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Ci/^CiiL LIST OF NOBTH AMEBIC AN BIRDS. 



393. Antrostomtis carolinensis (Gm.) Gould, b iii. c 264. R 353. 

 Chuck>TviirB-Tvidow. 



307. Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.) Bp. b 112. c 205. r 354. 



Wbip-poor-will. [See Addenda, No. 881. 



398. Phalaenoptilus nuttalli (And.) Ridg. B ii3. c 200. R 355. 



Xuttall's Whip-poor-will. 



399. Chordediles popetue (V.) Bd. b 114. c 207. R 357. 



Night-hawk. 



400. Chordediles popetue henryi (Cass.) All. B 115. r 207a. r 357a. 



Western Night-hawk. 



401. Chordediles popetue minor (Cab.) Ridg. b — . c — . r 3576. (!w.i.) 



Cuban Night-hawk. 



402. Chordediles acutipennis texensis (Lawr.) Ridg. b 116. c 208. r 358. 



Texan Night-hawk. 



396. An-tro'-st8-mus c5-r6-Iln-Sn'-sIs. Gr. Avrpov, Lat. antrum, a cave, errona, mouth ; in 

 allusion to tiio cavernous capacity of this lisslrost. — The curious Eufjlisii name, like 

 " whip-poor-will," is an onomatopocon, hcing an attempt to express the bird's cry in 

 words. 



397. 

 398. 



399. 



400. 

 401. 



402. 



A. v5-cT'-f8r-iis. Lat. vociferus, vociferous, clamorous, from tur, genitive, voc!s, voice, and 

 /(TO, 1 bear; vox is said to be digammated from Gr. &}fi. 



Ph51-ae-n5p'-tll-us niSt-t51-li. Gr. (pa.\aiva, a moth, and irriKov, plumage ; in allusion to 

 the peculiar velvety plumage, like the furriness of a moth's wing. — To Tlionias Nuttall. 

 This is given as Antrostomus mittnlli in the orig. ed. Tlie genus has since been estab- 

 lished by Eidgw.iy, Pr. Nat. Mus., ii, 1880, p. 5. 



Ch5r-de-di'-les popetue. Gr. x°P^'^< * chord, a stringed instrument, and Sc/Atj, con- 

 tracted from t(U\o%, root ttXw, tiie evening, here apparently meaning to close in, as 

 evening does. Tlic allusion is to the crepuscular habits of the bird, its curious notes 

 being oftenest heard at evening. Swainsnn originally wrote r.hordeiles, — an inadmissible 

 contraction, and further erroneous in retaining Gr. ci instead of changing to long Lat. i'. 

 The word has sometimes been written chonliles. Cabanis properly emends as above. 

 Swainson was very negligent in these matters : for instance, he made a genus aipunemin, 

 the proper form of which is (vpi/cnemis. — Tiie word jioprtue is barbarous, of meaning 

 and pronunciation alike unknown to us. We have heard it as three and as four sylla- 

 bles, accented in each case on the antepenult. 



This stands as Chordeiles virginlanus in the orig. ed. 



C. p. h6n'.ry-T. To Dr. T. Charlton Henry, who collected and observed in the West. 



C. p. mln'-6r. Lat. minor, minor, less, smaller, this form holding such relation to the stock 

 species. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Stated to have occurred in Florida. See 

 Ridg., Pr. Nat. Mus , iii, 1880, p. 219. 



C. S-cii-tl-p5n'-nIs tSx-Bn'-sIs. Lat. acutus, acute, sharp, pointed, and ppnnn, wing or 

 feather, in allusion to tiic long wings. — Tc.rrnsis, adjective formed from Texas. Texas 

 is properly a plural noun, singular Texa, meaning the Texas ; as we should say now, the 

 Texans, a race of tlie Caddos. Tachies and Taxus are also found. 

 This stands as C. texensis of the orig. ed. 



