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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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370. Tyrannus verticalis Say. b 126. c 244. r 306. 



Arkansas Tyrant Flycatcher. 



371. Tyrannvis vociferans Sw. b 127. c 245. r 307. 



Gassings Tyrant Flycatcher. 



372. Tyrannus melancholicus couchi (Bd.) Coues. b 128, 129. c 246. r 305. 



Couch's Tyrant Flycatcher. 



373. Myiarchus crinitus (L.) Cab. b 130. c 247. R 312. 



Great Crested Flycatcher. [See Addendn. No. 830. 



374. Myiarchus erythrocercus Scl. and Salv.? b 132 v c — . r 311. (?) 



Rufous-tailed Crested Flycatcher. 



375. Myiarchus cinerescens (Lawr.) Scl. B 131. c 248. R 3i3. 



Ash-throated Crested Flycatcher. 



376. Myiarchus lawrencii (Gir.) Bd, B. 133. c 249. R 3i4. (!M.) 



Lawrence's Crested Flycatcher. 



377. Sayiornis sayi (Bp.) Bd. B 13g. c 250. R 3i6. 



Say's Pewit Flycatcher. 



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 373. 



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375. 



376. 

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T. v5r-tl-ca'-lls. Lat. verticalis, vertical, i'. «., relating to the vertex, top or crown of the 

 head, wiiich has a flame-colored patch. The etymological meaning of vertex is vortex, the 

 turning or whirling thing, from verlo, I turn. 



T. v5-cl'-fer-ans. Lat, present participle vociferans, vociferating, vociferous, from voclfiro ; 

 vox, genitive vocts, voice, an(\J('ro, I bear. 



T. mfil-an-chSl'-I-ciSs. Gr. iJit\ayxo\iK6s, melancholy, from jueAas, feminine /ucAaiva, black, 

 and x'^Aoy. gii". bile; Lat. mclanc/wliciis, atrabilious. Tiie ancients had some notions on 

 tliis subject which make tlie term not wholly inapplicable to a bird of splenetic, irri- 

 table disposition, as all of this genus are. — To Lt. D. N. Couch, U. S. A., who collected 

 extensively in Matamoras and Texas. 



Myl-ar'-chQs cri-ni'-tiis [not " crinnytus," as usually heard], Gr. nu7a, a fl)', and ipx^^} 

 u ruler, leader, chief, from fipx""- I i'" fi""*'. l<?ad, rule, or opx'^i the beginning. This 

 theme is seen in our prefix arch-, as arch-bishop, &c. — Lat. criiiilus, haired, i. e., crested, 

 from crliiis, hair of the head. See Mi/iodiodcs, No. 140. 



M. 6-ryth-ra-cer'-cQs. Gr. ipv9p6s, reddish, and KtpKos, tail. 



Not in the Check List, orig. ed. Since discovered in Texas by G. B. Sennett. The 

 proper name of tlie species is much in question. The bird is the M- crinitus eri/throrerciis 

 of Coues Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv, no. 2, p. ."52, and v, no. M, p. 402; the ^f. rri/lh- 

 roctrcKS var. coojicri oi Kidgway, Pr. Nat. Mus., i, p. 1IJ8; and the .1/. mcxicanus of Ridg., 

 I'r. Nat. Mus., ii, p. 14. 



M. cln-6r-es'-cens. Lat. present participle of an inceptive verb cincrcsco, I grow ashy ; 

 in the sense of being somewhat ashy; clitcrciis, ashy, from cinis, ash. N. B. — The 

 name has always been written cinerascciis, for which we find no authority; while there 

 is actually a verb cinrresco : we therefore emend as above. 



M. law-rCn'-cI-i. To George Nowbold Lawrence, of New York. 



Say-I-or'-nl3 say'-i. " Sni/nniis" is a violent combination of the name of Mr. Thomas 

 Say, of I'hiladelphia, with the Greek word for bird, Spvis. It may be somewhat improved 

 as above, when the combination of vowels becomes no more uniis\ial than is seen in 

 mi/>o-fil(icl(S, iiiijia-rrhiiK, &c. In equally loose style, Bonaparte made the specific name 

 saijiis, — a direct Latinization of the same person's name ; but it must either be put in 



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