CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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507. Falco columbarius richardsoni Ridg. B — . c 345. R 4i8. 



Richardson's Pigeon Hawk. 



508. Falco sparverius L. b 13. c 340. r 420. 



Sparrow Hawk. 



509. Falco sparverius isabellinus (Sw.) Ridg. n — . c 34Ga. r 420a. 



Isabel Sparrow Hawk. 



510. Falco sparverioides Vig. n — . c — . r 421. (!w. i.) 



Cuban Sparrow Hawk. 



511. Falco fusciccerulescens V. b 9. c 347. r 419. 



Femoral Falcon. 



512. Buteo unicinctus harrisi (Aud.) Ridg. B 4G. c 348. R 434. 



Harris's Buzzard Hawk. 



513. Buteo albocaudatus V. b — . c — . R441. 



White-tailed Buzzard Hawk. 



'pon 

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507. F. e. rlch'-ard-sfin-i. To Sir .Tolin IJichnrdson, tlio spoeips having been clcstTibod and 

 figiiri'd in tlie Fauna Borcali-Aniericana. 



608. F. spar-vfi'-rl-Qs. — Post-classic Latin, nicaning, relating to a sparrow, as (•nhtmhnriiin front 

 nlumlid. Tlicro is a quasi-Latin word sjmrciiis, from wliicli spaiTeriiis is directly formed. 

 The word spanow in some of its forms doubtless antedates any corri'sponding word in 

 the South ICuropean languages. We Iiavc not traced the Latin spaimus or sfurvefius 

 back of Ciesner, louo. See Passer, No. 102. 



609 F. s. I-s5-bel-ir-nQs. The Lady Isabel, having confidence in her husband's prowess, 

 vowed not to change her chemise until that warrior had t.iken a certain town, lie was 

 longer about it than she expected, and slio wore the garment until it assumed a peculiar 

 brown tint : hence the term " isabel-color " ; wlience quasi-Latin isahclliiuis. 



610. F. spar-v6-rl-fi-i'-des. Tiiis is an aggravated case of bastardy. Anglo-Saxon and Gothic 



spiiririi or spiirru, Latinized as spdviiis, a sparrow, whence sparrcriiis, a sparrower, so to 

 sjieak, or sparrow-catcher, as this hawk is; with the Gr. cZSoj, to denote tlic resemblance 

 of the West Indian to the North American bird. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Lately said to have occurred in Florida. 

 See Ridg., I'r. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 220. 



611. F. fus-cl-coe-rul-es'-cens. Lat. fiisms, dusky, and C(rn(^esrri!.s, growing blue; i'. e., being 



bluish: rwnileus, blue. This was virhU'n fitscorrrnilescciis by Vieillot, but the above is 

 preferable. " Femoral " relates to the color of the thigli ; fimm, the thigli-bonc. 

 This is F.fe moral is of the orig. ed. See Sharpe, Cat. Accip. Br. Atus., i. p. 400. 



512. Bu'-te-o ij-nl-cinc'-tijs h5r'-rls-l. Lat. hnlrn, a buzzard-hawk; of doubtful etymology; 

 the word occurs in I'liny. — Lat. uni, once, and rimiiis, girded ; utais, one, and nin/n, I 

 gird, bind about; willi reference to the single zone of wliite color on the tail. — To 

 Edward Harris, of Philadelphia. 



613. B. al-b(5-caQd-a'-tus. — Lat. oWik.', white, w/f/a^'.'?, tailed ; raurin, iaW. The latter part of 

 the word being a participial adjective of a supposed verb nimlo, permits aHiiis to be in the 

 "ablative of instrument," "white" being that wherewith tie bird is "tailed." In 

 another form, it would be alhicandn, like alliirilla for instance, bee No 42. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discovered in Texas both by G. B. Semiett and .1. C. 

 Merrill. See Cones, The Country, July 13, ls78, p. 184; aud Uidg., Pr. Nat. Mus., i, 

 Oct, 2, 1378, p. 1S4. 



