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GLOSSARY 



SPECIFIC NAMES 



The following Glossary includes most of 

 the exception of words formed from names 

 unless otherwise specified : 



acadiacus : Acadian. 



aedon : Gr. a nightingale. 



sestivus: summer. 



affinis : akin to. 



agilis : agile. 



albeolus : whitish, 



albicoUis : white-throated. 



albus: white. 



alcyon : halcyon — a sea bird — during 

 whose nesting there is always a calm. 



alpestris : alpine. 



americanus : American. 



anglicus : English. 



arcticus : arctic. 



ardens: burning. 



arenarius : living in sand. 



argentatus : silvered. 



asio : a horned owl. 



.ater : black. 



atricapillus : black-capped. 



aura: pertaining to air. 



auricapillus : golden-crowned. 



baltimore : to Lord Baltimore, in sport- 

 ive allusion to his black coat and 

 scarlet vest. 



bernicla : a barnacle-goose. 



bicolor : two-colored. 



borealis : northern. 



■boschas: a kind of duc^. 



brachyotus : Gr. short-eared. 



calendulus : Gr. beautiful-finned. 



canadensis : Canadian. 



candidi.ssimus : most white. 



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the specific names here mentioned, with 

 of persons. They are of Latin origin, 



carolinesis: Carolinian. 



caspus: Caspian. 



castaneus : chestnut-colored. 



caudacutus : sharp-tailed. 



cedrorum : living among cedars. 



celatus : concealed. 



chrysaetus : Gr. golden eagle. 



chrysopterus: Gr. golden-winged. 



citraeus : citron-colored. 



clangula : a sharp bird's-scream. 



clypeata : shielded. 



collaris : collared. 



colubris : pertaining to a snake. 



columbianus : pertaining to a ddve. 



coenutus : horned. 



coronatus : crowned. 



crinitus : long-haired. 



cristatus : crested. 



cucullatus: hooded. 



cupido : Cupid. 



cyanocephalus : Gr. blue-headed. 



dilophus: Gr. two-crested. 



discolor: two-colored. 



domesticus : domestic. 



dominions : from San Domingo. 



egretta : Italian — an Egret. 



elegans : elegant. 



enucleator : one who takes the seed from 

 the husk. 



erythropthalmus : Gr. red-eyed. 



excubitoroides : like excubitor — a sen- 

 tinel. 



familiaris : familiar. 



