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American ornithology; or The natural history of the birds of the United States : illustrated with plates, engraved and coloured from original drawings taken from nature
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- 1828-1829
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- By Alexander Wilson ; with a sketch of the author's life by George Ord.
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- American ornithology; or The natural history of the birds of the United States Vol. I 1828
- American ornithology; or The natural history of the birds of the United States Vol. II 1828
- American ornithology; or The natural history of the birds of the United States Vol. III 1829
- American ornithology; or The natural history of the birds of the United States [Vol. IV] 1829
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- The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States
- Creator
- Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813
- Contributor
- Ord, George, 1781-1866
- Publishers
- New York: Collins & Co.
- Philadelphia: Harrison Hall
- Date
- 1828-1829
- Description of Original
- 3 volumes ; 26 cm + 1 atlas (76 leaves of color plates)
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- Language
- English
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- [Cover]
- [Title Page]
- Contents of vol. I
- Editor's preface
- Preface to the life of Wilson
- Sketch of the author's life
- Introduction
- Div. I. Aves terrestres. Land birds. Order I. Accipitres. Rapacious. Genus I. Vultur. Vultures. Species I. V. Aura. Turkey vulture or turkey-buzzard
- Species 2. Vultur jota. Black vulture, or carrion-crow
- Genus 2. Falco. Falcons. Species I. F. Peregrinus. Great-footed hawk
- Species 2. Falco sparverius. American sparrow hawk
- Falco sparverius. American sparrow hawk
- Species 3. Falco columbarius. Pigeon hawk
- Species 4. Falco leucocephalus. White-headed or bald eagle
- Falco ossifragus. Sea eagle
- Species 5. Falco fulvus. Ring-tail eagle
- Species 6. Falco haliætus. Fish-hawk, or osprey
- Species 7. Falco atricapillus. Ash-coloured, or black-cap hawk
- Species 8. Falco borealis. Red-tailed hawk
- Falco leverianus? American buzzard
- Species 9. Falco pennsylvanicus. Slate-coloured hawk
- Falco velox. Sharp-shinned hawk
- Species 10. Falco pennsylvanicus. Broad-winged hawk
- Species 11. Falco furcatus. Swallow-tailed hawk
- Species 12. Falco mississippiensis. Mississippi kite
- Species 13. Falco lagopus. Rough-legged falcon
- Species 14. Falco niger. Black hawk
- Black hawk. - (Variety.)
- Species 16. Falco hyemalis. Winter falcon
- Falco lineatus. Red-shouldered hawk
- Species 16. Falco uliginosus. Marsh hawk
- Genus 3. Strix. Owl. Species 1. Strix nyctea. Snow owl
- Species 2. Strix hudsonia. Hawk owl
- Species 3. Strix nebulosa. Barred owl
- Species 4. Strix flammea. White, or barn owl
- Species 5. Strix passerina. Little owl
- Species 6. Strix brachyotos. Short-eared owl
- Species 7. Strix virginiana. Great horned-owl
- Species 8. Strix otus. Long-eared owl
- Species 9. Strix nævia. Mottled owl
- Strix asio. Red owl
- Order II. Picæ. Pies. Genus 4. Lanius. Shrike. Species 1. Lanius excubitor? Great American shrike, or butcher-bird
- Species 2. Lanius carolinensis. Loggerhead shrike
- Genus 5. Psittacus. Parrot. P. Carolinensis. Carolina parrot
- Genus 13. Corvus. Crow. Species 1. C. corax. Raven
- Species 2. Corvus corone. Crow
- Species 3. Corvus columbianus. Clark's Crow
- Species 4. Corvus ossifragus. Fish-crow
- Species 5. Corvus pica. Magpie
- Species 6. Corvus cristatus. Blue jay
- Species 7. Corvus canadensis. Canada jay
- Genus 15. Oriolus. Species 1. Oriolus baltimorus. Baltimore oriole
- Oriolus baltimorus. Baltimore oriole
- Species 2. Oriolus mutatus. Orchard oriole
- Genus 16. Gracula. Grakle [sic]. Species 1. Gracula ferruginea. Rusty grakle
- Species 2. Gracula quiscala. Purple grakle [sic]
- Genus 20. Cuculus cuckoo. Species 1. Cuculus carolinensis. Yellow-billed cuckoo
- Species 2. Cuculus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed cuckoo
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- [Title Page]
- Contents of vol. II
- Genus XXII. Picus. Woodpecker. Species 1. Picus principalis. Ivory-billed woodpecker
- Species 2. Picus pileatus. Pileated woodpecker
- Species 3. Picus auratus. Golden-winged woodpecker
- Species 4. Picus erythrocephalus. Red-headed woodpecker
- Species 5. Picus varius. Yellow-bellied woodpecker
- Species 6. Picus villosus. Hairy woodpecker
- Species 7. Picus pubescens. Downy woodpecker
- Species 8. Picus querulus. Red-cockaded woodpecker
- Species 9. Picus torquatus. Lewis's woodpecker
- Species 10. Picus carolinus. Red-bellied woodpecker
- Genus XXV. Sitta. Nuthatch. Species 1. S. carolinensis. White-breasted nuthatch
- Species 2. Sitta varia. Red-bellied nuthatch
- Species 3. Sitta pusilla. Brown-headed nuthatch
- Genus XXIV. Alcedo. Kingsfisher [sic]. Species. A. alcyon. Belted kingsfisher [sic]
- Genus 29. Certhia. Creeper. Species 1. C. familiaris. Brown creeper
- Species 2. Certhia maculata. Black and white creeper
- Species 3. Certhia caroliniana. Great Carolina wren
- Species 4. Certhia palustris. Marsh wren
- Genus 30. Trochilus. Humming-bird. Species. T. colubris. Humming-bird
- Order III. Passeres. Passerine. Genus 31. Sturnus. Starling. Species. S. predatorius. Red-winged starling
- Genus 32. Turdus. Thrush. Species 1. T. polyglottus. Mocking-bird
- Species 2. Turdus rufus. Ferruginous thrush
- Species 3. Turdus melodus. Wood thrush
- Species 4. Turdus solitarius. Hermit thrush
- Species 5. Turdus mustelinus. Tawny thrush
- Species 6. Turdus aquaticus. Water thrush
- Species 7. Turdus aurocapillus. Golden-crowned thrush
- Species 8. Turdus lividus. Cat-bird
- Species 9. Turdus migratorius. Robin
- Genus 33. Ampelis. Chatterer. Species. A. americana. Cedar-bird
- Genus 35. Loxia. Grosbeak. Species 1. L. cardinalis. Cardinal grosbeak
- Species 2. Loxia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted grosbeak
- Species 3. Loxia cærulea. Blue grosbeak
- Species 4. Loxia enucleator. Pine grosbeak
- Genus 35. Curvirostra. Crossbill. Species 1. C. americana. American crossbill
- Species 2. Curvirostra leucoptera. White-winged crossbill
- Genus 36. Emberiza. Bunting. Black-throated bunting. Species 1. E. americana
- Species 2. Emberiza erythrophthalma. Towhe [sic] bunting
- Emberiza erythrophthalma. Towhe [sic] bunting
- Species 3. Emberiza oryzivora. Rice bunting
- Species 4. Emberiza pecoris. Cow bunting
- Species 5. Emberiza nivalis. Snow bunting
- Species 6. Emberiza ciris. Painted bunting
- Species 7. Emberiza leucophrys. White-crowned bunting
- Species 8. Emberiza graminea. Bay-winged bunting
- Genus 37. Tanagra. Tanager. Species 1. T. rubra. Scarlet tanager
- Species 2. Tanagra æstiva. Summer red-bird
- Species 3. Tanagra ludoviciana. Louisiana tanager
- Genus 38. Fringilla. Finch. Species 1. F. tristis. Yellow-bird, or goldfinch
- Species 2. Fringilla purpurea. Purple finch
- Fringilla purpurea. Purple finch
- Species 3. Fringilla pusilla. Field sparrow
- Species 4. Fringilla arborea. Tree sparrow
- Species 5. Fringilla melodia. Song sparrow
- Species 6. Fringilla socialis. Chipping sparrow
- Species 7. Fringilla hudsonia. Snow-bird
- Species 8. Fringilla pinus. Pine finch
- Species 9. Fringilla albicollis. White-throated sparrow
- Species 10. Fringilla palustris. Swamp sparrow
- Species 11. Fringilla maritima. Sea-side finch
- Species 12. Fringilla caudacuta. Sharp-tailed finch
- Species 13. Fringilla savanna. Savannah finch
- Fringilla savanna. Savannah sparrow
- Species 14. Fringilla ferruginea. Fox-coloured sparrow
- Species 15. Fringilla linaria. Lesser red-poll
- Species 16. Fringilla passerina. Yellow-winged sparrow
- Species 17. Fringilla cyanea. Indigo bird
- Genus 40. Muscicapa. Flycatcher. Species 1. M. tyrannus. Tyrant flycatcher, or king-bird
- Species 2. Muscicapa crinita. Great crested flycatcher
- Species 3. Muscicapa nunciola. Pewit flycatcher
- Species 4. Muscicapa rapax. Wood pewee flycatcher
- Species 5. Muscicapa querula. Small green, crested flycatcher
- Species 6. Muscicapa ruticilla. American redstart
- Muscicapa ruticilla. Redstart
- Species 7. Muscicapa cærulea. Blue-gray flycatcher
- Species 8. Muscicapa sylvicola. Yellow-throated flycatcher
- Species 9. Muscicapa solitaria. Solitary flycatcher
- Species 10. Muscicapa cantatrix. White-eyed flycatcher
- Species 11. Muscicapa melodia. Warbling flycatcher
- Species 12. Muscicapa olivacea. Red-eyed flycatcher
- Species 13. Muscicapa cucullata. Hooded flycatcher
- Species 14. Muscicapa canadensis. Canada flycatcher
- Species 15. Muscicapa pusilla. Green black-capt flycatcher
- Species 16. Muscicapa minuta. Small-headed flycatcher
- Genus 41. Alauda. Lark. Species 1. A. magna. Meadow lark
- Species 2. Alauda alpestris. Shore lark
- Species 3. Alauda rufa. Brown lark
- Genus 43. Sylvia. Warbler. Species 1. S. sialis. Blue-bird
- Species 2. Sylvia calendula. Ruby-crowned wren
- Species 3. Sylvia marilandica. Maryland yellow-throat
- Sylvia marilandica. Maryland yellow-throat
- Species 4. Sylvia regulus. Golden-crested wren
- Species 5. Sylvia domestica. House wren
- Species 6. Sylvia troglodytes? Winter wren
- Species 7. Sylvia flavicollis. Yellow-throat warbler
- Species 8. Sylvia castanea. Bay-breasted warbler
- Species 9. Sylvia pennsylvanica. Chestnut-sided warbler
- Species 10. Sylvia philadelphia. Mourning warbler
- Species 11. Sylvia solitaria. Blue-winged yellow warbler
- Species 12. Sylvia chrysoptera. Golden-winged warbler
- Species 13. Sylvia citrinella. Blue-eyed yellow warbler
- Species 14. Sylvia canadensis. Black-throated blue warbler
- Species 15. Sylvia virens. Black-throated green warbler
- Species 16. Sylvia coronata. Yellow-rump warbler
- Sylvia coronata. Yellow rump
- Species 17. Sylvia cærulea. Cerulean warbler
- Species 18. Sylvia pinus. Pine-creeping warbler
- Species 19. Sylvia magnolia. Black and yellow warbler
- Species 20. Sylvia blackburnia. Blackburnian warbler
- Species 21. Sylvia autumnalis. Autumnal warbler
- Species 22. Sylvia protonotarius. Prothonotary warbler
- Species 23. Sylvia vermivora. Worm-eating warbler
- Species 24. Sylvia peregrina. Tennesee [Tennessee] warbler
- Species 25. Sylvia formosa. Kentucky warbler
- Species 26. Sylvia minuta. Prairie warbler
- Species 27. Sylvia rara. Blue-green warbler
- Species 28. Sylvia rubricapilla. Nashville warbler
- Species 29. Sylvia pusilla. Blue yellow-back warbler
- Species 30. Sylvia petechia. Yellow red-poll warbler
- Species 31. Sylvia striata. Black-poll warbler
- Sylvia striata. Black-poll warbler
- Species 32. Sylvia agilis. Connecticut warbler
- Species 33. Sylvia leucoptera. Pine-swamp warbler
- Species 34. Sylvia Montana. Blue-mountain warbler
- Species 35. Sylvia parus. Hemlock warbler
- Species 36. Sylvia maritima. Cape-May warbler
- Genus 44. Pipra. Manakin. Species. Pipra polyglotta. Yellow-breasted chat
- Genus 45. Parus. Titmouse. Species 1. P. atricapillus. Black-capt titmouse
- Species 2. Parus bicolor. Crested titmouse
- Genus 46. Hirundo. Swallow. Species 1. H. purpurea. Purple martin
- Species 2. Hirundo americana. Barn swallow
- Species 3. Hirundo viridis. White-bellied swallow
- Species 4. Hirundo riparia. Bank swallow, or sand martin
- Species 5. Hirundo pelasgia. Chimney swallow
- Genus 47. Caprimulgus. Goatsucker. Species 1. C. carolinensis. Chuck-will's-widow
- Species 2. Caprimulgus americanus. Night-hawk
- Caprimulgus vociferus. Whip-poor-will
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- [Title Page]
- Contents of vol. III
- Order IV. Columbae. Columbine. Genus 48. Columba. Pigeon. Species 1. C. migratoria. Passenger pigeon
- Species 2. Columba carolinensis. Carolina pigeon, or turtle dove
- Species 3. Columba passerina. Ground dove
- Genus 56. Tetrao. Species 1. T. umbellus. Ruffed grous [grouse]
- Species 2. Tetrao cupido. Pinnated grous [grouse]
- Genus 57. Perdix. Species P. virginianus. Quail, or partridge
- Introduction to the water birds
- Div. II. Aves aquaticae. Water birds. Order VII. Grallae. Waders. Genus 64. Platalea. Spoonbill. Species. P. Ajaja. Roseate spoonbill
- Genus 69. Ardea. Heron. Species 1. A. minor. American bittern
- Species 2. Ardea caerulea. Blue crane, or heron
- Species 3. Ardea herodias. Great heron
- Species 4. Ardea egretta. Great white heron
- Species 5. Ardea virescens. Green heron
- Species 6. Ardea exilis. Least bittern
- Species 7. Ardea ludoviciana. Louisiana heron
- Species 8. Ardea nycticorax. Night heron, or qua-bird
- Species 9. Ardea candidissima. Snowy heron
- Species 10. Ardea americana. Whooping crane
- Species 11. Ardea violacea. Yellow-crowned heron
- Genus 70. Tantalus. Ibis. Species 1. Tantalus loculator. Wood ibis
- Species 2. Tantalus ruber. Scarlet ibis
- Species 3. Tantalus albus. White ibis
- Genus 71. Numenius. Curlew. Species 1. N. longirostris. Long-billed curlew
- Species 2. N. borealis. Esquimaux curlew
- Genus 72. Scolopax. Snipe. Species 1. Scolopax fedoa. Great marbled godwit
- Species 2. Scolopax minor. Woodcock
- Species 3. Scolopax gallinago. Snipe
- Species 4. Scolopax noveboracensis. Red-breasted snipe
- Species 5. Scolopax semipalmata. Semipalmated snipe
- Species 6. Scolopax vociferus. Tell-tale godwit, or snipe
- Species 7. Scolopax flavipes. Yellow-shanks snipe
- Genus 73. Tringa. Sandpiper. Species 1. T. bartramia. Bartram's sandpiper
- Species 2. Tringa solitaria. Solitary sandpiper
- Species 3. Tringa macularia. Spotted sandpiper
- Species 4. Tringa semipalmata. Semipalmated sandpiper
- Species 5. Tringa pusilla. Little sandpiper
- Species 6. Tringa alpina. Red-backed sandpiper
- Tringa cinclus. The purre
- Species 7. Tringa rufa. Red-breasted sandpiper
- Tringa cinerea. Ash-coloured sandpiper
- Species 8. Tringa interpres. Turn-stone
- Genus 74. Charadrius. Plover. Species 1. C. hiaticula. Ringed plover
- Species 2. C. hiaticula. Ring plover
- Species 3. Charadrius wilsonius. Wilson's plover
- Species 4. Charadrius vociferus. Kildeer plover
- Species 5. Charadrius pluvialis. Golden plover
- Species 6. Charadrius apricarius. Black-bellied plover
- Species 7. Charadrius calidris. Sanderling plover
- Charadrius rubidus. Ruddy plover
- Genus 76. Haematopus. Oyster-catcher. Species. H. ostralegus. Pied oyster-catcher
- Genus 78. Rallus. Rail, Species 1. R. crepitans. Clapper rail
- Species 2. Rallus virginianus. Virginian rail
- Species 3. Rallus carolinus. Rail
- Genus 80. Gallinula. Galinule. Species 1. G. martinica. Martinico gallinule
- Order VIII. Pinnatipedes. Pinnated feet. Genus 82. Phalaropus. Phalarope. Species I. P. fulicarius. Gray phalarope
- Species 2. Phalaropus lobatus. Brown phalarope
- Genus 83. Fulica. Coot. Species 8. F. americana. Cinereous coot
- Genus 85. Recurvirostra. Avoset [Avocet]. Species 1. R. Americana. American avoset [avocet]
- Species 2. Recurvirostra himantopus. Long-legged avoset [avocet]
- Genus 87. Phoenicopterus. Flamingo. Species. P. ruber. Red flamingo
- Genus 90. Uria. Guillemot. Species. Uria alle. Little guillemot
- Genus 91. Colymbus. Diver. Species C. glacialis. Great northern diver or loon
- Genus 92. Rynchops. Skimmer. Species. Rhynochops nigra. Black skimmer, or shearwater
- Genus 93. Sterna. Tern. Species 1. Sterna hirundo. Great tern
- Species 2. Sterna minuta. Lesser tern
- Species 3. Sterna aranea. Marsh tern
- Species 4. Sterna plumbea. Short-tailed tern
- Species 5. Sterna fuliginosa. Sooty tern
- Genus 94. Larus. Gull. Species. L. atricilla. Laughing gull
- Genus 95. Procellaria. Petrel. Species. P. pelagica. Stormy petrel
- Genus 96. Mergus. Merganser. Species 1. M. merganser. Goosander
- Mergus. Merganser. Goosander
- Species 2. Mergus serrator. Red-breasted merganser
- Species 3. Mergus albellus. The smew, or white nun
- Species 4. Mergus cucullatus. Hooded merganser
- Genus 97. Anas. Duck. Species 1. Anas canadensis. Canada goose
- Species 2. Anas hyperborea. Snow goose
- Anas hyperborea. Young of the snow goose
- Species 3. Anas bernicla. The brant
- Species 4. Anas clypeata. Shoveller
- Species 5. Anas boschas. The mallard
- Species 6. Anas strepera. The gadwall
- Species 7. Anas acuta. Pintail duck
- Species 8. Anas americana. American widgeon
- Species 9. Anas obscura. Dusky duck
- Species 10. Anas sponsa. Summer duck, or wood duck
- Species 11. Anas discors. Blue-winged teal
- Species 12. Anas crecca. Green-winged teal
- Species 13. Anas mollissima. Eider duck
- Anas mollissima. Eider duck
- Species 14. Anas perspicillata. Black, or surf duck
- Species 15. Anas fusca. Velvet duck
- Species 16. Anas nigra. Scoter duck
- Species 17. Anas rubidus. Ruddy duck
- Anas rubidus. Ruddy duck
- Species 18. Anas valisineria. Canvas-back duck
- Species 19. Anas ferina? Red-headed duck
- Species 20. Anas marila. Scaup duck
- Species 21. Anas fuligula. Tufted duck
- Species 22. Anas clangula. Golden eye
- Species 23. Anas albeola. Buffel-headed [sic] duck
- Species 24. Anas glacialis. Long-tailed duck
- Long-tailed duck
- Species 25. Anas labradora. Pied duck
- Species 26. Anas histrionica. Harlequin duck
- Genus 101. Plotus. Darter. Species. P. anhinga. Darter or snake-bird
- Plotus anhinga. Darter or snake-bird
- General index
- Subscribers' names
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- Wilson's American ornithology
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- 1. Corvuscristatus, blue jay. 2. Fringilla tristis, yellow-bird or goldfinch. 3. Orioles baltimorus, Baltimore bird
- 1. Turdus melodus, wood thrush. 2. Turdus migratorius, red-breasted thrush, or robin. 3. Sitta carolinensis, white breasted black-capped nuthatch. 4. Sitta varia, red-bellied-black-capped nuthatch
- 1. Picus auratus, gold-winged woodpecker. 2. Emberiza americana, black-throated bunting. 3. Motacilla sialis, blue bird
- Oriolus spurius, orchard oriole. 1. Female. 2. and 3. Males of the second and third years. 4. Male in complete plumage. a. Egg of the orchard oriole. b. Egg of the Baltimore oriole
- 1. Great American strike, or butcher bird. 2. Pine grossbeak. 3. Ruby-crowned wren. 4. Shore lark
- 1. Maryland yellow throat. 2. Yellow breasted chat. 3. Summer red bird. 4. Female. 5. Indigo bird. 6. American redstart
- 1. Cedar bird. 2. Redbellied woodpecker. 3. Yellow-throated flycatcher. 4. Purple finch
- 1. Brown creeper. 2. Golden-crested wren. 3. House wren. 4. Black-capt titmouse. 5. Crested titmouse. 6. Winter wren
- 1. Red-headed woodpecker. 2. Yellow-bellied w. 3. Hairy w. 4. Downy w.
- 1. Mocking bird. 2. Egg. 3. and 4. Male and female humming bird, nest and eggs. 5. Towhé bunting. 6. Egg
- 1. Cardinal grosbeak. 2. Female and egg. 3. Red tanager. 4. Female and egg
- 1. Rice bunting. 2. Female. 3. Red-eyed flycatcher. 4. Marsh wren. 5. Great Carolina wren. 6. Yellow-throat warbler
- 1. Tyrant flycatcher. 2. Great crested f. 3. Small green crested f. 4. Pe-we f. 5. Wood pe-we f.
- 1. Brown thrush. 2. Golden-crowned th. 3. Cat bird. 4. Bay-breasted warbler. 5. Chesnut-sided w. 6. Mourning w.
- 1. Red-cocaded woodpecker. 2. Brown-headed nuthatch. 3. Pigeon hawk. 4. Blue-winged yellow warbler. 5. Golden-winged w. 6. Blue-eyed yellow w. 7. Black-breasted blue w.
- 1. American sparrow hawk. 2. Field sparrow. 3. Tree sp. 4. Song sp. 5. Chipping sp. 6. Snow bird
- 1. American siskin. 2. Rose-breasted grosbeak. 3. Green black-throated warbler. 4. Yellow rump w. 5. Coerulean w. 6. Solitary flycatcher
- 1. Cow bunting. 2. Female. 3. Young. 4. Maryland yellow throat. 5. Blue grey flycatcher. 6. White-eyed f.
- 1. Mottled owl. 2. Meadow lark. 3. Black and white creeper. 4. Pine-creeping warbler
- 1. Louisiana tanager. 2. Clarks crow. 3. Lewis's woodpecker
- 1. Canada jay. 2. Snow bunting. 3. Rusty grakle. 4. Purple grakle
- 1. Swamp sparrow. 2. White-throated sp. 3. Savannah sp. 4. Fox-coloured sp. 5. Loggerhead shrike
- 1. Belted kingsfisher. 2. Black and yellow warbler. 3. Blackburnian w. 4. Autumnal w. 5. Water thrush
- 1. Painted bunting. 2. Female. 3. Prothonotary warbler. 4. Wormeating w. 5. Yellow-winged sparrow. 6. Blue grosbeak
- 1. Mississippi kite. 2. Tennesee [Tennessee] warbler. 3. Kentucky w. 4. Prairie w.
- 1. Carolina parrot. 2. Canada flycatcher. 3. Hooded f. 4. Green, black-capt f.
- 1. Pinnated grous. 2. Blue-green warbler. 3. Nashville w.
- 1. Carolina cuckoo. 2. Black-billed c. 3. Blue yellow-backed warbler. 4. Yellow red-poll w.
- 1. Ivory billed woodpecker, reduced. 2. Pileated w., reduced. 3. Red headed w., drawn by the same scale
- 1. Red-winged starling. 2. Female. 3. Black-poll warbler. 4. Lesser red-poll
- 1. American crossbill. 2. Female. 3. White-winged crossbill. 4. White-crown'd bunting. 5. Bay-winged b.
- 1. Snow owl. 2. Male sparrow hawk
- 1. Rough-legged falcon. 2. Barred owl. 3. Short-eared o.
- 1. Little owl. 2. Sea-side finch. 3. Sharp-tailed f. 4. Savannah f.
- 1. Winter falcon. 2. Magpie. 3. Crow
- White-headed eagle
- 1. Fish-hawk. 2. Fish-crow. 3. Ring plover. 4. Least snipe
- 1. Barn swallow. 2. Female. 3. White-bellied s. 4. Bank s.
- 1. Chimney swallow. 2. Purple martin. 3. Female. 4. Connecticut warbler
- 1. Night-hawk. 2. Female
- 1. Whip-poor-will. 2. Female
- 1. Red owl. 2. Warbling flycatcher. 3. Purple finch. 4. Brown lark
- 1. Turtle dove. 2. Hermit thrush. 3. Tawney thrush. 4. Pine-swamp warbler
- 1. Passenger pigeon. 2. Blue-mountain warbler. 3. Hemlock w.
- 1. Sharp-shinn'd hawk. 2. Redstart. 3. Yellow-rump
- 1. Slate-coloured hawk. 2. Ground dove. 3. Female
- 1. Snipe. 2. Quail or partridge
- Rail. Wood-cock
- Ruffled grous or pheasant
- 1. Great horned owl. 2. Barn o. 3. Meadow mouse. 4. Red bat. 5. Small-headed flycatcher. 6. Hawk owl
- 1. Long-eared owl. 2. Marsh hawk. 3. Swallow-tailed hawk
- 1. Red-tailed hawk. 2. American buzzard. 3. Ash-coloured hawk
- 1. Black hawk. 2. Variety of d. 3. Red-shouldered h. 4. Female Baltimore oriole. 5. Female towheé bunting
- 1. Broad-winged hawk. 2. Chuck-wills-widow. 3. Cape-May warbler. 4. Female black-cap w.
- 1. Ring-tail eagle. 2. Sea eagle
- 1. Esquimaux curlew. 2. Red backed snipe. 3. Semipalmated s. 4. Marbled godwit
- 1. Turnstone. 2. Ash-coloured sandpiper. 3. The purre. 4. Black-bellied plover. 5. Red-breasted sandpiper
- 1. Red-breasted snipe. 2. Long-legged avoset. 3. Solitary sandpiper. 4. Yellow-shanks snipe. 5. Tell-tale snipe
- 1. Spotted sandpiper. 2. Bartram's s. 3. Ring plover. 4. Sanderling p. 5. Golden p. 6. Killdeer p.
- 1. Great tern. 2. Lesser t. 3. Short-tailed t. 4. Black skimmer. 6. Stormy petrel
- 1. Green heron. 2. Night h. 3. Young. 4. Great white h.
- 1. Virginian rail. 2. Clapper r. 3. Blue crane. 4. Little egret
- 1. Roseate spoonbill. 2. American avoset. 3. Ruddy plover. 4. Semipalmated sandpiper
- 1. Louisiana heron. 2. Pied oyster-catcher. 3. Hooping crane. 4. Long billed curlew
- 1. Yellow-crowned heron. 2. Great heron. 3. American bittern. 4. Least b.
- 1. Wood ibis. 2. Scarlet i. 4. Flamingo. 3. White ibis
- 1. Black or surf duck. 2. Buffet-headed d. 3. Female. 4. Canada goose. 5. Tufted duck. 6. Golden eye. 7. Shoveller
- 1. Goosander. 2. Female. 3. Pin-tail duck. 4. Blue wing teal. 5. Snow goose
- 6. Pied duck. 2. Red breasted merganser. 4. American widgeon male. 5. Female snow goose. 3. Blue bill or scaup duck. 1. Hooded or crested merganser
- 1. Long-tailed duck. 2. Female. 3. Summer d. 4. Green-winged teal. 5. Canvas-back d. 6. Red-headed d. 7. Mallard
- 1. Gadwal duck. 2. Eider d. 3. Female. 4. Smew. 5. Ruddy d. 6. Female
- 1. Brant. 2. Scoter duck. 3. Velvet d. 4. Harlequin d. 5. Dusky d. 6. Marsh fern. 7. Sooty f.
- 1. Common coot. 2. Purple gallinule. 3. Gray phalarope. 4. Red phalarope. 5. Wilsons plover
- 1. Black-bellied darter. 2. Female d. 3. Great northern diver. 4. Black-headed gull. 5. Little auk
- 1. Turkey buzzard. 2. Black vulture. 3. Raven
- Great-footed hawk
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