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450. Centunis carollnus (L.) Bp. b 9i. c 30o. r 372. 



Itod-bclllcd Woodperknr. 



451. Centurus auriflrons VVagl. n 92. c 307. 11 373. 



Yellow>frontotl M'ootlpcckor. 



452. Centurus uropygialis Ikl. n 93. c 308. u 374. 



Cilia Woodpecker. 



453. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (L.) Sw. u 94. c 309. 11 375. 



Rod-headed Woodpecker. 



454. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi Ridg. u 95. c 310. 11 ;i77. 



Callfornlun Woodpecker. 



455. Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons Bd. b — . c 3i0a. r 377a. 



Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 



456. Asyndesmus torquatus (Wils.) Coucs. B 96. c 311. r 37G. 



Lewis's Woodpecker. 



457. Colaptes auratus (L.) Sw. n 07. c 312. r 378. 



Oolden-wlnged Woodpecker; Flicker. 



458. Colaptes chrysoides Malh. B 99. c 313. R 379. 



Oildod Woodpecker. 



450. C8n-tQ'-rQs cS-r6-li'-niSs. Gr. Ktvrpou, a point, prieklc, and oZpa, tail ; splnc-tailcd. Tlie 



full form would appear to be Ccntniriis (like Cvutrocemts, for example), but there is a way 

 of getting CciitiiriiH from Kfvrri- ; KfVTiai is the verb to priek, goad, &e. — Vurvliitiis is badly 

 syneopated from caruliiildims ; cuiulimiisis would have been better still. 



451. C. aflr'-I-frons. Lat. n»r(/;oM,s-, golden-forehead ; fi«n(/n, gold (yellow), an<iy/0H,s, forehead. 



452. C. O-rd-py-gl-a'-lIs. There is a very late Latin word uropifjium, the rinnp, from which 



the above is ikTived as an adjeetive. But this is merely a modern Latinizing of the good 

 Gr. oxipoTfiytov or opfioiriytov, the rump ; from o5po, tail, and iruyi], the butfoeks. The 

 allusion in this ease is to the conspicuously white rump of the bird, which a Greek would 

 have ealk'd itiyapyoi [jii/r/aqiKs). 



453. Mei-Sn-Er'-pSs e-ryth-r6-c6ph'-a-lfls. Gr. ju/Aar, genitive nixavos, black, and fpitr\i, a 



creeper ; cpiroi, I creep, crawl. See Callwrpes, No. CO. Tlie full form would be mclamh 

 herjies. — Gr. ipvOp6s, red, and (f«</>oA^, head. 



454. M. for-mi-cI'-v6r-tSs baird'-i. Lat. formica, an ant, and voro, I devour, in allusion to a 



habit of the species. — To I'rof. Spencer FuUerton Baird. See Ridg., Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. 21, 1881, p. 85. Given in the orig. ed. as M./oymiclvorus. 



455. M. f. an-giis'-tl-frons. Lat. aniiustus, narrow, straitened, from nii;io, I press npon, draw 



together, &c. ; (ir. Hyx^i 1 squeeze, strangle, distress, &c. ; the same root and idia is seen 

 in aii.rious, anricly, iScc. ; Jrmis, forehead. The allusion is to the narrowness of the yellow 

 frontal band. 



456. X-syn-des'-mOs tSr-qua'-tOs. Gr. i privative, triv, together, witli, S(ffij.6s, a bond ; in allu- 



sion to the loosened texture of the feathers of tlie under parts. — Lat. tm-qmitHS, collared ; 

 ior(jijis, a, necklace, collar ; tonfiim, I twist, twine around; tortus, twisted, dis^or<ed, eon- 

 tcirl'um ; so also torture, as of one wrenched or racked. The allusion is to the ashy collar 

 on the neck of the bird. — The Kiiglish name is that of Mcrriwether Lewis, the explorer 

 in company with Clark (Clark's Crow, Picicorvus). 



457. C61-ap'-tes aur-a'-tus. Gr. KoKairr'fis, a chisel, hammer ; KoKdirru, I use such an instru- 



ment ; very appropriate to a woodpecker. — Lat. auratus, gilded, golden (colored) ; aurum, 

 gold ; also very apt to this bird. 



458. C. chry-sfi-i'-des. Gr. xP'^<f*os, xp*"^"*'!, golden, of the color of gold, xP""''^*; tlSos, 



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