18 PROCEEDINGS OP THE 



When Linnseus published the tenth edition of his "Systeina 

 Naturpp," in 1758, in which he first adopted the binomial nom- 

 enclature, he was almost wholly dependent upon Catesby's 

 "Carolina" for his knowledge of North American birds, and in 

 this way the type locality of many of our familiar species is 

 " Carolina;" Catesby not being very explicit as to definite local- 

 ities. By the time the twelfth edition of Linnaeus' " Systema " 

 appeared in 176G, Geo. Edwards' "Gleanings" had been pub- 

 lished, and herein are figured and described a number of birds 

 sent to England by John and William Bartram, of Pennsyl- 

 vania. John sent the " Ruffed Heathcock," while William sent, 

 June, 1756, fourteen dried skins, mostly nondescripts with col- 

 ored drawings of some and numerous notes on their habits. All 

 these were undoubtedly obtained in the vicinity of Bartram's 

 Garden, and were the type specimens of the following species 

 described and figured by Edwards and duly named by Linnaeus, 

 Gmelin or Latham. 



It will be noticed that many of our vernacular names for 

 these birds originated with Edwards or were communicated to 

 him by William Bartram: 



Spotted Sandpiper, ActUis inacidaria (Linn.). "Spotted 

 Tringa" sent by William Bartram. 



Ruffed Grouse, Bonnsa nmhellus (Linn.). "Ruffed Heath- 

 cock or Grouse" sent from Pennsylvania by John Bartram to 

 Peter Collinson on July 15, 1750. 



White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albirolUs (Gmel. ). Re- 

 ceived from William Bartram under the above name with a care- 

 fully-colored drawing. 



Worm-eating Warbler, Helmitheros vermivorus (Gmel.). 

 "The Worm-eater" from William Bartram. 



Golden-winged Warbi.er, Helminthophilachrysoptera (Linn.). 

 "The Golden-winged Flycatcher" from William Bartram. 



Blue-winged Warbler, Helm.inthnphila pinus (Linn.). 

 Thought ijy Edwards to be the Pine Creeper of Catesby. Our 

 present vernacular name seems to have originated with Wilson. 



Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroicn virens (Gmel.). 

 "The Black-throated Green Flycatcher" received from William 

 Bartram. 



