CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEltlCAN BIRDS. 



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707. Anas boscas L. D 570. c 488. r coi. 



Mallard. 



708. Anas obscura G 111. b 577. c "is'j. RfJ02. 



Dusky Duck. 



709. Anas obscura fulvigula Ridg. b — . c 489o. r 603. 



Florida Dusky Duck. 



710. Daflla acuta (L.) .Ten. B 078. c 490. R cos. 



Pintail; Sprigtail. 



711. Chaulelasmus streperus (L.) Gr. b r>84. C49i. R604. 



Gadwall. 



712. Mareca penelope (L.) Selby. B oso. c 492. R 00c. (!E.) 



European AVidgcou. 



713. Mareca americana (Gm.) Stcph. B 5f.5. c 493. root. 



American Widgeon. 



714. Querquedula crecca (L.) Stcph. B 580. c 494. R oil. (!E.) 



Knglisli Teal. 



\k 



(cf. 



For 



ford 



and 

 L'fore 



18.— 



the 

 Lsed ; 



707. An'-as bos'-cas. Lat. anas, a duck ; doubtless related to vao-ffo. See wliat is said under 

 I/i/ilniiiii.'isd, No. 000. — Gr. j8o(tkos, l^at. bosats or hosci:i, a (luck, probably this very 

 species ; from jSu'ir/cw, I f^raze. This word lias almost iiivarialily, in ornithology, beea 

 written liosc/itis — very wrongly, as Wharton was lately at pains to point out (Ibis, IHTJ, 

 p. 4<>;}). 



703. A. 6b-scu'-ra. Lat. obscnriis, dark, obscure. 



709. A. o. ful-vI'-gQ-ia. Lat. /((/ci/.s-, fulvous, and jh/((, throat. This and many similar words. 



are viciously accented on a long penult. 



710. Da'-fl-la a-cu'-ta. Ikijiht is a nonsense-word, invented by W. K. Leach, like llareldn,. 



meaning nothing. — I.at. (imhi, sharpened, pointed ; as the tail of the bird is. 



711. ChaQ-le-las'-mQs strep'-g-rQs. Gr. x""^^""! prominent, projecting, protuberant; and' 



i\a(Tii6s, a. layer, plate, lamella ; referring to the denticulations of the bill. — Lat. .sVrc- 

 pcnis (not classic), noisy, clamorous ; as we should say, obstreperous ; slrijiitiis, a noise ;. 

 stirpo, I make a fuss. 



712. Ma-re'-ca pe-nel'-6-pe. Marrrn is said to be a Brazilian vernacular word for some kind 



of duck ; long after, it was transferred to the widgeon. But it may also be remarked 

 that there is the Lat. Mtiiim, a water-nymph. Ray has Munm (Syn., p. 14!'). — Piml- 

 o)w was the celebrated wife of Ulysses, mother of Telenuichus ; /ifiulops, or in Gr. 

 irriviKo^^, was some kind of duck. Linnaius wrote the latter. 



713. M. am-er-I-ca-na. See ffjn(/fr, No. 0.1 



714:. Quer-qu6'-dQ-la crec'-ca. Lat. qurrqnrdula, a kind of small duck; etymology obscure, 

 and not at all to our way of thinking in the authorities consulted ; apparently froni 

 KapKaipo), Kfpx'»< KfpKti, KlpKT), KptKu. Kpt|. a Set of ouoinatopd'ic words formetl to express- 

 a shrill or harsh creaking sound ; hence related to riaik, ijinK-k, cnirkh', &r. , ami quite 

 equivalent to the very word rrrrni. which we have here, and which seems but an arbitrary 

 adjective formed from Kpeicu). Charleton cnlls one of the ducks Amis "eaudacutn, Tlie 

 Cracke (a strepitu)." The form qnacnhi is found in some writers; and "(puiok" is the 

 usual word to express a duck's voice. See Crrx, No. 083. 



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