BuKNS — On Alexander Wilson. 135 



by Wilson, who in relation to Bartram, is as the broader and 

 clearer stream to its principal tributary affluent.^ So far as the 

 ornitholo£i;ical world is concerned, the originals are now mere 

 literary curiosities, and are appended as a matter of history. 



Rnrtram. IT'.il. Wilson, and A. O. U. Check List. 



1. Viiltiir atrntiift. 

 tlie hlaclv vultnre. or carrion 



Vultiir (itniliis Wils. — ('atharista 

 atrata (Bartr. ) until 1S9!), when 

 it gave way to a later name — C. 



crow. • iiniba (Vieill.) Rartram heing 



[ eliminated. 



r Faico iiif/cr Wils. Black Hawk. 



2. F\(i1co] iiifi"): J A synonym of Archihiifco hi- 



the black hawk. ] f/opiis sancti-joJiannis (Gmel.) 



[ American Kough-legged Hawk, 



r, 1, -i -7 r ^f ii^cicai)a iniiici»l(t Wils. Pewit 



n. ^f,<.c,tana ,nmrm,^ j Flycatcher. Synonym of .S.^' 



the pew.t, or black-cap nycat.-IuM. 1 „.^ ^^,^^^.,^^^ ^^^^^^^^ . -^.j^^^,^^ ■' 



4. M. rapax. the lesser pewit, f rl^^r'tJ'T"" ^Vl^- )^'°"'^ 



or brown and greenish tty..atcher.| J,vo's" (I inn ! ^^'J'"'^'""'' 



the cat bird or chicken bird. 



7. Htiinnis pr<r(la1or'niK 

 the red-winged starling or corn 

 thief. 



Synonym of DiimeteUa carol in- 

 eiisis (Linn.) 



C. Musclcnim cauUnrU. \ il^^f^r ^«V""'''«^^'''- ^^^^''% 



,., ^■^t^■, 1 4^- « ♦ 1 . ,. ,. Py*^'^ I'lycatcher. Synonvm of 



the httle domestic flycatcher or- ^..^.^^^ .^,^.,,^ ^ ■ 



.^-reen wren. ( ^y^^^ ^j^.^^ 



Sturnns prfrdatoriiis Wils. A 

 synonym of Agelaius plurniceus 

 (Linn.) 



Red-winged Blackbird. 

 FringiUa pin us Wils. 

 8. CUirdiielns] pinus J Pine Finch, 



the lesser goldfinch. 1 Spiiiiii^ pin 11.9 (Wils.) 



I Pine Siskin. 



r FringiUa palnsfriK Wils. 



!). P\asfier] paliistris J Synonym of 



the reed sparrow. Melo.^piza pcorf/iana (Lath.) ' 



I Swamp Siiarrow. 



10. FlriiifnUa] riifa [ ^'''"m^'a riifa Wils. 



the red. or fox-colorod gi-o\ind Synonym of 

 or hedge sitarrow. Passerella iliaca CNIerr.) 



I Fox Sparrow. 



r CertJiia carolinensis Wils. 



1L M[oiitciU>^ ('(irdliiiiaiia J Synonym of 



the great wren of Carolina. 1 Tlrrifo'thonis hidoriranits (Lath.) 



I Carolina Wren. 



' Key ro North American Birds. 



