THE LITERARY 



OF THE LINNiEAN ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 



Vol. I. OCTOBER, 1845. No. 12. 



CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FOUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CARLISLE, 

 CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. 



BY S. F. BAIRD. 



The following list embraces the species of birds which have been 

 collected during the last five years, and with very few exceptions in a 

 circle of but few miles radius. None are admitted without having been 

 actually killed and preserved ; in no case have any been inserted on the 

 authority of others. A residence nearer the Susquehanna would no 

 doubt have enabled us to increase the number considerably, as we have 

 heard of several not in this list which have been killed about Harrisburg. 

 Some of these will be found in a catalogue of additional species pro- 

 cured at Marietta, Pa., most, if not all of which, touch on our eastern 

 border. 



The nomenclature employed is based on that of Prince Bonaparte, 

 in his lists of the birds of Europe and North America, 1838, 1842, with 

 the addition, however, of the authority for each species, and various al- 

 terations called for, by a strict regard to the law of priority. The name 

 immediately succeeding each species is that of its first describer, and if 

 in parentheses, under a diflerent genus. The second name is his who 

 first placed that particular specific appellation under its present genus, 

 A ( "f ) prefixed, shows that the bird breeds here. 

 jCathartes aura, (L.) 111. Turkey buzzard. Rather rare. Summer. 

 Haliaetos leucocephalus, (L.) Sav. Bald eagle. Rare. Resident. 

 Pandion carolinus, (Gm.) Ron. P. haliaetus, And. Fish hawk. Rare. 



Resident. 

 Archihuteo sancti johannis, (Gm.) Gray. Buleo lagopits. And. Rougli 



legged hawk. Very rare. Winter. 

 \Buteo horealis, (Gm.) Bon. Pved tailed hawk. Connnon. linsidcnt 

 •' linealus, ((im.) Bon. Red shouldered hawk. Common. Res, 

 "'• pennsylvanicu.% (VVils.) Bon. Broad winged liawk. Rare. 

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