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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEHTCAN BIRDS. 



783. Rissa tridactyla kotzebv Hp.) Coacs. b — . 05520. RC58a. (?) 



Kotzebue's Kittlwake. 



784. Rissa brevirostris IJrandt. B G74, C75. c 553. r 059. 



Short-billed Kittiwako. 



785. Pagophila eburnea (Gm.) Kaup. b C7C, c"7. c 550. r c57. 



Ivory Gull. 



786. Chroicocephalus atricilla (L.) Lawr. B fi07. c 554. R G73. 



Laughing Gull. 



78' "roicocephalus franklini (Rich.) Bnich. v, cos, cod. c 555. r c74. 



ii'ranklin's Hosy Gull. 



788. Chrol'cocephalus Philadelphia (Ord) Lawr. b G70. b scg. r c75. 



Bonaparte's Rosy Gull. 



789. Rhodostethia rosea (Macg.) Briich. b c78. c 557. R g70. 



VVedge-tailcd Gull. 



790. Xema sabinii (Sab.) Leach. B C80. c 558. R C77. 



Fork-tailed Gull. 



791. Xema furcata (I'rov. & Dcs Murs) liriich. B G79. c 659. R C78. 



Swallow-tailed Gull. 



792. Sterna anglica Mont. B osi. c sco. R 079. 



Gull-billed Tern; Marsh Tern. 



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783. R. t. kSt-zC-bui'-I. To Otto do Kotzcbiic, tlio Russian navigaJ^r. 



784. R. brg-vl-r5s'-tr!s. Lit. hrccis, short, anil rostris, pertaining to tlic bill, rostral; from 



rontriitn. 



785. Pa-gO'-pht-15 fi-bur'-nS-a. f!r. irir/o^, ice, and <pl\os, loved. — Lat. fhiirmn, of ivory, like 



ivory (in wliiteness or liardncss) ; diir, ivory ; directly from the Sanscrit word for 

 elephant. 



786. Chro-I-ca-cSph'-5-lfls a-trl-cil'-lS. Gr. xpa"«<55. colored, and Ke(^oA^, head. This word 



has (liven great trouble from Kyton's, the founder's, saying it was from KpoiKos, there 

 being no such word. Various attemi)ts to derive it from xpoia or XP"'". f'"' from XP"^) 

 Xpois, color, and to rectify the supposed erroneous orthography, have resulted in 

 kiolhin iilidliia, rliriirdirjilidliis, (■lir(>i<ifi/i/iiili(.i, rliroorrjilidlus. AVharton has shown Kyton's 

 original orthography to he correct, lacking only the diaeresis over the /, there heing 

 actually such an adjective as xP'^""^f. ""* given in the common dictionaries. (See 

 Zoologist, March, 1S78, p. — .) — Lat. ulrlrilln, black-tailed; oidy applicable to the 

 young bird. See Mofarilla, No. bG. 



787. C. frSnk'-lIn-i. To Sir John Franklin. 



788. C. phll-a-del'-phI-5. To the City of Brotherly-Love. See r/,oM////»;.s, No. 1 12. 



789. Rhfi-d5-ste'-tht-a r6s'-e-5. Gr. f)6Sov, the rose, and (rrrjdos, the breast ; rose-breasted. — 



Lat. rns'-iis, rosy. 



790. Xe'-mS sa-bln'-I-i. AVmrMs a nonsense word, invented by Leach : it is sometimes written 



zdiui. — To Edward Sabine, l)y his brother. 



791. X. {ur-c5'-t5. Lat. /urcafKS, forked, furcate, bifurcate, forficate;./)))-^^, a fork. 



792. St6r'-n5 ang'-ll-cS. Sterna is not classic, having nothing to do with stiinws. a starling, or 



with sternum, the breast-bone, or slerno, to strew. Agassiz gives the latter etymon, It is 



