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Order Pecora, Ruminating Animals. 



Cervus virginianus, Common deer, fallow deer. — Their numbers are much 

 reduced as clearings and population increase, and the hunters find their 

 occupation much less profitable than formerly. An active hunter now 

 seldom kills more than one in a day, and sometimes is unsuccessful 

 during two or three successive days. I have, however, known four 

 deer to be shot by an experienced " Leatherstocking " in one morning. 



Cervus canadensis, Wapiti, elan Americain ; the American elk. — Now 

 almost extinct in most parts of Pennsylvania. Like the poor Indians, 

 they have gradually retreated to the " far west." I found their horns 

 repeatedly in the woods, mossy, and gnawed by mice or wolves. A 

 pair of elks were shot on Pine Creek, in the spring, and a herd of thir- 

 teen was killed by a couple of hunters, in February of last year, near 

 the head waters of Pine Creek. 



BIRDS. 



Order I. Accipitres, Rapacious Birds. 

 Stnx virginiana, Great horned owl, 



Virginian owl. 

 A N sio, Little screech owl. 

 Falco leucocephalus, Bald-headed 



eagle. 

 Hen hawk. 

 Privateer hawk. 



Order II. Pies. 

 Picus auratus, Golden-winged wood- 

 pecker, 

 erythrocephalus, Red-headed 



woodpecker, 

 varius, Yellow-bellied wood- 

 pecker, 

 plumosus, Grey woodpecker, 

 pileatus, Pileated woodpecker. 

 Sida carolinensis, Little blue wood- 

 pecker, 

 ^lcedo J'lcyon, Belted kingfisher. 

 Corvus cristatus, Blue jay. 



Corax, Raven. 

 Coccynnus americanus, Yellow- 

 billed cuckow. 

 Trochilus Colubris, Green humming- 

 bird. 



Order III. Vassennes. 

 Turdus polyglottus, Mocking bird 

 [I. 416.] 

 /elivox, Cat bird, 

 migratorius, American robin. 



[I. 415.] 

 rufus,Red or ferruginous thrush. 



[I. 415.] 

 ??^ustelinus, Wood thrush, 

 minor, Hermit, or little thrush, 

 melodus, thrush. [1.415.] 

 Wilsonii, Tawny thrush. 

 J'cterus phceniceus, Red- winged star- 

 ling, or marsh blackbird. 



tfturnus ludovicianus, American 

 meadow lark, 

 predatorius. 



picatorius, Cow blackbird. 

 Quiscalus versicolor, Crow black- 

 bird. 

 Loxia curvirostra, American cross- 

 bill. 

 Pringilla hyemalis, Grey snow bird, 

 tristis, Yellow finch, American 



goldfinch. [1.419.] 

 cardinalis, Cardinal grosbeak, 



red bird. [1.418.] 

 nivalis, Snow bird, 

 passerina, Yellow-winged spar- 

 row, 

 ludoviciana, Rose-breasted 



grosbeak, 

 pusilla, Field sparrow. 

 Muscicapa, Flycatcher. 

 Sylvia sialis, Blue bird. [I. 420.] 

 Emberiza nivalis, Snow bunting. 

 Parus atricapillus, Black-capped tit- 

 mouse, 

 hudsonicus, Canadian titmouse. 

 i7irundo, Swallow. 

 Cypselus pelasgius, American swift. 

 Columba migratoria, Passenger 

 pigeon, 

 carolinensis, Turtle dove. 

 Caprimulgus vociferus, Whip-poor- 

 will. 

 Troglodytes americana, Wood wren. 

 Sitta, Nuthatch. 



Order IV. Gallinaceous Birds. 



ilieleagris Gallipavo, Wild tur- 

 key. 



Tetrao umbellus [Lagopus], Ame- 

 rican pheasant, or ruffled 

 grouse. 



Perdix [Coturnix] virginiana, Quail, 



