BIRDS — LIST OK Af II10RITIE3 9f>3 



ViEii.iX)T. — See Paris, Nouveau Uictiounuire. 



ViooRS, N. A. — Si'u LiMDO.v, Zml. Soc : rroc. Comiii. S-. and Procuodings ; Bloswm. 



DK Vbikt, J. Xantuk. — Sco PuiLADELrniA, Academy of Niit. Sciences. 



Ward, Javes F .— Sec Kew York, Lyceum Nat. Hist. 



Washunoton. — S niithsuuiau Institution: Smitlisoniaii Contriliutions to Knowledge. 4to. 



Brewer. — North Amoricim Oology. By Thomas M. I!iii;vv«b, M.I'. I'.irt 1, Rip'om and ri^nroslru. .Jiiiin, 

 1857. (To appear in vol. XI.) 



W.ASiiiXGTOX. — War Department: Ri'port of explor.itioiis and surveys to ascMliia Die inj.it pr ulioilUe aad ccjujuiic il 

 route for a railroad from tlie Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean. JIade under the direction of the Secretary of War in 

 1854-'55, according to acta of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1851, ami August 5, 1854. Ordered ;i3d Congress, 2it 

 session ; Executive Document (Senate) No 78. 8 vols. •Ito., published up to 1858. Washington. 



Vol. 1, 1855, contains : Report of the Secretary of War ; examina(iou of the reports of the several routes explored ; 

 railway memoranda ; letter of Major General Thoma.s S. lesup : and rejiort of Governor I. I. Stevens of route near the ■ITtli 

 and 49tli parallels of north latitude. 



Vol. II, 1855, cjutains: Report of Lieutenant K. G. Beekwith, 3d artillery, upon the route near the 38th and 3'Jth 

 parallels, and that near the 4Ist parallel ; report of a reconnaissance from Pugct Sound to the Mississippi river, by F. W. 

 Lander ; report of Brevet Captain J. Pope, Topographical Engineers, upon the eastern portion of the route near the 32 I 

 parallel, lying between the Red river and the Rio Grande ; report of Lieutenant J. G. Parke, Topographical Engineers, upon 

 that poriion of the 32d pirallel lying between the Rio Grande and Fimos villages on the Gila ; extract from report made of 

 a militarj- reconnaissance made by Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Emory, U.S.A., of the portion of the route near the 32d 

 par.illcl lying between the mouths of the San Pedro and Gila rivers. 



Vols. Ill and IV, 1856, contain : Report of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple, Topographical Engineers, of the route near the 

 35th parallel. Of this report Part vi, in Vol. IV, consists of the report on the zoology of the expedition by 0. B. R. 

 Kennerly, M. D. 



Vol. V, 1856, contains the report of Lieutenant R. S- Williamson, Topographical Engineers, upon the routes in California 

 to connect with the routes near the 35th and 32d parallels. 



Vol. VI, 1857, contains the report by Lieutenant Henry L. .Vbbott, Topographical Engineers, upon the routes in Oregon 

 and California explored by parties under the command of Lieutenant R. K. Williamson, Topographical Engineers, in 1855. 

 Part IV of this report includes one upon the zoology of the route by J. S. Newberry, M. D. 



Vol. \'II, 1857, contains report of Lieutenant John G. Parke, Topographical Engineers, upon the routes in California to- 

 connect with the routes near the 35th and 32d parallels, and upon that portion of the route near the 32d parallel lying 

 between the Rio Grande and Pimos vilhiges of the Gila ; also the conclusion of the official review of the reports upon 

 explorations and surveys for railroad routes from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean. 



Vol. VIII, 1857, cjntains : General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific Railroad routes. Part I, Mammals, by 

 S. F. Baird. Vols. IX and X will contain the remainder of the natural history. 



WiED, Max. Prinz von. — See Cassel : Journal fiir Orn. 



Wilkes, Capt. C. — United States Exploring Expedition. 



Peale, T. R. — Report of tlie JIammalia and Birds of the U. 8 Exploring Expedition under Capt. Wilkes. 4to. 

 1848. 



Wilson, Alexander. — American Ornithology, or the natural history of the birds of the United States. 9 vols. 4to. Phila 

 delphia. I, 1808 ; II, 1810 ; III, IV, 1811 ; V, VI, 1812 ; VII, 1813 ; VIII, 1814 ; IX, 1814. (Completed under the editor- 

 ship of George Ord.) 



Wilson, Ord's ed. of. — American Ornithology, or the natural history of the birds of tlie United States. Illustrated with 

 plates, engraved and colored, from original drawings taken from nature. By Alexander Wilson. With a sketch of the 

 authors life by George Ord, F. L. S. 3 vols. 8to. text, and one of plates in folio. Publislicd by Collins & Co., New York, 

 and Harrison Hall, Philadelphia. I, II, 1828 ; III, 1829. 



Wit.soN, (Alex.)— American Ornithology, or the natural history of the birds of the United States. By Alexander Wilson 

 and Charles Lccian Bonaparte. Edited, with notes and additions, by R. Jameson. 4 vols. 18mo. Etlinburg, 1831. 



Wilson.— American Ornithology, or the natural history of the birds of the United States. By Alkxander Wilson ; with 

 a continuation by Cuarles Lucian Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano. The illustrative notes and life of Wilson by Sir Wii. 

 Jabdine, Bart. 3 vols. 8vo. London and Edinburg, 1832. 



Wilson. — Wilson's American Ornithology, with notes by Jardixe ; to which is added a synopsis of American birds, 

 including those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson. By T. M. Brewer. 8vo. Boston, 1S40. 



(Several editions of this work, with later dates, have been issued in New York from the original stereotype 

 jUatea.) 



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