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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEBIC AN BIRDS. 



614. 

 615. 

 616. 

 517. 

 618. 

 610. 

 620. 

 621. 

 622. 

 623. 



Buteo cooperi Cass, b 29. c 349. r 437. (?) 



Cooper's Buzzard Hawk. 



Buteo harlani (Aud.) Bp. b 22. c 350. r 438. 



Harlan's Buzzard Hawk. 



Buteo borealis (Gm.) V. b 23. c 351. u 436. 

 Red-tailed Buzzard Hawk; Hen Hawk. 



Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.) Ritlj 

 Western Red-tailed Buzzard Hawk. 



B 20, 24. C 351a. R 4366. 



Buteo borealis lucasanus Ridg. b — . c 3516. r 4noc. 



St, Lucas Buzzard Hawk. 



Buteo borealis krideri IIoopcs. b 



Krider's Buzzard Hawk. 



C 351c. R 43Ca. (?) 



Buteo lineatus (Gm.) Jard. b 25. c 352. r 439. 



Red-sliouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



Buteo lineatus elegans (Cass.) Ridg. B 20. c 352a. R 439a. 



Western Red-sliouldered Buzzard Hawk. 



Buteo abbreviatus Cab. b — . c 353. r 440. 



Band-tailed Hawk. 



Buteo swainsoni Bp. b is, 19, 21, 28. c 354. R 442. 

 Swainson's Buzzard Hawk. 



614. B. co5p'-er-I. To Dr. James G. Cooper, of California, well known for his studies of the 

 birds of that country. Doubtful species : only one specimen known. 



515. B. harMan-i. To Dr. Richard Ilarlan, of Philadelphia, author of Medical and Physical 



Researches, Fauna Americana, etc. 



516. B. b6r-6-a'-lIs. Lat. iorcaZ/s, northern; ioreas, the north wind. 



517. B. b. c51-u'-rQs. Gr. KoArfs, beautiful, and oSpo, tail. 



518. B. b. Iu-c5s-a'-nfis. Named after Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. 



519. B. b. kri'-dSr-i. To John Krider, the veteran ta.xidermist of Philadelphia. Dubious. 



520. B. li-nfi-a'-tQs. Lat./niw^fs, lineated, limned, fronW/n/o; //jiea, a line. In reference to the 



streaking of the plumage. 



521. B. 1. e'-l6-gans. Lat. c/c,7ans, elegant, because select, chosen : c and AV/o, I pick out. 



522. B. ab-brSv-l-a'-ttis. Lat. oW^rccmiK.s, shortened ; at aud ^ocfw, I abridge, contract ; hrevis, 



short ; Gr. fipaxvs- Applicability unknown to us. 



Tills stands as D. zonocercus in the orig. ed. See Ridg., Pr. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 220. 



623. B. swain'-s6n-i. To William Swainson, Ksq., the celebrated English naturalist. 



Mr. Sharpe has lately called this B. oUsohtus (Gm.), but very erroneously, Gmelin's 

 bird of that name being a Gyrfalcon. — B. insiipuitus of Cassiii is simply a melanism. 

 — D. hairdi of Cassin is the young. — This bird is the nearest form we have to tiie Euro- 

 pean B. viihjaris, which latter has been attributed to Michigan : see Maynard, Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, i. No. 1, 1876, pp. 2-6. 



The meaning of the word "buzzard " is unknown to us. It runs through several 

 languages, as huzhard, huzard, hnsard, huse. Some think it onomatopoeic, related to 

 buzz ; that seems doubtful ; more likely related to the Latin buteo. Butes is a Latin 

 proper name, but of no obvious connection. 



