for the completion of its ornithological musenm, by filling up 

 gaps in the series or by replacing imperfect specimens. Among 

 the large groups of birds, to which attention is invited, are the 

 wandering oceanic species of both the Atlantic and Pacific 

 coasts, such as petrels, shearwaters, guillemots, Mother Carey's 

 chickens, jagers, gulls, terns, etc. ; together with the cormorants 

 and grebes, or divers, in their full breeding plumage, as orna- 

 mented with linear white feathers, crests, ruffs, etc. 



The species of birds most wanted from particular regions are, 

 among others, the following : — 



From Florida and the Sontlieastern U. S. — The flamingo, 

 pink curlew, scarlet ibis, small black hawk {Rosthramus socia- 

 hilis), a vulture or turkey buzzard with white markings, a blue 

 neron of the largest size with white cre^t (Ardea lourdemanni), 

 the large Florida crow, the small blue jaj, etc. 



From Texas and New Mexico — Any of the summer resident 

 birds, especially those found on or near the Rio Grande, with 

 their eggs ; jays, thrushes, doves, hawks, owls, orioles, black- 

 birds, crows, quails or partridges, the large white whooping or 

 prairie crane {Grus americana), etc. 



From the Rochy Mountain Regions. — The wild turkey with 

 whitish margin to the feathers of the rump and tail (^Meleagris 

 mexicana) ; all the different jays, grouse, pheasants, woodpeckers, 

 black swallows, with or without white throats; the hawks, espe- 

 cially the large black ones. 



From the Interior and Northern Portions of the Continent. — 

 The white crane already mentioned, the small geese, the large 

 Canada goose with white extending from the collar down the 

 throat {B*rnicla leucolcema), the larger trumpeter swan, the rosy 

 gull with black head {Larus franklinii), and any other gulls and 

 terns; the white and speckled hawks of the arctic regions, etc. 



From the Pacijic Coast. — The large California vulture or 

 condor, any hawks, geese, terns, thrushes, magpies, the black 

 oyster catcher, etc. 



A pamphlet containing the necessary instructions for preserving 

 birds will be forwarded to any one desiring it, upon application. 

 JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary S. I. 



Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 1, 1860. 



