CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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661. Dichromanassa nifa (Bodd.) Ridg, b 482, 483. c 455. r 491. 



Reddish Egret. 



662. Florida ccerulea (L.) Bd. b 490. c 450. r 490. 



Little Blue Heron. 



663. Butorides virescens (L.) Cab. b 493. c 457. r 494. 



Green Heron. 



664. Nyctiardea grisea naevia (Bodd.) Allen, b 495. C458. r 495. 



American Night Heron. 



665. Nycterodius violaceus (L.) Reich. B 49c. c 459. R 49c. 



Yeilow-crowned Miglit Heron. 



666. Botaurus mugitans (Bartr.) Cones. B 492. C 4C0. R 497. 



Americiin Bittern. 



667. Ardetta exilis (Gm.) Gr. B 491. c 461. R 498. 



Least Bittern. 



lii^' 



See 



orils 



Vb'diis. 



rn-o, a 



liitins? 

 Iter is 



Hull. 



661. Di-chr3-m5-nas'-s5 ru'-f5. Gr. 8/j, twice; xP"/"«. '^'''"onm, color ; originally, probably, 



flesh-color; and vao-iro, a water-fowl ; alliulinj; to the ilichroism or diehruinatisiu which 

 proviiils in this and other herons, these birds of the same species being found either pure 

 white or variously colored. — Lat, ni/us, reddish. 



This stands as Anliti riifa in the orig. ed. Sec Ridg., Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. 

 Surv. Terr., iv. No. 1, 1878, p. 24(3. 



662. Fl5'-rl-da coe-rOl-e-5. Lut. Jhritliis, florid, flowery ; JIos, a flower ; but the genus is named 



for the State of Florida. — Lat. cftriilcus, blue ; see Poliujitiht, Ko. oO. 



663. Bu-t5r-i'-des vlr-€s'-c6ns. Lat. bttlio or butor, a bittern; equal to bo-tmtr, bo-tmirus, Imx- 



taimi.t ? see IMjo, No. 402 ; e78os, resemblance. There is also a proper name Buloriihs — 

 Lat. viresmts, present participle of vinsco, I grow green, am greenish, from vireo, which 

 see, No. 170. 



664. Nyc-tl-ar'-d6-5 grIs'-6-5 na5'-vI-5. Badly formed fronj Gr. vv^, gen. vvkt6s, night, and 



Lat. (inlea, a heron ; better X(ni!(ii<h<i, like Xortihica, &c. — Lat. (/riscits, see Macivrltam- 

 jiliiis, No. C()9, and Leucosttcte, No. 205. — Lat. mvvius, see Tiinlus, No. 5. 



665. Nyc-t6r-o'-dI-i5s vl-C-la'-cC-iSs. Gr. vv^, night, and fpuSi6s, a heron, like the Latin ardca. 



ConniKinly written rii/cihcrodiiis; but we see no occasion for the A, the e not being aspi- 

 rated ; though the h is seen in the Lat. hcrvdius. — Lat. viulaaus, violet-colored ; viola, 

 a violet, pansy. 



636. Bo-taQ'-rGs mii-gi'-tans. The many words hltti'nt, hilnrnc, hitmr, hiitor, hullo, are all ononia- 

 topa'ic, from the hollow guttural sound of the bird's voice, and are referable to /««- 

 Idiinis or lio-tnitrits? see Biiho, No. 4(52. — Lat. ymir/liatis, bellowing ; mwjito, I low like a cow ; 

 as the children say, " moo." 



667. Ar-d€t'-t5 Sx-i'-lls. Ardilla is an Italian word, equivalent to ardi'ola, diminutive of ardca. 

 — Lat. crillit, contracted from <:rli/llis, equivalent to mi/uiis, from r.rli/o, this equal to ex 

 and ni/o, literally, I drive out. Any thing exacted or e.xact, is carefully measured, con- 

 sidereil, strictly accounted for ; hence likely to be scanty, as opposed to abundant, or 

 superfluous ; therefore, poor, thin, mean, small ; any of these latter ailjectives well suited 

 to this lean little bird. We have the idea in several applications in the Knglish words 

 e.rli/i'iiri/, an emergency ; e.ri<im>iis, small ; the Frencli r.rii/iaiil, exacting ; and in our 

 rare though actual word exile, snuiU. (The latter must not be confounded, however, 

 with exile, baiusliment, one banished ; though this might seem exactly from exljo, " I 

 drive out," it is from another root: exmdu, exsid.) 





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