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many who considered him a very unlearned man, because he 

 obtained most of liis knowledge direct from nature. Herein 

 lies his success. The book knowledge of his predecessors 

 did naught but deepen the obscurities surrounding the species 

 they sought to elucidate. The conviction that here, at last, 

 was a man who could write plainly and convincingly, from 

 intimate personal knowledge, did more to dispel the mysteries 

 of the past than all the high-sounding Latin names, phrases 

 and references : and the appearance of his work marked a 

 new era, glorious to American Ornithology. Wilson is ac- 

 credited with the following species, which he figured, de- 

 scribed and named. 



WILSON'S AMERICAN ORNITHOT-OGY, 



1. Ana>^ vulisineria 

 Canvap-l)ack Duck 



2. Triiif/a solitaria 

 Solitary Sandpiper 



3. Falco i)iisi>iipi)ieiisis 

 Mississippi Kite 



4. FaJco relax 

 Sharp-sliinned Ilawlc 



Ti. Falco atricapilliis 



Ash-colored or I>lack-cap 

 Hawk 



G. Cuciilus cri/tliroptholma 

 Black-billed Cuckoo 



7. Caprimulgus vocifenis 

 Wliip-iX)or-will 



8. Corvus ossifrar/iis 

 Fish Crow 



9. Corvus eoliimhiainis 

 Clark's Crow 



10, Frinf/Ula jnniis 



Pine Finch. 

 n. Frinf/Ula sai:aium 



Savannah Spari'ow 



12. Frinf/Ula maritlma 



Seaside Finch 

 l.j. Frinf/Ula piislUa 



Field Sparrow 

 14. Frinf/Ula melodia 



Song Sparrow 

 1.". Tanaf/ra luiliviciana 



r^ulsana Tanaser 

 K). jMiiscicapa solitaria 



Solitary Flycatclier 



A. O. U, CHECK LIST. 



: MarUa vaUisncria (Wils.) 



Canvasback. 



Helodromas solitariiis (Wils.) 



Solitary Sandpiper. 

 : Ictinia mississippiensis 



Mississippi Kite. (Wils.) 



: Accipitcr relax. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Astur atricapUliis (Wils.) 



American Goshawk. 



: Coccifzus erythrophthalmns 



Black-billed Cuckoo. (Wils.) 

 : Antrostomus rociferiis (Wils.) 



Whip-poor-will. 

 : Corvus ossifraf/iis (Wils.) 



Fish Crow. 

 ■'S^ucifraf/a columhiaiia (Wils.) 



Clark's Nutcrackei". 

 ■.Spin us pinus (Wils.) 



Pine Siskin. 

 : Passerculus sandioichensis 

 savanna (Wils.) 



Savannah Sparrow. 

 : Passcrherhulus maritimus 



Seaside Finch (Wils.) 



SpizcUa pusUla (Wils.) 



Field Sparrow. 



Melospiza melodia (Wi)s.) 



Son.ii Sparrow. 



Piranf/a ludiviciana (Wils.) 



Western Tanager. 



■Virco solitarius (Wils.) 

 P.Iue-hoaded Virco. 



