I-vSn'-trIs. Gr. fivia, a fly, and Swatrriis, a sovereign, ruler, &c. ; 

 Svvafits, prwer, from Svvafiat, I can, I urn able. — Lat. litiiis, luteuus, yellow, from lilum, a 

 plant used for yellow dye, and venter, genitive voitris, the belly ; said to be digamniated 

 from Gr. tvrtpov, the entrails. 



Not in tlie orig, cd. of the Check List : since discovered in Arizona by H. W. 

 llcnshaw. See Ilensh., Rep. Expl. W. 100 Merid., v, 1875, p. 340, pi. xiv. 



366. Mil'-vO-lus tyr-an'-nfls. Lat. milvulus, diminutive of milvus, a kite. — Lat. tyrannus, Gr. 



rvpavvos, a ruler, despot, " tyrant ; " well applied to a bird of this genus. 



367. M. for-fT-c5'-tQs. Lat../br/iVafws, a participial adjective, as if from a verb forjico ; for/ex, a 



pair of shears, scissors, which the deeply forked tail resembles. 



368. Tyr-an'-nfls c5-ra-lln-5n'-sls. Sec .l///iWH.<i, No. 360. — N "d after the State of Caro- 



lina : the direct adjective from Carolus, Charles. See " m,is, No. 10. 



369. T. d6m-In-T-cen'-sIs. Named after the island of Hayti or St. Uomingo; dominicus, do- 



mnus, domus. Sec Dendraca, No. 129. 



