288 ZOOLOGY. 



List of Birds heretofore rejmrted as found in the northwest part of America, hut of ivhich no speci- 

 mens have been procured hy recent explorers. 



Cathartes californianus, (Cuvier.) — Obtained from the Columbia river b}' Dr. J. K. Townsend. 



Cathartes atratus, (Less.) — Audubon's Synopsis. 



Falco anatum, (Bon.) — Townsend & Nuttall. Replaced by Faico nigriceps. 



^^Falco aesalon." — Towns. & Nutt. European species. Replaced by F. columharius. 



'^ Buteo vulgaris." — Aud. Synop.; Townsend' s List. European species. 



Buteo swainsoni, (Bon.) — Nuttall, (perhaps B. montanus. ) 



Buteo borealis, (Gm.) — Aud. ; Nutt. Replaced west of Rocky mountains by B. montanus. 



Archibuteo sancti-johannis, (Gray.) — Towns. List. Replaced by ^. lagopus. 



Aquila canadensis. — Towns. List. Under the name of A. chrysaetos. 



Strix pratincola, (Bon.) — Cassin, Illust., &c. Pound in California. 



Otus vulgaris. — Towns. List. — Perhaps mistaken for 0. toilsonianus, of which specimens have 



been collected. 

 Otus brachyotus. — Towns. List; Aud. Synop. Probably the Brachyotus cassinii, (Brew.,) which 



is found in California. 

 Nyctea 2XisserinoidMS. — -Aud. Synop. and Towns. Was really Glaucidiian gnoma, (Wag.,) c 



which several specimens have been obtained from Washington Territory. 

 Nyctea nivea, (Gray.) — Aud. Synop. 



Surnia ulula, (Bonap.) — Aud. Synop. Under name of S.funerea. 

 Coccygus americanus, (Bonap.) — Nutt. Man. 

 Campephilus imperialis, (Gray.) — Towns. (Mexican species.) 

 Picus villosus,? (Linn.) — Nutt. "P. septenfrionalis." Replaced by P. har7-isii. 

 Picus pubescens, (Linn.) — Towns. List. Replaced by P. gairdncri. 



Picus lineatus. — Towns. & Aud. A South American species. (See Pacif. R. R. Reports, IX, p. 125.) 

 ^^ Black red-backed tvoodpecker." — Townsend's List. No specimen ever obtained. 

 Atthis anna, (Reich.) — Towns. List. ^^ Trochilus anna." 

 Myiarchus crinitus, (Cab.) — Towns. List. ^ ^ 3Iuscicapa crinita." 

 Sayornis fuscus, (Gm. ) — Towns. ' ' Muscicapa fusca. " 



Sayornis sayus, (Baird.) — Has been obtained from California. Aud. & Towns. " J!f. saya." 

 Contopus richardsonii, (Baird.) — Obtained on the Columbia by Dr. Townsend. 

 Coniopus virens, (Cabanis.) — Aud. and Towns. '' Muscicapa vir ens." Eastern Oregon? 

 Empidonax traillii, (Baird.) — Aud. and Towns. Eastern Oregon? 

 Turdus pallasi,? (Gvib.) — Towns. List. ^^ T. minor." Eastern Oregon ? 

 Turdus fuscescens, (Steph.) — Towns. List. " !r. ivilsonii." Eastern Oregon? 

 Sialia sialis, (Linn.) — Audubon. " S. wilsonii." Eastern Oregon ? 

 Eydrobata mexicana, Baird. — T. (The species (varieties?) '' Mortoni" and ^' Townsendii," 



mentioned in Townsend's Narrative, have not been recognized in the late collections.) 

 Mniotilta varia, (Vieill.) — Aud. Synopsis. Said to be generally distributed. 

 Icteria viridis,? (Bonap.) — Towns. & Nuttall. Seen at Walla- Walla, Washington Territory. 

 Hdminthophaga ruficapilla, (Baird.) — Audubon. " Vermivora ruhricapiUa." East Oregon? 

 Seiurus aurocapiUus, (Sw.) — Towns. & Nuttall. ^'Turdus aurocapilhis." East Oregon? 



