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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



543. Ectopistes migratorius (L.) Sw. b 44s. c 370. r 4S9. 



Wild Pigeon; Passenger Pigeon. 



544. Zenaidura carolinensis (L.) Bp. b 461. c 371. r 460. 



Carolina Dove. 



545. Zenaida amabilis Bp. b 449. c 372. r 4C2. 



Zenaida Dove. 



546. Melopelia leucoptera (L.) Bp. b 450. c 373. r 4G4. 



White-winged Dove. 



547. Chamaepelia passerina (L.) Sw. b 453. c 374. r 46s. 



Ground Dove. 



548. Chamaepelia passerina pallescens (Bd.) Coues. b — . c 374a. r — . (?) 



St. Lucas Ground Dove. 



549. Scardafella inca (Less.) Bp. b 462. c 37s. r 466. 



Scaled Dove. 



550. Geotrygon martinica (Gm.) Reich, b 454. c 376. r 467. 



Key West Pigeon. 





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643. Ec-ta-pis'-tSs mi-gr5-t8'-rT-Qs. Gr. ^(croimrT^i, a wanderer, passenger; iKToirt(iu, I 

 wander, cliangc place ; from iK, out of, and tJitoi, place ; '' out of place." — Lat 

 miijratorius, of same meaning ; miyro, I migrate. 



544.. Z6n-S-i-du'-r5 ca-rO-lIn-Sn'-sIs. We think zenaida is a barbarous word. Its meaning wo 

 do not know. See Phouipara, No. 297, and compare zena tliere given. The rest of the 

 word is formed by adding the Greek ovpd. Bonaparte originally wrote zemiidura, which 

 has usually, of late, following Dr. Coues' load, been turned to zcniedura ; but if the 

 word is not classic, there is no occasion for the modification. 



545. Z6n-S-i'-da im-a'-bll-Is. Zenaida, a proper name, perhaps Spanish ; meaning unknown 

 to us : see No. 544. — Lat. amabilis, lovable, lovely ; amo, I love. 



540. MCl-6-p6l-i'-5 leu-c5p'-ter-5. Gr. ^<Aos, melody, and irtKeta, a UoVv Name derived 

 from irfKKos, the peculiar dark slaty-blue color, so characteristic of pigeons ; we say 

 to-day in sporting parlance " blue-rocks " for the ordinary domestic pigeon. The word, 

 like many others ending in -pelia, is often wrong-written -jxleia. Observe that the Greek 

 (I becomes long i in Latin, giving us -pelia, accented on the penult. — Gr. \tvK6s, white, 

 and wTtpSv, a wing. 

 Chim-aS-pel-i'-S p3s-s8r-i'-n5. Gr. xo^"'. "" adverb, on the ground, and Tt'A»»o, a dove. 

 See No. 540. See Chamcra, No. 39. This word is spellod about a dozen different 

 ways, by writers or printers who are careless or ignorant. — Lat. passerina, sparrow-like, 

 in allusion to the diminutive size: passer, a sparrow. See No. 102. 

 C. p. p5l-l5s'-c5ns. See Mitrcphorus, No. 392. Scarcely distinguishable from No. 547. 



Scar-d5-fel'-15 in'-c5. Scardafella is an Italian word, thus accounted for by Bonaparte, 

 who founded the genus, in his " Coup d'(Eil sur I'Ordro dos I'igeons " (p. 4;J of the 

 separate copies) : " uno o-xprossion du Dante m'a inspire le noni do scardafella, qui point 

 I'apparence ecailleuso de notre troiziemo genre." The " scaly appearance " is due to the 

 coloration, not the texture, of the feathers. — Inca is a barbarous word ; the incas or yncas 

 were Peruvian chiefs. 



This is S. squamosa var. inca in the orig. cd. ; later determined to bo distinct. 

 660. Qe-6-try'-g8n m5r-tIn'-I-cS. Gr. 7*0, the earth, the ground, and rpvydv, a pigeon ; from 

 rpi^u, to coo ; onomatopoeic, like lurtiir. There seems to be reason for koo])ing the 

 penult long, and accenting it. — Lat. martinica, Latinized adjective from Martinique, one 

 of the West Indies. 



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548. 

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