containing but one family — tlie Spheniscidse, or Penguins, 

 and belonging to the soutlieni lienii.spliere — being absent. 



Two ordei's only — the Tnbinayin and Odontofilo.ssa' — are 

 missing in Louisiana, for I consider it doubtful whether the 

 sole representative of the latter (the P'lamingo) may be found 

 in our state. There are, so far at least, no records, and those 

 which have of late been sjuung ui)on the ornithological world 

 are lacking in i)roof, and come from observers a]>i)arently 

 very little iiu^.lined towards S(;ientific truth. 



The remaining fifteen orders are rejuesented by 54 fam- 

 ilies, with 11)0 genera and 323 species. Of these 323 species, 

 103 are residents, 101 winter residents, 47 summer residents, 

 57 migrants and 15 casual, or rare visitors. 



To this total of 323, nearly 40 species should be added as 

 likely to occur, either regularly or casually, for while we 

 have, so far, no authentic records, the range of some species 

 is su(;h an extensive one that it may reach into our limits. 

 Some species are known to be common within a few miles of 

 our state lines, as, for instance: the Prairie Wnrhhiv flJcndro- 

 ica discolor Yiell.; which is fairly numerous at Ariel, ]\Iiss. 

 The topography of Louisiana in that vicinity is identically the 

 same, and it naturally follows that the bird shouhl be just as 

 common in our state. It appears tome in this case, but an 

 oversight on my part in not having observed or taken it, and 

 I have therefore; included it in my list. 



Both divisions — the eastern as well as the western — may 

 help in future to swell our list ; in fact, from the latter quite 

 a number of si)ecies are reported as having been noted or 

 taken in Louisiana, but, unfortunately, some of these records 

 cannot be trusted, and I have therefore refrained from in- 

 cluding tliem in the catalogue. Of course, if birds are natu- 

 rally ch)se neighbors to a locality to which they do not belong, 

 it cannot be anything unusual for them to occasionally ex- 

 tend their habitat, but, on the other hand, the appearance of 

 those, which are either extreme eastern or western forms, in 

 a place far removed from their usual haunts, becomes a mat- 

 tei- of some importance and interest, as, for instance: the oc- 

 currence near Kew Orleans of the Wheatear (Saxicola ocnan- 

 fhc Linn), which is really a European, or at least an extreme 

 Korth American non-migratory species. We must, in t^uch a 

 case, at once ask how this single bird safely traversed the 

 longdistance between Greenland and this point. Other birds, 

 it is true, do tlie same, but they are regular migrants, used 

 to their voyages by inheritance and experience, and while 



