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V. II. Merriam — Birds of Connecticut. 



1). An Analysis of Linsley' s " Catalogue.'''' 



In the year IS I.'!, the Rev. James H. Linsley published, in the American Journal of 

 Science and Arts, " A Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut, arranged according to their 

 natural jam ///e,s."* In this Catalogue Mr. Linsley enumerates 302 species, this num- 

 ber including both those that had already been detected within our limits and those 

 whose presence he thought likely (judging from their occurrence in contiguous States) 

 future investigation might reveal. He likewise included the introduced and domesti- 

 cated species — such as the California. Quail, Pea Cock, Guinea Fowl, the various races 

 of the domestic Pigeon (Columba livia Linne), and the common barn-yard fowl, 

 numbering them with our native birds. Many species are given twice, and some 

 even three times, the immature and seasonal plumages having been mistaken for 

 distinct species. There are also a few doubtful forms, and at least two had been 

 exterminated before his paper was written.f Hence it is that a critical examination 

 of this list at once enables us to eliminate 63 species, thus reducing the total number 

 from 302 to 2394 



(a.) List of those species given by Linsley in his '' Catalogue of the Birds of 

 Connecticut, " concerning the occurrence op which he probably had 

 sufficient proof. 



1 Turdus migratorius. 



2 Turdus mustelinus. 



3 Turdus Pallasi. 



4 Turdus fuscescens. 



5 Mimus polyglottus. 



6 Mimus Carolinensis. 



7 Harporhynchus rufus. 



8 Sialia sialis. 



9 Regulus calendula. 



10 Regulus satrapa. 



1 1 Polioptila cairulea. 



12 Lophophanes bicolor. 



13 Parus atricapillus. 



14 Sitta Carolinensis. 



15 Sitta Canadensis. 



16 Certhia familiaris. 



17 Troglodytes aedon. 



18 Anorthura troglodytes, var. hyemalis. 



19 Telmatodytes palustris. 



20 Cistothorus stellaris. 



21 Eremophila alpestris. 



22 Anthus Ludovicianus. 



23 Mniotilta varia. 



24 Parula Americana. 



25 Helmitherus vermivorus. 



26 Helminthophaga ruficapilla. 



27 Dendrceca estiva. 



28 Dendrceca virens. 



29 Dendrceca cserulescens. 



30 Dendrceca casrulea. 



31 Dendrceca corouata. 



32 Dendrceca Blackburnias. 



33 Dendrceca striata. 



34 Dendrceca castanea. 



35 Dendrceca Pennsylvania. 



36 Dendrceca maculosa. 



37 Dendrceca tigrina 



38 Dendrceca discolor. 



39 Dendrceca palmarum. 



40 Dendrceca pinus. 



41 Siurus auricapillus. 



42 Siurus nsevius. 



43 Geothlypis trichas. 



44 Icteria virens. 



45 Myiodioctes mitratus. 



46 Myiodioctes Canadensis. 



47 Setophaga ruticilla. 



48 Pyranga rubra. 



49 Pyranga aastiva. 



50 Hirundo horreorum. 



51 Tachycineta bicolor. 



52 Cotyle riparia. 



53 Progne purpurea. 



54 Ampelis cedrorum. 



55 Virea olivaceus. 



56 Vireo gilvus. 



57 Vireo flavifrons. 



58 Vireo solitarius. 



59 Vireo Noveboracensis. 



60 Collurio borealis. 



* Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts, vol. xliv, No. 2, pp. 249-274, April, 1843. 



\ Namely: the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and the Pinnated Grouse or 

 Prairie Chicken (Gupidonia cupido). 



\ The collection of birds given by Linsley to the Yale Natural History Society, and 

 kept for many years in the Yale Medical School, has recently been transferred to the 

 Peabody Museum of Yale College. 



