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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



863. Alio nigricans Link. B 738. c 020. R 753. 



Soa Dove; Dovekle. 



864. Synthliborhaniphus antiquus (Gm.) Cotics. B 73c. c 027. R753. 



Black-tliroatcd Auk. 



865. Synthliboramphns umizusume (Toium.) Coues. B 737. c C28. u 754. 



Tcmmiiiok's Auk. 



863. Brachyrhamphus marmoratus (Gm.) Brdt. c 732, 733. c 020. u 75r). 



31arbled Murrclet. 



867. Brachyrhamphus kittlitzi Brdt. B 735. c G30. R 756. 



Kittlitz's Murrclet. 



868. Brachyrhamphns hypoleucus Xant. B — . c — . R 757. 



Wliite-belllcd Murrelet. 



869. Brachyrhamphus craverii (Salvad.) Coucs. B — . c — . R 758. (?) 



Craveri's Murrelet. 



870. Brachyrhamphus brachypterus Brdt. b 734. c — . R 759. (?) 



Short-winged 31urrelet. 



863. Al'-lS nlg'-ri-cans. AUc is a local dosigtiiition of this species and of Vria grtjUe. Its mcan- 



iiij; wc do noi know. It was loiij; tiio siiccific! nanu' of the hinl, taken for tlie generic 

 by Link in ISOO. — Lat. tiiijriaiiin, present parti('ii)le of a supposed verh iiif/ricu, equivalent 

 to iiii/resro, I jj;ro\v black, am blackisli. 



Tills stands In the orlg. ed. as Mayiilns alio : for the reason of the change, see Coues, 

 Bull. Xutt. Club, iv, 187'J, p. 211. 



864. Syn-thll-bo-rham'-phfls an-ti'-qQ-Cs. C<r. (rvvO\if}ai, I compress; o-vy, with, and OKifio), 



I press ; (ia.fi.(poi, beak. — Lat. uiitli/iiiis, antiiiue, ancient ; with refi'renee to tlie gray of 

 the head, like an old man's. Anlitiiois Is simply for niitlniKs, tins a form of diilinis, from 

 ante, bef(n'e ; one having retained the idea of being before In space, that Is, in front of, 

 the other having acquired the idea of priority In time, like didra ; the opjiosition in 

 either c.-'se is with jiosf, poslcti, behind, after. 



865. S. Q-ml-zu'-sfl-me. This ap])alling word we know nothing about exeei)t that it is 



transliterated from the .Taiianese, V'emmlnek having described the si)ecles from that 

 country ; " son nom japonais est irumiziisiiiiif," he says. We drop the w. 



866. Brach-y-rham'-ph»is mar-mS-ra'-tQs. (ir. /Spoxyy. short, and /5aM<por, beak. — Lat. mar- 



mnrotiis, marbled ; imirmor, marble; in allusion to the veined and clouded color. Marmnr 

 is the Or. fidpixapos, from fiapfialpo). I shine, glitter, sparkle, as did the beautiful white 

 stone which I'ra.xltelcs carved. — Miimirt is a. word coined by Coues in 18(J8 as a dimin- 

 utive of iiiiirir, like n'ritld. from river. 



807. B. kUt'-lItz-I. To !•'. II. von Kittlitz, traveller and naturalist. 



868. B. hyp-a-leu'-cfls. Or. iiru, under, and \evK6s, wlnte, meaning neither whitish nor under 



the wliitc, but white nnderneatii. 



Not In the orlg. ed. ; since recognized as probably valid. 



869. B. cra-ve'-rt-i. To Sig. Fcderico Craveri. 



Xot In the orlg. ed. ; since recognized as jierhaps distinct. 



870. B. bra-chyp'-tg-rQs. dr. /Spaxi's, sliort, atid TrTf'poi', wing. 



Not In the orlg. ed. (Since recognized by Kidgway. Paciflc Const. 



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