VllKVK LIST OF NOliTIl AMI'lUCAN JlinjJS. 



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838. Pufflnus amaurosoma Coiu's. n — . c f.on. u 715. 



Spectral .Slioarwatcr. 



839. Pufflnus tenuirostris Tcmm. n — . c r.04. u 7io. 



Slonilor-blllod Shearwater. 



840. Colymbus torquatus r.iiiim. n oits. c. cor., u 730. 



Ureat Nurtlierii Diver or Luon. 



841. Colymbus torquatus adamsi (CJr.) Coiios. n — . r oor.n. n 7W. 



Yelluw-billcd Luon. 



842. Colymlxis arctictis L. n (ii)!i. c coo. it 7^8. 



ItlacU-throatcd Diver. 



843. Colymbus arcticus paciflcus (Lawr.) Couos. B 700. c cooa. R 739. 



Taeine Itlaek-tliroated Diver. 



844. Colymbus septentrionalis L. i! 701. ccot. u 7io. 



Kod-tliroiited Diver. 



845. iEchmophorus occiclentalis (Liuvr.) Coiios. n 701. c oos. 11729. 



M'estern fJrebe. 



846. -<Echmophorus occiclentalis clarki (Lawr.) Cones. 1170,-.. coosa. 11730. 



Clarlv's (irobe, 



847. Poclicipos griseigena holboelli (Hoinh.) Couos. u 702. c cio. i: 7;!i. 



Aineriran Itod-ncelied tirebo. 



the 

 sli. 



piillin 



.'atise. 

 hat it 

 iiuulo 

 lanx " 

 shcnr- 

 ;er " is 

 'razes, 

 tein is 



coast 



But 



1 well- 



jaying 



838. P. a-maQ-r6 so'-ma. Or. a.uai/po'j, (hirk, dini, dusky, and (Tuua, body. 



NoTi:. — 'I'liis is |)ri)hal)ly I'mr. ijiisca (\\\\., as iield by Fiiuscii and Salvin. 



839. P. tgn-u-I-ros-trls. Si'o Pnordhi, No. 817. 



840. C3-lym'-bus tor-qua'-tus. The I.iitin i-nli/mlmn U simply a translitcrntion from tlie Greek, 



and has nollnnL; to do, notwilhslandinij the ^^reat siinilarit}-, wilii thi' jnirely Latin 

 culninliii. a diivc ; tlii' lattur htinu' not (iiei'k at all, nor tlio I'orincr Latin, e.\ci'i)t as 

 directly transftrrod from tlie (ircek. Tlie two words are consi'qtiently not related, 

 unless it hi> in a radical manner; Cor^'sen, liowcviT, considers them to be the same. (!r. 

 Ki\vfx{ins (ir K«Ati/i|8is, a diver or swinnner; KoAu,u/3aa), I dive, swim. The koKv/j^h of 

 Arislotk' was a species of ijrelie {/'oilici/i/s). — I.at. lon/iHitioi, see Asij)itli sinus, No. JoO. — 

 " Loon " is an old Scolcli word. See No. 874. 



841. C. t. a'-dams-i. To Dr. V. H. Adams, of the British Navy. 



842. C. arc'-tl-cus. See .S/.r'/d, No. 2'.). 



843. C. a. pa-cI'-fl-cQs. See Anorlhiini, No. 77. 



844. C. sep-ten-tri-o-na'-lls. Lat. srpi, nin'ounlis, northern; sriitritfrionrs, the nortli, nortliern 



re^riiins ; si jitim-trin, tlie constellation of the Wain. See I'lirus, No. 15. 



845. Aech-m6'-ph6r-us oc-cld-en-ta'-lis. (Jr. aix.u?'/, a spear, and </)op({5, bearin.c; in allusion 



to the Ion;,', sIcikUt. sh.nrii bill. — For d't/iA «////>, see Demh-acn, No. IF!. — (Inhe is a 

 French word, the meaniiijj of which we do not know. 



846. A. o. clark'-i. To J. 11. Clark. 



847. P6d-I'-cI-pes grls-ei'-gSn-a hSl'-bogl-li. The extraordinary word "podiceps" has 



excited much curiosity, and slimiUaled some ingenious surmises. As it stands, jiiulinps 

 seems to he the (Jreek irotJs, genitive vo56s, foot, and the Latin termination -rc/is. lU^not- 

 ing head ; and " foot-head " it has doubtless been taken to be by many, who, if tlilnkiii;: 

 of it at all, have felt vaguely tiiat some allusion was intended to the bird's sumertauliing 



