j28 Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia . 
STOMIOPERA : An “error of spelling for Stomioptera (Richmond). Gk. pteron, 
a wing. 
sunbird : See Nectariniidae. 
SYMA : Lesson’s name for a genus of Kingfishers. It is the name of a sea-nymph 
and of an island in the iEgean Sea. 
TANYSIPTERA : G. long-feathered, on account of the long central tail feathers 
of this kingfisher. 
TADORNA : Latinized from an Italian word, and used by Bel on, 1555. 
teesa : Native Indian. 
tibicen : L. fluteplayer (Coracias tibiccn Lath.). Watling’s note is “ Piping roller. 
This bird has a soft note, not unlike the sound of a well-tuned flute.” 
loroloro : Said to be the native name of the bird. 
TOT AN US : Latinized from Italian totano f moorhen. 
TRERONID/E: Gk. treron meaning timorous, was the usual epithet in Homer of the 
wild dove pelela . 
TRICHODERE : Hair, neck ; refers to the hair-like appearance of the sides of the 
feathers on the throat and foreneck. 
trichroa : Greek equivalent of Latin tricolor and English three-coloured. 
TRINGA : New Latin or Latinized from an Aristotelian bird name, Tryngas. 
tropic-bird : See Phaethon . 
turtur : Latin for dove. Pachyptila turtur is called the Fairy Prion, and P. 
desolata the Dove Prion. This seems strange. 
tyrannula : Small Tyrannus —a genus that W. H. Hudson says represents in 
South America the flycatchers of the Old World. The tnrannos of Aristotle 
is said to be undoubtedly the European Goldcrcst (Regulus regulus). 
undulatus : From the wave-like markings on the plumage. 
urinatrix : Feminine form of urinator, a diver (cf. piscatrix). Urinatores was 
Vieillot’s name for the group of divers in 1810. 
UROAETUS : From Greek oura, tail, and aetos, eagle. When u appears in the 
names derived from the Greek, it represents the diphthong ou in the Greek 
word. Single u becomes y in English. 
VANELLUS : Diminutive of L. vannus , winnowing fan. On account of the 
peculiar winnowing action of its wings, this name was given to the English 
lapwing — Vanellus vanellus. 
wallicus : Geographical adjective for New South Wales, 
whimbrel : See Numenius. 
XENORHYNCHUS : Strange bill. Jabiru was originally the Brazilian name of a 
large South American Stork (Marcgrave). 
ypsilophorus : Bearing the Greek letter XJpsilon (shape of English Y or V). 
ZANTHOMIZA : Should be spelt Xanthomiza . Xanthos is Greek for yellow, so 
Xanthotis , xanihopygius. 
