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GLOSSARY OF SPECITIO NAMES. 



■atrofuscus: blackish-brown, 

 atromaculatus: black -spotted, 

 atronasus: black-nosed, 

 aura: pertaining to air. 

 aurantlacus: orange, 

 auratus: golden, 

 aureolas: gilded, 

 aurers: golden. 

 auricapiUus : golden- crowned. 

 auritus: long-eared, 

 aurora: sunrise, 

 austerus: austere, 

 baltimore : to Lord Baltimore, In 



sportive allusion to his black coat 



and scarlet vest, 

 bernlcla: a barnacle-goose, 

 bicolor; two-colored, 

 bifrenatus : two- bridled (stripe 



through snout), 

 biguttatus: two-spotted, 

 bllineatus: two-lined. 

 bimaculatus: two-spotted 

 bison; a buffalo, 

 blennioides: blenny-like. 

 blennloperca; blenny-perch. 

 boleoides: darter-like, 

 borealis: northern, 

 boreus: northern. 

 boscbas: a kind of duck, 

 bostoniensis : Bostonian. 

 bcachyotus: Gr. short-eared, 

 branta; brant, 

 brevicauda: short-tailed, 

 breviceps: short-headed, 

 brevirostris: short-billed, 

 brosmianus; like acusk. 

 brunneus: brown, 

 bubalinus; buSalo-like. 

 bubalus: buffalo. 

 buccatus: big- jawed. 

 buccinator: trumpeter, 

 bucco: big-cheeked, 

 bullaris: bubbling, 

 bursarius: purse -bearing, 

 cseruleus: blue, 

 cserulescens: bluish, 

 californicus: Californian. 

 calligaster : Gr. beautiful belly, 

 callipteryx; Gr. beautiful- flnned. 

 calendulus : a little lamp, 

 calvus: bald, 

 camurus: decurved. 

 canadensis: Canadian. 

 candidissimns: most white. 



canlnus: dog-like, 

 canls: a dog. 



cantabrigensis: from Cambridge, 

 cantiacus: Kentish. 

 canutus : hoary, 

 caprodes: Gr. like a pig. 

 carbo: coal-black, 

 caribseus: Caribbean. 

 caribou: French Canadian name, 

 carinatus: keeled, 

 carnivorus: carnivorous, 

 carollnensis : Carolinian, 

 carolinus: Carolinian. 

 carpio: a carp. 

 caspius: Caspian, 

 castaneus; chestnut-colored, 

 cataractse: from Niagara Falls, 

 cataractus: a cataract, 

 catenatus: with chain-like lines, 

 catulus a kitten. 

 catus: a cat. 



caudacutus: sharp-tailed. 

 caudaf urcatus : fork -tailed, 

 caudatus: long-tailed, 

 cavifrons: having the front concava 

 cayuga: Cayuga Lake. 

 cedrorum: living among cedars. 

 celatus; concealed, 

 cephalus: Gr. big-headed, 

 cervinus: tawny, like a deer. 

 chEetodon: a marine genus. 

 chalybgeus: steel -colored, 

 charybdls: a somewhat noted whirl- 

 pool. 

 chrysaetus: Gr. golden eagle. 

 chrysocephalus : Gr. golden -headed, 

 chrysochloris: Gr. golden-green, 

 chrysoleucus: Gr. golden -white, 

 chrysops: Gr. golden-eyed, 

 chrysopsis: Gr. golden appearance. 

 chrysopterus: Gr. gold en -winged. 

 cinereoargentatus: silver-gray. 

 cinereus: ashy-gray. 

 circulosus: with circles or rings, 

 ciris; a water-bird of some kind, 

 citrseus: citron-yellow. 

 clamitans: screaming, 

 clangula: a sharp bird's scream, 

 clausus: closed. 



clupeiformis: herring or shad-shaped. 

 clypeata: shielded. 

 coccogenls: Gr. scarlet-cheeked, 

 coenosus: muddy. 

 coUapsus: slab-sided. 



