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630. Limosa eegooephala (L.) Leach. B — . c — . R 540. (o.) 



Black-talle<l Oodwit. 



631. Limosa uropygialis Gould. B— •. c 4W. R 644. (!a.) , 



Wtalte-rumped Godwit. 



632. Symphemia semipalmata (Gm.) Ilartl. b 6.17. c 431. r 553. 



Semipalmated Tattler ; Willet. 



633. Totanus melanoleucus (Cim.) V. b 530. c 432. r 548. 



Greater Tattler; Stone Snipe. 



634. Totanus flavipes (Gm.) V. b 540. c 433. r 649. 



Lesser Tattler; Yellowslianks. 



636. Totanus glottis (L.) Bochst. b 838. c 434. R 547. (!e.) 

 Greenshanks. 



636. Rhyacophilus ochropus (L.) RUlg. b — . c — . r 551. (!i:.) 



Green Sandpiper. 



637. Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.) Bp. b 541. c 435. r oso. 



Solltai'y Tattler. 



638. Tringoldes macularius (L.) Gr. B 643. c 43«. r s57 



Spotted Tattler; Spotted Sandpiper. 



630. L. aCg-d-cCph'-S-IS. Gr. alyoK^<pa\os, nn Aristotelian epitliet of some unknown bird ; it 



literiilly means "goat-lieadeil," but wliat npplieation? Al)out tlie miildle of tlu' sixtcfntli 

 century it was applied by Belon to a species of Limnsa, perliaps from tlie cry of the bird 

 being fancied like the bleating of a goat ; " bleating " is a term in every -day use now to 

 express the peculiar sounds made by some snipes. — The curious English \\\in\ ijml wit 

 is derived l>y Johnson from Anglo-Saxon <jnd, good, and iciht, animal : by others from 

 god, and veide., game; latter not unlikely. 



N( t in the orig. ed. Only North American as a straggler to Greenland. 



631. L. a-rC-py-gl-a'-lIs. See Cen<MnM, No. 452. 



632. Sym-phE'-ml-S sem-I-p3l>m3'-ta. Or. trinpriiit ; iriv, with, and (pitftt, I speak ; alluding to 



the noisy concerts of the birds. — Lat. semiimhmiUi, half webbed : see .Ei/inlilrn, No. o84. 

 " Willet" is derived from the sound of the bird's voice; sometimes written " pilwillet." 



633. T8-ta'-niSs mel-Sn-d-lcQ'-cQs. Totanus is Latinized from the Italian tot<wo, a name of 



some bird of the kind. We suppose it should be accented on a lengthened penult. — 

 Gr, fit\as, genitive /ut'^acoi, black, and \tvK6s, white. 



634. T. fla'-vl-p6s. Lat. y?((iv(s, yellow; /)cs, foot. 



635. T. glSt'-tls. Gr. ^Aio-o-a or yKurra, the tongue ; referring to the noisiness of the bird. 



This is given in the orig. ed. as Tntumis citloro/ms. 



636. R. 8ch'-r8-pils. Gr. uxp6s, pale, sallow, wan, and irovt, foot. From this word come 



Lat. ochra, and our ochre, oi-hrrnus, orhnicrous, as names of some dull yellowish color. 

 Linnx'Us had originally orrophus by misprint. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since found in Nova Scotia as a straggler from Europe. See 

 Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, 1878, p. 49. 



637. Rhy-5-ca'-phTl-{ls sfil-I-ta'-rl-fls.. C -.{, genitive pvaxos, a stream, brook ; p^u or ^vm, 



I flow ; and (pt\of, loving, loved, a l«»ver. — Lat. solitarius, solitary ; solus, alone. 



638. Trin-gfi-i'-dSs in5c-fll-a'-rI-Gs. See Trinf)a, No. 623, and add tltot, resemblance. Note 



that the word is in four syllables, accented on the penult. — Lat. macularius, not classic ; 

 like maculatus and maculosus, spotted ; macula, a spot. 



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