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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



426. Crotophaga sulcirostris Sw. b — . c — . u 390. 



Groove-billed Anl. 



427. Geococcyx californianus (Less.) Bd. b C8. c 289. R 385. 



Ground Cuckoo; Chaparral Cock; Road-runner. 



428. Coccygus erythrophthalmus (Wils.) lid. b 70. c 290. r 388. 



Black-billed Cuckoo. 



429. Coccygus americanus (L.) Bp. b go. c 291. n 387. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



430. Coccygus seniculus (Lath.) V. B 71. C 292. R 380. 



Mangrove Cuckoo. 



431. Campephilus principalis (L.) Gr. b 72. c 293. r 369. 



Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 



432. Hylotomus pileatus (L.) Bd. b 90. c 294. r 371. 



Pileated Woodpecker. 



433. Picus borealis V. b so. c 29c. r 3C2. 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



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426. C. sul-cl-r8s'-trls. Lat. stilaia, a groove, furrow, clmnnol ; a word sibilated from Gr 



oA/cdi, a trace, track, trail ; aiul rustris, pertaining to the beak, rostrum. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discovered in Texas by G. B. Sennett. See Coues, Tiie 

 Country, i, July 13, 1878, p. 184. 



427. Ge-a-c5c'-cyx cal-I-ffir-nl-an'-Qs. Gr. 7^ or yta, the earth, and kSkkv^, a cuckoo. 'J'iie 



latter word is ononiatopuie, and runs in similar forms through many languages, the idea 

 being always to express the cuckoo's voice in a word: Lat. cuculus; Fr. coucou; Eng. 

 cuckoo, cuckow; Germ. .Jlufuf, &c. See Cocci/tjus, No. 428. 



428. C8c'-cy-gtSs 6-ryth-roph-thal'-mfls. The generic name is modified from k6kkv^, a cuckoo. 



Its orthography has given rise to much variance of opinion. It was originally written 

 by Vieillot cocri/zus ; such spelling has been accepted by Sclater and otiiers, and is per- 

 liaps defensible on the ground that there is a Greek verb kokkv^w, 1 make a noise like a 

 cuckoo, wlience a noun kokkv^os, becoming cocri/zus in Latin, might be formed. Bole 

 first emended Vieillot's name to cocci/fjiis, in wliicii he was followed by Cabanis and many 

 others. Other forms of the word found in ornithological writings are : coccijzoii, coccij- 

 gius, coccysiis, cocri/:ius, coccyijon. We adopt Bole's form coccyi/us, being directly from the 

 genitive of kokkv^, not wishing to unnecessarily interfere. — For enjlhroiihlhulmus, see 

 P//»7o, No. 301. 



C. 5m-er-I-ca'-nfls. To America. See Parula, No. 9.3. 



C. sCn-I'-cQ-lQs. Lat. seniculus, a little old man ; diminutive of scncx, an old man. The 

 allusion is probably to the gray on the head, a sign of senility. 



Cam-pe'-phll-fls prin-cl-pa'-lls. Gr. ko/uttt;, a caterpillar, from its bending ; well-illus- 

 trated in the way a " measuring-worm " bends. The word primarily means a bending : 

 KO/uTTTrfs, bent ; Kanirru, I bend ; the same word is seen in ('amjti/lorlii/nclius, for example. 

 <t>(Kos, ipiKfu), I love. — liHt. jn-tnci/ialis, principal, chief, from the great size of tlie bird. 



Hy-lfi'-t8-mfls pI-16-a'-tiSs. Gr. vKorofios, cutting wood, i. e., a woodcutter : S)\i}, wood, 

 and riixvfiv, to cut. — Lat. pileatus, capped, I.e., crested; from pllfus or pihum, a cap ; 

 related to pllns, a hair; the same root is seen in depilatori/, pile, as of velvet, &c. 



Pi'-cQs b6r-€-a'-lIs. Lat. Picus, a mythical person, and also a woodpecker, because the 

 former, one of the victims of Circe, whose love he had scorned, was transformed into a 

 woodpecker. The etymology ot picus is doubtful ; the word is said by some to be prob- 



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