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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



fSoc Addenda, No. 88G. 



716. Querquedula carolinensis (Cm.) Stcph. b bto. C49s. R612 



Grcen-^viiigcd Teal. 



710. Querquedula discors (L.) Stcpli. d nsi. c 49c. u coo. 



Illue-wingcd Tciil. 



717. Querquedula cyanoptera (V.) Cass, b b82. c 497. r cio. 



Cinnamon Teal. 



718. Spatula clypeata (L.) Boic. u 583. c 498. r cos. 



Shoveller, 



719. Aix sponsa (L.) Boic. B 587. c 499. R C13. 



Summer Duck; Wood Duck. 



720. Fuligula marila (L.) Stcph. b 588. c 600. r ch. 



Greater Black-head ; Scaup Duck. 



721. Fuligula afflnis Kyt. B 589. c 501. R 015. 



Lesser Bhick-hcad ; Scaup Duck. 



722. Fuligula coUaris (Donov.) Bp. B 590. c 502. R cio. 



Ring-neck ; Black-head. 



723. Fuligula ferina americana (Eyt.) Couos. b 591. r 503. r ci8. 



American Pochard; Red-head. 



715. Q. c5-r8-lIn-En'-sIs. To Carolina. — Tlio Rcntis Nrttion, in nliicli this teal has born placcil 



by sonio, is tiie Or. i/^ttio;/, a littii' duck; contractt-d from vrtr-rapiov, a diuiiniitivu of 

 f^o-o-o or vrirra: see Ilijdramifisa, No ()(iO. Very curiously, it Sfi'iiis to have been used 

 by tile {ireel<s as a familiar term of endearment, just as we sometimes now say " little 

 duek," or " ducky darling " 



716. Q, dis'-c5rs. Lat. rf/.sroi-s, discordant, disagreeinp, unlike; literally " two-hcartcd," from 



(lis, twice, and cor, the heart ; opposed to roiicors, concordant. 



717. Q, cy-§n-op'-t6-r5. Gr. Ki;ai'(Ji, blue, irrfpov, wing. 



718. Spa'-t£i-15 clyp-e-a'-t5. Lat. spatula or spalhiila, Gr. airaeis, a spafhe, spatula, spoon, ladle ; 



with reference to the spathulous or spoon like shape of the bird's bill. — Lat. cli/jiratii.i. 

 furnished with a shield, wearing a siiield; rli/pi'iis or c/ijieit.s or clupeiis or clipcum, a shiild : 

 commemorating in tliis case the rounded expanse of the bill. 



719. A'-ix sp5n'-s5. Gr. alf| orfiif; application not obvious. Nor is the orthography settled. 



If the word he from the monosyllable off it should be Latinized o't ; if from the dissyl- 

 lable fiij it becomes ulx. In tlie uncertainty, we do not change the accustomed form; 

 tliough we suspect ox to be preferable. — Lat. spnnsa, a bride, a spouse, a betrothed; 

 that is, a promised one; spimilio, I promise sacredly, I vow. Prettily applied to this 

 lovely duck, as if the bird were arrayed for bridal. 



720. Ful-Tg'-fi-15 ma-ri'-15. Lat. ./)(%"/« or ./i(//c»/(7, diminutive of /»//(•<» or_/)(//.r, a coot ; /»/(>/o, 



soot. — ilarilii wc know nothing about; qii., a proper name? 711. Gr. ftaplKr), embers, 

 charcoal, from the scaup's pitch-black foreparts 1 



721. F. af-fin'-Is. Lat. fi/fw/s, affined, allied ; nrf, and./fH/s. See Campijlorhi/nchis, lHo. Q4. 



723, F. c61-15'-rts, Lat. collaris, relating to the neck, collum; this species having a ring of color, 

 like a collar, round the neck. 



723. F. f6-ri'-n5 im-8r-l-ca'-n5. Lat. ferina, wild, in a state of nature, feral. 



