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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEIilCAN lilBDS. 



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655; Eudocimus ruber (L.) Wagl. b 498. c 447. r 602. 



Scarlet Ibis. 



653. Ajaja- rosea (Briss.) Reich. B 501. c 448. R 505. 



Roseate SpoonbilL 



654. Mycteria americana L. b — . c 4486,«. r 499. (!m.) 



American Jablru. 



65j5. Ardea herodias L. b 487. c 449. r 487. 



Great Blue Heron. 



656. Ardea occidentalis And. b 488, 489. c 450, 451. R 486. 



Great White Heron ; Florida Heron. 



657. Ardea cinerea L. b — . c — . r 488. (g.) 



European Blue Heron. 



658. Herodias egretta (Gm.) Gr. b 48g, 48C*. c 452. R 480. 



Great White Egret. 



659. Garzetta candidissima (Gm.) Bp. b 485. c 453. r 490. 



Little White Egret; Snowy Heron. 



660. Hydranassa tricolor (Miill.) Ridg. b 484. c 454. r 492. 



Louisiana Heron. 



652. E. rOb'-Cr. Lat. ruber, red. This is This rtihra in the orig. cd. 



653. A jaja r5'-s6-5. Lat. rasnts or rosacnts, rosy, rosc-rcd ; rosa, a rose ; related to Gr. p6Sov ; 



see for iiistanee in rlwdocnlims, rnse-breasteil. — Ai"j" •"" "./'"" or aiain or ni/ai/a is tlie old 

 Brazilian name of tliis bird, of signification and pronunciation alike unknown to us. 



Tills stands as PIntuka ajdjn in tlie orig, ed. ; fur the change of this long-standing 

 name, see Kidg., I'r. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 10. 



654. Myc-t5'-rl-5 5m-er-I-ca'-n5. Gr. nmritp, the nose, sncnt; ;uu(fT»;p(^«, literally, "I work 



tiie nose," /. p., turn up the nose at, sneer, scorn, deride, &e. ; well applied to the expres- 

 sion of this ugly bird. 



655. Ar'-de-5 hCr-5'-dI-5s. Lat. artiea, a heron. — Gr. 4pwiMs, ipaiSds, or iptiStos, a heron. 



Tliere is also a proper name I/innlias. 



656. A. oc-cl-dgn-ta'-lls. Sec iMmhnva, No. 11.3. 



NoTK. — The Anlia wiivilcmdiiiii of the orig. ed. is a dichroism of tills species. See 

 Ridg., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv. No. 1, 1878, p. 227. 



657. A. cTn-6r'-6-5. Lat. rincrem, ashy. See Ilwimrhjinrhns, No 22. 



Not in the orig. ed. Only North American ns occurring in Greenland. See Reinh., 

 Ibis, 1801, p. !». 



658. Her-6'-dI-5s 5-gret'-t5. Latin proper name Hrrodias: see Ardea, No. 055. — Fiprtla is 



Latinized from the French nir/nttc, a toji-knot, plume; whence also ei/nl. These words 

 are said to be related to heron itself, all springing from (). II. G. fiici/ro, a heron. 



659. G5r-z5t'-t5 c3n-dl-dis'-sl-ma. Gitnelln is the Italian name of the corresponding Kuro- 



peaii species. — Lat. aindidissiiim, very white, entirely white; superlative of c<nididi(s. 

 See Fiiirn, No. 501. 



660. Hyd-r5-nas'-s5 trl'-cfil-6r. Gr. C8a>p, water, giving in Latin fn/dra-, and vuffira or vnaa-a, a 



water-fowl ; from a verb meaning to swim. We have here two words very fruitfid of 

 derivatives ; one giving us the compounds of hi/dr-, as hi/ilidiillc, the other tliose relating 

 to the sea, a ship, or swimming ; naxllral, aeronaiil, nary, nnn)/<ilp, tiaiisea ; the latter is 

 originally " sea "-sickness, and literally " ship "-sickness. — Lat. trirolor, three-colored. 



This stands as Ardea loinir/astra var. leucnpnjmna in the orig. ed. See Ridg., Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., iv, No! 1, 1878, p. 224. 



