The Key to Scientific Names
- ARREMON
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Pectoral Sparrow A. taciturnus) Gr. αρρημων arrhēmōn, αρρημονος arrhēmonos silent, without speech < negative prefix α- a- ; ῥημων rhēmōn, ῥημονος rhēmonos speaker < ερω erō I will speak < λεγω legō to speak; “Oiseau silentieux ... il ne va pas en compagnie, on le trouve toujours seul dans le fond des grands bois fort éloignés des endroits habités, & on ne l'a jamais entendu ramager ni même jeter aucun cri" (de Buffon 1770-1783); "67. ARREMON, Arremon. Tanagra, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec médiocre un peu fort, conico-convexe, à bords courbés en dedans, échancré et fléchi à la pointe.— Première remige plus courte que la septième. Esp. Oiseau silencieux, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Arremon Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 32. Type, by monotypy, "L'Oiseau Silencieux" of Buffon = Tanagra taciturna Hermann." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 182).
Var. Aremon, Arrhemon, Aneman, Arremo.
Synon. Buarremon, Lysurus.- Arremonoides
(Passerellidae; syn. Arremon † Chestnut-capped Brush-finch A. brunneinucha) Genus Arremon Vieillot, 1816, sparrow; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling (JG; see Manuscript-names).
- arremonops
Genus Arremon Vieillot, 1816, sparrow; Gr. ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos appearance (Oreothraupis).
- ARREMONOPS
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Olive Sparrow A. rufivirgatus) Genus Arremon Vieillot, 1816, sparrow; Gr. ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos appearance; “(71.) GENUS ARREMONOPS RIDGWAY. ... 586. A. rufivirgata LAWR. Texas Sparrow. ... (71.) Page 434, GENUS ARREMONOPS. New genus: Type, Embernagra rufivirgata LAWR. The Mexican and Central American species usually referred to the genus Embernagra LESS. are so different in structural and other characters from the type of the latter (Emberiza platensis GMEL.) that only a moment's comparison is necessary to demonstrate their generic distinctness. The name chosen for the new genus is selected on account of the very close affinity of the birds in question to those of the genus Arremon VIEILL. (usually placed among the Tanagers). In fact, I have found it difficult to discover reasons for separating them generically from the latter.” (Ridgway 1896); "Arremonops Ridgway, Man. N. Amer. Bds., 2nd ed., pp. 434, 605, 1896—type, by orig. desig., Embernagra rufivirgata Lawrence." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 439).
- Buarremon
(Passerellidae; syn. Arremon † White-browed Brushfinch A. torquatus) Gr. βου- bou- huge, great < βους bous bull; genus Arremon Vieillot, 1816, finch; "*1007. Buarremon, Bp. (Arremon et Embernagra, p. Gr.) Am. m. et c. 10. 1. EMBERNAGRA torquata, Orb. (Arremon affinis, Lafr. A. silens! p. Gr.) Voy. Am. m. Ois. t. 27. 1. ex Gangas. Major Arremonis silentis ... 2. ARREMON assimilis, Lafr. et Boissonn. Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 67. ex Columbia. Similis praecedenti ... 3. ARREMON pallidinucha, Lafr. et Boissonn. Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 68. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota. ... 4. EMBERNAGRA brunneinucha, Lafr. (Arremon frontalis, Tschudi.) Rev. Zool. 1839. p. 97. ex Mexico, Columbia, Peru. Similis B. torquato ... 5. ARREMON albifrenatus, Lafr. et Boissonn. Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 68. ex Columbia. ... 6. ARREMON rufinucha, Orb. (Embernagra rufinucha, Lafr.) Voy. Am. m. Ois. t. 27. 2. ex Yungas. ... 7. EMBERNAGRA albinucha, Lafr. 1838. (mexicana, Less.1839.) Rev. Zool. 1838. p. 165. ex Mexico. ... 8. ARREMON gutturalis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 98. ex Columbia. ... 9. ARREMON schistaceus, Lafr. et Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 69. ex Bogota. ... 10. EMBERNAGRA pyrgitoides, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1839. p. 97. ex Mexico." (Bonaparte 1850); "Buarremon Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., 1, (2), p. 483, 1850—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., p. 74, 1855), Embernagra torquata Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 384). Cabanis, 1853, Museum Heineanum, I, p. 141, listed Buarremon Bonaparte, 1850, with the exclamation mark of disapproval (!) but, uncharacteristically, did not provide a replacement name.
