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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



499. Falco sacer obsoletus (Gm.) Ridg. b — . c — . r 412c. 



Labrador Gyrfalcon. 



500. Falco islandicus Gm. B 12. c — . r 41 2a. 



Iceland Gyrfalcon. 



601. Falco candicans Gm. B 11. c 34ia. R 412. (G.) 



Greenland Gyrfalcon. 



502. Falco mexicanus Lioht. B 10. c 342. R 413. 



American Lanier Falcon. 



503. Falco peregrinus Tuiistall. B 5, c. c 343. r 414. 



Peregrine Falcon ; Duck Hawk. 



504. Falco peregrinus pealii (Kiilg.) Coues. B — . c 343o. R 4i4a. (?) 



Peale's Peregrine Falcon. 



505. Falco columbarius L. B 7. c 344. R 417. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



506. Falco columbarius suckleyi Ridg. b — . c 344a. r 4i7a. (?) 



Buckley's Pigeon Hawk. 



spondinj; to F. rjip-fiilfn of Continental Europe, without raising the mucli-vexcd question 

 of tlieir identity. We give the dark I^al)ra(hir bird as a variety of tliis, and the Ice- 

 landic and Grcenlandic as hotli specifically di.stiiiet ; tliougli we suppose all tlie nortlicrn 

 ///' rnfnicones to be but geograpliieal races of a single species. 



499. F. s. 6b-E61-e'-tQs. Lat. (V«o/(7i(.s, unaccustomed, unwonted, disused, obsolete ; here refer- 



ring simply to the ill-deflned eliaraeter of tlie markings ; oh and soko, I am accustomed. 



Not in orig. ed. This is FuIcd lahmdorns of Audubon, lately accredited by Mr. Kidg- 

 way witli varietal distinction, and identified with F. ohsuklus Gin. 



500. F. is-land'-I-cQs. [ees-]. Latinized directly from the native name of lee-land (Island, 



otherwise known as Eisland and Ijsland), and thus meaning Icelandic, — not "in- 

 sular." 



601. F. can'-dl-cans. Lat. cn;K7/co, I am white; present participle of the verb ; rnHf/fV/iis, white ; 

 condeo, I .am shining, &e. Candid is pure, clean, hence truthful ; nuKhsrcnl, brilliantly 

 glowing ; candidaUs were so called because clothed in white; aindhs give light; emu scent 

 hairs grow white; in all these, and countless words, tlie same root is seen. 

 In the orig. cd. as Fidco miccr var. coiidi'rwis ; see above. No. 408. 



502. F. mex-I-ca'-nus. To Me.vico, whence Liehtenstein described it. It has been identified 



with F. pnli/ni/riis of Cassin. " Lanier" or " Lanner" is the name applied in ornithology 

 and faleoiirv to certain Old World species; it is from hiiiidrins, of a butcher, Inniiitur, a 

 butcher, from Innio, I lacerate, mangle; Imiiiis (which see, No. 180) is the same thing. 



503. F. pgr-6-gri'-nfls. See UvlminthoiihiKja, No. 10!). 



This stands as /•'. amtmnnis in the orig. ed. It is well to stretch a point in favor of 

 Tunstall, 1770, to be able to restore this well-known name. 



504. F. p. peal'-I-i [in three syllables]. To Titian K. Pcalo, of United States Exploring Expe- 



dition fame. Of dotibtful standing. 



505. F. c61-um-ba'-rl-\5s. Post-classic Lat. rohtmharius, pertaining to a pigeon, columba ; or, a 



liigeon-faneier, as this spirited little falcon is. 



506. F. c. suck'-ley-i. To George Suckley, known in ornithology for his researches in Oregon 



and Wasliington Territories. The first syllable is long, and pronounced with the full 

 Latin force of u, like oo in moon. A very dubious bird. 



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