The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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archipelagica / archipelagicus / archipelagus

Italian arcipelago  archipelago. In classical times Arkhipelagos was a name given to the Aegean Sea  < Gr. αρχι- arkhi-  chief  < αρχω arkhō  to rule; πελαγος pelagos  sea. The term is now extended to any sea like it, thickly interspersed with islands, or rather to the islands themselves.
● Borneo, in the Malay Archipelago (Indicator).
● Mergui Archipelago, Burma / Myanmar (subsp. Mixornis gularis).


pelagica / pelagicus

L. pelagicus  marine, pelagic  < Gr. πελαγικος pelagikos  of the sea  < πελαγος pelagos  sea.
● "21. AQUILA pelagica.  ...  Aquila marina Steller. MS.  ...  Billings, navarcho qui Oceanum inter Camtschatcam et Americam ultimo exploravit, mihi relatum.  Frequens est maxima haec avis in Insulis inter Camtschatcam et Continentem Americes, praesertim in infami naufragio et morte Beringii insula" (Pallas 1811) (Haliaeetus).
● "64. PROCELLARIA.  ...  pelagica.  1. P. nigra, uropygio albo. Fn. svec. 249. Act. Stockh. 1745. p. 93. t. . .  Peteril. Clus. exot. 368. Damp. itin. 3. p. 97. Alb. av. 3. p. 87. t. 92. Edw. av. 90. t. 90. f. 1. Hirundo marina major apus, rostro adunco. Barr. æquin. 134.  Larus minimus, naribus tubulosis. Catesb. carol. 3. p. 14. t. 14.  Fregata marina apus subtus alba, superne nigra. Barr. av. 73.  Habitat in albo Oceano." (Linnaeus 1758) (Hydrobates).
● "366. PHALACROCORAX pelagicus.  ...  Corvus aquaticus, Morskoi Uril Stell. obs. MS. Latham.  ...  Cum praecedente maris Camtschatici orientalis et Americanarum insularum incola, praesertim scopulos a continente longius remotos frequentans ubi et hybernant." (Pallas 1811) (Urile).  
● L. Pelasgica  Pelasgian, after the Pelasgi, one of the nomadic tribes of ancient Greece (cf. Attic names used for swifts and swallows); "101. HIRUNDO.  ...  pelagica.  7. H. rectricibus æqualibus apice subulatis, nudis.  Hirundo, cauda aculeata, americana. Catesb. car. 3. p. 8. t. 8.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Chaetura). 


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