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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



698. ChloSphaga canagica (Scvast.) Eyt. b 573. c 482. b 698. 



Painted Goose. 



699. Bemicla leucopsis (Bcchst.) Boie. B 572. c 483. r 597. (!E.) 



Burnacle Goose. 



700. Bemicla brenta (Pall.) Stcph, b 670. c 484. r 696. 



Brant Goose. 



701. Bemicla brenta nigricans (Lawr.) Coues. B571. c — n 696. 



Black Brant Goose. 



702. Bemicla canadensis (L.) Boie. b 567. c 485. n 594. 



Canada Goose; Common Wild Goose. 



703. Bemicla canadensis leucoparia (Brandt) Coues. B 6«8. c 485o. R 594*, 



'VVIilte-cheeked Canada Goose. r5<i4(;. 



704. Bemicla canadensis hutchinsi (Rich.) Cones, b 569. c 4856. r 694o. 



Hutchins' Canada Goose. 



705. Dendrocygna falva (Gm.) Burm. b 575. c 486. Rooo. 



Fulvous Tree Duck. 



706. Dendrocygna autumnalis (L.) Eyt. b 574. c 487. r 599. 



Autumnal Tree Duck. 



698. Chia-S'-ph5-g5 c5-n5'-gT-c5. Gr. x^<'« <"" X^^V> young grass, whence x^'^p'^'y green ; 



ipdyti), I eat. — Mr. 11. W. Klliott informs us there are Eskimos of Alaska wlio call them- 

 selves " Kanagiamoot," i. e., " the people of the Kanag " — whatever that may be ; 

 whence qiiasi-Lat. cannf/ica. 



699. BSr'-nI-cl5 leu-c5p'-sls. nn-nirln or hcrniculu is Latinized from the French hcrnii-lf or 



be.rnachr, Engl, bnrmir.k. We only know this word as the name of the little eirriped crus- 

 taceans out of which this goose was fabled to sprout, ripen, and fall like a fruit from 

 its stem. A correspondent observes : "Max Miiller says liilHiiiariiliim, hut he gives no 

 reason whatever (nor for hihcrmcnUr) founded on the word having been ever used." (cf. 

 Lect. on the Sci. of Lang., 2d ser.) — Or. \fvK6t, white, and uifiu, appearance. 



This species is Grecnlandic, but otherwise North American only as a straggler. For 

 a re'sume' of occurrence:*, see Freke, Zixllogist, September, 1881, p. ,372. 



The geese of this genus stand in the orig. ed. as species of liraiila ; but that word 

 having been found unavailable as a generic term, the name Uernicia is restored. 



700. B. brEn'-ta. Latinized from brent, brant, brand, or branded goose; the forms brentn.% and 



brenthus are also found. See Camifi/lorhi/nelms, No, 03. Brent or brant goose is therefore 

 simply burnt goose, from its blackish appearance, as if charred. 



701. B. b. nig'-rl-cans. Lat. MA/ncans, being blackish, like n(V?rescens. — Not in the orig, ed. 



702. B. c5-n5-den'-sls. See Mijiodioctes, No. 149. 



703. B. c. leu-c8-p5-rif-5. Gr. Ktuitis, white ; iraptid, the cheek. 



704. B. c. hi5tch'-Tn-si. To Ilutchins, to whom we were at one time indebted for most 



that was known of the birds of interior British America. 



705. D5n-dr6-cyg'-n5 ful'-vS. Gr. SfvSpov, a tree, and kvkvos, a swan ; see Ci/gnus, No. 688. — 



Lut. fiilvus, fulvous, rpiidish. 



706. D. aQ-tGm-na'-lTs. Lat. autumnalis or auctumnalis, relating to the autumn, when the 



increase of the earth is harvested ; aiictiimnus, the autumn ; aucttis, an increase, increased ; 

 auctor, a producer, author ; augeo, I increase, furnish fortli, augment. 



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