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607. Gallinago media Lcaeh. b — . c — . r s26. (o.) 



European Snipe. 



608. Gallinago wilsoni (Tonira.) lip. b b23. c 414. r 52«a. 



American Snipe; Wilson's Snipe. 



600. Maororhamphus griseus ((fin.) I^cach. b S24. c 4ia. R 027. 

 Red-breasted Snipe; Gray-bacl( Snipe; Dowltclier. 



610. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say) Coucs. bs20. C4isa. R627a. 



'Western Red-breasted Snipe. 



61 1. Micropalama himantopus (Bp.) Bd. b 636. c 416. R 628. 



stilt Sandpiper. 



612. Ereunetes pusillus (L.) Cass. B6»6. C417. R641. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



613. Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis (Lawr.) Coucs. b — . c 4i7a. b 64ia. (?) 



Western Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



614. Aotodromas minutilla (V.) Coues. b 632. c 418. R 638. 



Least Sandpiper. 



616. Aotodromas bairdi Coues. b — . c 419. R 637. 

 Balrd's Sandpiper. 



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007. Q31-lIn-5'-gS m6d'-I-S. Lat. (jalhts, a cock, gallina, a h3n, gnllinula, a chicken, gnllinariu* 



or gallinaceiis, relating to poultry ; the pri-gent word is an arbitrary dcrivntivc, as a 

 Latin word, tliougli tlic forms gdlliimiio, gnllinmn, and otiiers are found in different lan- 

 guages. It is formed from gallina like fiingillitgo from fn'ngilta, or like virago from fir. 



— Lat. mcdiiis, median, medium, in the middle (in size, between certain other species). 



Not in the orig. ed. ; only North American as occurring in Greenland. 



008, O. wll'.s6n-l. To Alexander Wilson. 



000. MSc-rd-rh3m'-phQs grIs'-e-Qs. Gr. /laicpSs, great, large, long; and pdn<pos, beak, bill. 

 Notice that tlie ^ is n8])irated, requiring to be followed by k, as many writers forget. 



— Griseus, gray, grisly, grizzly ; not classic; a late Latinizing of an Anglo-Saxon word; 

 compare Fr. gris and Gr. ypavs or yprivs, yfpat6s, ytpas or yripas — all these relate to age, 

 wlien people grow gray. The word " grous " or " grouse," " the gray bird," may be 

 related. See lA'.iicosHcte, No. 205. 



010. M. g. sc6I-d-pa'-ce-Qs. The word is formed as an adjective from scolopax, which see, 

 No. 606 ; scolopaceous, scolopacine, snipe-like. 



611. Mic-r6-pSl'-S-mS hlm-an'-tfl-pQs. Gr. fiinpSi, small, and iraxdfiri, the palm, the hand; 



same as the Lat. /(a/»ia; referring to the webbing between the toes. — Ilimaiitopus, see 

 No. 601. 



612. E-rcQ-n6'-t5s pfis-il'-lfis. Or. ipevmiT'fis, a searcher; from the way in which the bird 



probes with its bill. — Lat. pusillus, puerile ; see Silla, No. (!0. 



013. E. p. ac-cl-den-ta'-lls. Lat. occidentalis, western. See Dendrnrca, No. 113. 



014. Ac-ta'-drfim-Ss mln-Q-til'-ia. Gr. iwr^, the seashore ; from Hyvvnt, S^oi, I break, as the 



waves do there; Spofids, rapidly running- see Ammodramus, No. 2.38, and Eudromias,'So. 

 591. — Lat. minutus, small, minute, diminutive, of which minutilla Is an arbitrary diminu- 

 tive ; minuo, I lessen, diminish ; it ought to have been minutula. 



015. A. bair'di. To S. F. Baird. 



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