ON NOIITH AMERICAN ZOOLOGY. 



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Strepsilas melanocephalus, Vig. Calif. ? 



Charadrius pluvialis*, A. 300. 23° N.— 



75° N. Behr. St. 



„ vociferus, A. 225. W. Tnd.—b6° N. 



„ \Vilsomus,A.209. 24°N. — 44° N. 



„ melodus, A. 220. Cal. 24° N.— 



53° N. {hiatieula, Wils.) 

 „ semipalmatus, A. 330. Cal. 24° N. 

 70° N. 

 Vanellus melanogaster*, A. 334. 26° N. 

 — 70° N. (helveticus). 

 „ Cayenensis, ml. 836. Mex. ? Vig. 

 Himautopus nigricollis, A. 328. ? — 44° N. 

 „ nielanopterus*, enl. 878. 25° S. — 

 Mex. LiCHT. Brazil, Ei/ypt, 

 Tem. 



AbtT.fam. Rallidje. 

 Pan-a jacana, enl. 322. 25° S. — Mex. 

 Rallus ^drgillianus, A. 205. 24° N.— 50° N. 

 „ crepitans, A. 204. 24° N.— 41° N. 

 „ elegans, A. 203. 24° N.— 40° N. 

 Crex noveboraceiibis, A. 329. ? — 57° N. 

 „ cai-olinus, A. 233. Mex. 25° S. — 

 62° N. 

 Galliuula chloropus*, A. 244. Mex. Cal. — 

 40° N. {r/aleata, Bon.) 

 „ martinica, A. 305. 18° N.— 35° N. 

 Fulica americana, A. 239. Mex. Licht. 

 Cal. Vig. — 56° N. (atra). 



Aber.fam. Chakadriad^. 

 Strepsilas interjjrcs*, A. 304. 24° N. — 



75° N. 



The principal forms of the grallatorial order are the same 

 in the northern divisions of the two continents ; but there are 

 live minor genera, viz., ciconia, glareola, porphyrio, and cur- 

 sorius in Europe, which do not occur in North America ; and 

 three in the latter country, namely, aramus, tantalus, and 

 parr a, winch do not belong to the fauna of Europe. The 

 forms and very many of the species of the typical family (the 

 scolopacidcc) are absolutely the same in both countries, and on 

 referring to the table in page 167, it will be seen how nearly 

 the number of species of most of the families correspond on 

 both sides of the Atlantic ; the numbers would agree still more 

 exactly in the principal group but for recent refinements in the 

 discrimination of species, by which birds, so closely resembling 

 the common snipe as not to be distinguishable by an ordinary 

 observer, are described as distinct on account of some differ- 

 ences in the tail-feathers. The American coot differs very 

 slightly from the European one, and the constancy of these 

 differences still requires to be established ; the latter occurs in 

 India without change of form. The Rev. Mr. Bachman and 

 Mr. Audubon have clearly established the brown crane, grus 

 canadeiiais, to be the young of the great hooping-crane, grus 

 americana. 



Aher. Orrf. NATATORES. 



Anatid^. 



PhcEnicopterus ruber*, Wils. 66, 4. ? — 40° 



N. Bon. 

 Anas clyiJeata*, A. 327. Mex. Sw. Licht. 



Cal. ViG.— 70° N. 

 „ strepera*, A. 348. Mex. Sw. 68° N. 

 „ acuta*, A. 227. Mex. Sw. Cal. 



ViG.— 70° N. 

 „ uropliasiauus, Vig. 14. Cal.l 

 „ bosclias*, A. 221. Mex. Licht. 



—68° N. 



Anas obscura, A. 302. 25° N.— 45° N. 

 „ discors, A. 313. Mex. Licht. Cal. 



—58° N. 

 „ crecca*, A. 228. Cal. Vig. 24° N. 



—70° N. 

 „ glocitans*, A. 338. 

 „ ameiicana, A. 345. Cuba. Cal. 



Vig.— 68° N. (Mareca). 

 „ sponsa, A. 206. Mex. Cal. Vig. 



19° S.— 54° N. 

 Somaterla mollissima*, A. 246. 39° N. — 



81° N. Greenl. Spitzb. 



