CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEBIC AN BIRDS. 



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524. Buteo pennsylvanicus (Wils.) Bp. B 27. c 365. R 443. 



nroad-winffcd Buzzard Iliiwk. [See Aililonda, Nos. 882, 883. 



525. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gm.) Ridg. B30, 31. C36C. R447. 



American Rough-logged Buzzard. 



526. Archibuteo ferruginous (Licht.) Or. B 32. c 3C7. u 448. 



Fcmiginoous Rougli-leggcd Buzzard. 



527. Asturina plagata Schl. B 33. c 358. u 445. 



Gray Hawk. 



538. Urubitinga anthracina (Licht.) Lafr. B — . c — . R 444. 



Anthracite Hawk. 



529. Onychotes gruberi Ridg. b — . c 359. r 440. 



Gruber's Hawk. 



530. Pandion haliaetus (L.) Sav. B 44. c 3G0. R 42.'S. 



Fish Hawk ; Osprcy. 



531. Thrasyaetus harpyia (L.) Gr. b — . c — . R 450. (! M.) 



Harpy Eagle. 



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524. B. penn-syl-van'-I-cQs. Sec Ikmhrcca, No. 124. 



625. Arch-I-bu'-te-o lag-5'-pus sanc-tl-jd-han'-nls. Lat. archi-, equivalent to Gr. dtpx"'?. i 

 leader, a cliief ; Spx"> I r\\\o, I am first ; the word simply moans " arch-huzzard," like 

 an-lililsliup, arr/ii'ti/pc. iircliltcrt, &c. — I.at. laijopus, (Jr. Kaywirous, liare-footed, from Aayws, a 

 hare, and ttoCi, a foot : in allusion to the feathering of the tarsi. The penult here remains 

 long in Latin as it is in Greek ; but words in -opm, where the o is simply a conne<^ting 

 vowel, shorten the penult. — Lat. sandi-juhannis, of Saint John, alluding to the place in 

 Newfoundland so called. 



526. A. fer-ru-gtn'-e-us. See Scnlecoplim/iis, No. S31. 



627. As-tijr-i'-na pla-ga'-tS. Asiwiim is simply formed from Lat. astur, which see, No. 400, 



without any difference of meaning. — Lat. phirjdla, striped, from plaijo, I strike ; jildi/a, a 

 blow, stroke, stripe ; Gr. ttAtj^^, a blow, wound, from tiKiiaao) or irKriTTu. I strike. Com- 

 moldy written phujiata, for whicii wo see no good reason. 



628. U-ru-bI-tin'-g5 an-thra-ci'-nS. Umhitinija is a barbarous word, of some South American 



dialect ; tiruhn means a vulture; we do not know what the rest of the word is, nor the 

 quantity of the first two vowels ; we hear them long and leave thorn so. — Lat. aiitliia- 

 ciiius, Gr. a.y0pd.Ktyos, carbimcular ; 6.v0pa^, genitive HudpaKos, a carbuncle ; also a live coal, 

 a coal. The application in the present case is not to a glowing coal, like a carbuncle, 

 but to a dead coal, coal-black ; the glossy black of anthracite coal, as the bird is. 



529. 0-nych'-6-tes gru'-b6r-i. (Jr. Sw^, genitive uyvxos, a claw; the rest of the word is the 



regular sufFix ttjj, -te.'i, making the whole signify " the clawed one." Notice the accent. 

 — To 1". Gruber, a taxidermist of San Francisco. 



This bird is questionably North American; but distinct from any Hawk in this list. 



530. Pan-di'-on h51-T-a-e'-tQs. Lat. rainliun, Gr. Uavhluv, was the alleged father of Pimpie 



and I'hilomda : see Coues, H. Col. Vail., i, 1878, p. ."71. Observe (piantity and accent of 

 the pi'nult. — Gr. oAi, genitive oAiir, .salt, tlie sea, and dTjTds, an eagle; "sea-eagle." 

 See HtilliiUhis, No. 53.'5. 



531. Thr5-sy-a-e'-tus har-pyl'.5 or har-py'-I-S [either three or four syllables; in either case 



pronounced hnrpwa'ah]. Gr. Bpaavs, bold, audacious, and ttjjTos, eagle; see No. 633. 

 Generally written Thrasactus, as originally by Gray : but the above is preferable ; com- 

 pare Thnisijus, Tlirasijbulus, Thrasymachus, &.C., all retaining the ,i/ (u). — Tiie' Apiruiai, 



