CATALOGUE 



OF 



IfORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



By Prof. SPENCER F. BAIRD, 



or the Smithsonian Institution, 



The following " Catalogue of North American Birds" has been reprinted from the 

 octavo edition issued by the Smithsonian Institution, in October, 1858. It was originally 

 published in quarto, ibrming a ])ortion of the report on North American Birds, in vol. iv, 

 of the Reports of the Pacific Railroad Survey. Its republication in 8vo. had for its object 

 to facilitate the labelling of the specimens of birds and eggs in the Museum of the Institu- 

 tion ; we reprint it, as it serves most admirably the purposes of a check list of the species 

 of American Birds. 



1. Catharlea Aiirn. lllig. 



Turkey Buzzard. 



2. Cdtharfes L'aHfornianiis. Cuv. 



California Vulture. 



3. Calharte.s Airatvs. Lesson. 



Black Vulture. 



4. Cathartes Bmrocianvs. Cassin. 



Mexican \'ulture. 



5. Falco Analani. Bonnp. 



Duck IIavvk. 

 G. Falco Nif/riceps. Cassin. 

 Black Capped Hawk. 



7. Hi/potriorc/iis Colinnharias. Gray. 



PiuEON Hawk. 



8. Hypolriorcltis Auraniins. Kaup. 



Orange-lreasted HaH'K. 



9. ITi/piitriorchis Fcnioralis. Gray. 



Aplomado. 

 JO. Falco Poli/nr/riis-. Cassin. 

 Prairie Falcon. 



11. Falco Caiulicanft. Gmelin. 



Jer Falcon. 



12. Falco Islandicvs. Sabine. 



Jer Falcon. 

 1'!. Tiimwicuhis Sparverius. Vicill. 

 Starrow Hawk. 



14. Aslur Aiiicapilhis. Bonap. 



GnSIIAWK. 



15. Accipilcr Cooper ii. Bonap. 



Cooper's Hawk. 

 IG. AccipHer Mexicaniis. Swains. 



Blue backed Hawk. 

 17. Accipitev Fiiscns. Bonap. 



SUARP-SIIINNED IIaWK. 



18. Bicieo Sicainsoni. Bonap. 

 Swainsdn's Hawk. 

 10. Buteo Bairdii. Hoy. 



Baird's Hawk. 



20. Buteo Cahniis. Cassin. 



Black Red-tail. 



21. Buteo Iiisij/iiahi.'i. Cassin. 



Urown Hawk. 



22. Buteo Ilarlaiii. Bonap. 



Harlan's Hawk. 



23. Buteo Borealis. Vicill. 



Red-tailed Hawk. 



24. Buteo M(intniiu.i. Nuttall. 



Mesteun Red-tail. 



25. Buteo IJiieutus. Jardine. 



Red SHOULDERED Hawk. 

 2G. Buteo Fjlegavs. Cassin. 



Red-bellied Hawk. 



27. Buteo I'emisylnDiic-us. Bonap. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



28. Buteo Oxjiplerns. Cassin. 



Sharp-winged Hawk. 



29. Buteo Coaperi. Cassin. 



California Hawk. 



30. Archibuteo Lai/opns. Gray. 



Rough-legged Hawk. 



31. Archibuteo Sanrli-.hihnnids. Gray. 



Black Hawk. 



32. Archibuteo Ferriiginnia. Gray. 



Squirrel Hawk. 



33. Asturina Nitidn. Bonap. 



Me.xican Hawk. 



34. Naurlnun Furcniux. Vigors. 



Swallow-tailed Hawk. 



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