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78 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



442. Xenopicus albolarvatus (Cass.) Rd. n 8i. o 205. u ace. 



W'liitc-lieadod >Voo(lpockor. 



443. Picoides arcticus (Sw.) rJrivy. n 82. c 300. u 307. 



niack-backol Throe-toed Woodpecker. 



444. Picoides americanus IJrolun. B s.t. c; aoi. u 308. 



liniideiUbaeked Thrcc-tood Woodpecker. 



445. Picoiiles americanus dorsalis (Ud.) Allen. B 84. c 30ia. n SGSa. 



8triped-bucked Thrco-tocd Woodpecker. 



446. Sphyropicus varius (L.) Bd. B 85. c 302. 11 309. 



Yellow-bellied Wooil pecker. 



447. Sphyropicus varius nuchalis Bd. b so. c 302a. u .uwd. 



Nuchal Woodpecker. 



448. Sphyropicus varius ruber (Gm.) llidg. b 87. r 3026, or 303. r 3C96. 



Ued-breastod Woodpecker. 



449. Sphyropicus thyro'ides (Cass.) Bd. B 88, 89. c 304, 305. R 370. 



Brown-headed Woodpecker. 



442. Xen-a-pi'-cQs 31-b5-lar-va'-tiS3. Gr. {tVoj, a Ruost, straiiRor ; {«Voj, rare, foreiKii.&f. — I.:it. 



(iHiohirviiliis, wliito-miiski'tl ; albits, wliito, and larra, a mask. 'I'lio same word is usod for 

 insiM.-ts ill tJH'ir early stage, wlicn tlic characters of tlie inuijo, or perfect insect, are 

 masked or hidden in tiic caterpilhir. 



Given as Picus a. in the orig. cd. For generic cliaracters, see Ridgw., Pr. Nat. M us., 

 ii, 1880, p. 0. 



443. Pi-cO-i'-d5s arc'-tl-cfls. Lat. piais, a woodpecker, and Gr. e75oj, resoniblanco. Tlie word 



is one of the numerous bastards in the genera of Picidiv, wliicli autliors seem l)ent on 

 producing; tliero is no sucli word as Pirug in Greek, yet tliey have constantly com- 

 pounded it with Greek adjectives. The tt becomes h)ng i; tlie o is the connecting 

 vowel ; tlic word should have the diajresis over the /, and bo pronounced in four sylla- 

 bles, with accent on the penult. All such hybrid words arc so far wrong as to bo past 

 praying for, and scarcely worth the trouble of trying to twist into some decent shape. 



444. P. am-6r-I-ca'-nus. To America. See Panda, No. !)3. 

 4-43. P. a. dor-sa'-lls. Lat. dorsalis, pertaining to dorsum, the back. 



446. Sphy-r6-pi'-ci5s var'-I-us. Gr. aipvpov, a hammer, and Lat. piais. It was originally written 



splii/rapiciis by Baird ; but the connecting vowel should be o in this case. It is usually 

 accented on the antepenult, with shortening of the i in pirns, for which we sec no reason, 

 beyond our extreme tendency to throw the accent always backward. The word is a 

 hopeless hybrid, even when emended as above; sp/tijri)ropiis {(t<Pvpok6ttos) would have 

 been classic for a hammei r. — Lat. varius, various, varied, variegated ; referring to the 

 coloration in this case. 



447. S. V. nu-cha-lis. Quasi-Lat. nuchalis, relating to the nape, nucha, which is red in this bird, 



not in S. varius. See Leucosticte, No. 205. 



448. S. V. rfib'-6r. Lat. ruher, red. 



This stands as S. ruher in the body of the orig. ed. of the Chock List: as above in the 

 appendix. 



449. S. thj^-ro-i'-d5s. Gr. BvpfoeiS'fis, resembling a certain kind of shield ; in allusion to the 



shield-shaped black spot on the breast ; Ovpds, a shield, tlSos, resemblance. The fuller 

 form of the word would be Ifiijrroldis, in five syllables. It has always been wrongly 

 written thyroidms. See especially Picoides, No. 443. 



Note. — 6'. williamsoni, No. 305 of the orig. cd., is the male of the same speclea 



