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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



485. Glaucidium femigineum (Maxim.) Kaup. b — . c sao. u 4io. 



Ferrugineous Owl. 



486. Micrathene whitneyi (Coop.) Coues. B — . c 33i. R 4ii. 



Elf Owl. 



487. Speotyto cunicularia hypogsea (Bp.) Coucs. b os, so. c 332. R 408. 



Burrowing Owl. 



488. Speotyto cunicularia floridana Ridg. B — . c — . R 408a. 



Florida Burrowing Owl. 



489. Circus cyaneus hudsonius (L.) Coues. B 38. c 333. u 430. 



Marsh Hawk; Harrier. 



490. Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus (— ) Ridg. B 37. c 334. R 429. 



Everglatlo Kite. 



491. Ictinia subccsrulea (Bartr.) Coues. B 36. c 335. R 428. 



Mississippi Kite. 



492. Elanus glaucus (Bartr.) Coucs. B 35. c 336. R 427. 



White-tailed or Black-shouldered Kite. 



485. G. fer-ru-gIn'-6-um, Lat. yjrnfi/i/ifHni, rusty-red ; yenvi^o, iron-rust ; yem(m, iron. 



486. Mi-cr5-then'-e whit'-ney-i. Gr. /xtKpis, small ; 'A0V'? or 'Aflr/va or 'Aerjvala, the Greek 



goddess of wisdom, to whom the owl was sacred. There was already a genus Athene, 

 when Dr. Coues eonstrueted the above. The genus Attliis, No. 410, is rooted with the 

 same, ns are Altic, Alliens, Alhcniun, Athcnitiim, &c. — To Professor J. 1). Wliitney, Director 

 of the Geological Survey of California. 



487. Spe-6'-ty-to cQn-i-cQ-la'-ri-5 hy-p6-gae'-5. Gr. o-TTfoy, a cave, excavation ; tut«, a kind 



of owl. Tiie first refers to tlie burrowing of this species ; the last, like tiliiln, is ononia- 

 topa?ic, in imitation of an owl's hooting or " tooting"; /^<o, a " tooter." — Lat. atnicn- 

 lariiis, a miner, burro wer; cunicidus, a mine, pit, hole. — Lat. /ii/poi/inim, a vault, cellar; 

 Gr. virSytios, under ground, subterranean ; i/ird, under, yta, yrj, the ground. Thus all 

 three words refer to the same thing. 



488. S. c. flor-ld-a'-n5. To Florida, " land of flowers." 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since described ; Hidg., Am. Sportsman, July 4, 1874, p. 210. 



489. Clr-cQs cy-an'-6-Gs hiid-s8n'-I-\js. Gr. nlpKos, Lat, circus, a kind of hawk, so called 



from its cirdinq in the air. — Gr. Kvavos, Lat. ri/unciis, blue ; the color of tlie old male. — 

 To Hudson's Bay. 



490. Rostr-ham'-us s6-cl-a'-bl-lls plum'-bS-iSs. Lat. rostrum, beak, and linmns, Gr. x^MoJ, a 



hook, from tiie greatly decurved form of the upper mandible. It is a queerly com- 

 pounded word, meaning literally bill-hook, though the person who invented it meant to 

 say hook-bill, luimirostrum. It is very bad form as it stands, but we hardly know how 

 to enieml without entirely changing it. — Lat. sociuiilis, sociable, gregarious; socius, a 

 companion. — Lat. jilnmheus, plumbeous, lead-colored. 



491. Ic-tln'-I-a sQb-coe-riU'-fi-a. Gr. iKriv or ik~"i/os, a kite ; probably rooted same as XxTtpos, a 



diseat-e, in the iilea of utlackimj ; Lat. )V/m.s-, a blow, &c. — Lat. sidi, a jjrefi.x of diminishing 

 force, and cariikiis, blue; bluish, pale blue. See Dendraca, No. 117. 



This stands as /. mississippiensis in the orig. ed. See Coues, I'r. Phlla. Acad., 1875, 

 p. 345. 

 49S. El'-an-Qs glaQ'-cQs. Lat. fhnus, a kite ; derived from the Gr. iKaivw, I drive on, urge 

 forward, i)ress upon, harass, &c. ; a good name for a bird of prey which e.\hil)its what 

 the French would call ilnn. — Lat. ijinurus, Gr. y\avK6s, bluish, glaucous; from Atuw, 

 \fv(r<Tu, I shine. See (jiducliliiim, No. 484. 



This is /■JIdiius Icucurus in the orig. ed. See Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad., 1875, p. 045. 



