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 Circus: L., a sacred falcon which flies 



in circles, 141 



Cistothorus: kistos — rock-rose; thereuo 



— to seek, 102 



Coccygus: kokkttx — a cuckoo, . . 134 

 Colaptes: kolapto — to strike with the 



bill, 136 



Collurio: kolhmon-z. shrike (butcher, 1 16 

 Columba: L., a dove, .... 143 



Columba: L., doves, 143 



Columbidte, 143 



Colymbida, 15 1 



Colymbus: kolumbos — a diver, . . 151 

 Contopus: kontos — %^e.zx; pous — foot, 131 

 Conurus: konos — cone; oura — tail, 135 



CorvidcB, 128 



Corvus: L.. a raven, .... 129 

 Cotyle: kotule — a cavity or hole, . 113 

 Cupidonia: L., cupido — the god of 



love, 144 



Cyanurus: knaneos — blue; (?«r«-tail, 129 

 Cygnus: ktiknos — a swan, . . . 148 

 Cypselidce: L., cypselus — a swift {kiip- 



sele — a cavern), 132 



Dafila: Latin name, 148 



Dendroeca: denaron — tree; oikeo — to 



inhabit, 106 



Dolichonyx: dolichos — long; onux — 



claw 126 



Ectopistes: ektopisteos — disposed to 



depart, I43 



Elanus: elanos — a kite 156 



Empidonax: e7npis — a mosquito; anax 



— a prince, 131 



Eremophila: eremos — desert; phileo — 



love , . . 102 



Ereunetes: ey-ezinetes — an inquirer, 



searcher 145 \ 



Erismatura: ereisi7ia — a support, prop; j 



oura — tail, 149 i 



Euspiza: eu — true; spiza — a sparrow, 124 I 



Falco: L,, a falcon, 142 



Falconidcz, I39 



Florida: Florida, one of the U. S. 



where Herons abound, , . . 146 ! 

 Fntigillidi?: from L., Fritigilla — a ! 



finch, 117 j 



Fulica: L., a coot (sooty), . . 147 [ 



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 Fulix: same as Fulica, .... 147 

 Galeoscoptes; galce — weasel; skoptes 



— mocker, . 96 



Gallina: L., Callus — a cock, . . 144 

 Gallinago: L., Gal Una — a kind of 



wader, 145 



Gallinula: diminutive of Gallina, 147 

 Geothlypis: ge — the earth; thlupis — 



a warbler (?), 109 



Goniaphea: gonos — cheeks (?); phaios 



— black, 124 



Graculus: L., a jackdaw, from its 



note— ^tr;.,;, gya^ I49 



GruidcB, 147 



Grus: L., a crane, 147 



Guiraca: meaningless, .... 125 



Hamaiopodida , 145 



Haliaetus: hah — sea; aetos — eagle, 140 

 Harelda: L., a herald, .... 149 

 Harporhynchus: harpe — a sickle ; 



rhunchos — a bill, 95 



Helminthophaga; helmins — a worm; 



phago — to eat, 105 



Helmitherus: helmins — a worm; the- 

 reuo — to seek, 105 



Herodias: hetodios — a heron, . . 146 



Herodiones, 146 



Hesperiphona, hesperos — evening; 



phoneo — to sing, 1 19 



Himantopus: himaittopous — a kind of 

 water bird (crookshanks), . . 145 



Hirundinida, 112 



Hirundo: L., a swallow, . . . 1 13 

 Hydrochelidon: hzidor — water; cheli- 



don — swallow, 150 



Hylocichla: htile — forest; kichle — 



thrush, 94 



Hylotomus: hule — wood; tomos — cut- 

 ting, I35 



Ibis: name in Greek, .... 146 



Ictinia: iktinos — a kite, .... 146 



Icteria: ikteros — a yellowish green 



bird, the sight of which would 



cure the jaundice (ikteros). In the 



process the bird dies, .... 109 



IderidcB, 125 



Icterus, 128 



