WORKS CITED. : 59 
WORKS REFERRED TO. 
I quote throughout the following standard American works when they notice the species in question : — 
“ Wils.’ WILSON, ALEXANDER. American Ornithology. 9 vols., 4to. 1808-14. (The original ed., and 
Ord’s continuation.) | 
“ Nutt.’ NUTTALL, THOMAS. Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada. 2 vols. 
12mo. (The first ed., of 1832-34, unless the 2d (of 1840) is specified.) 
“Aud.” AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Birds of America. 7 vols., 8vo. 1840-44. (Octavo reprint of the 
“Ornithological Biography,” repaged and with systematic arrangement and renumbering of the plates of 
the folio edition.) 
* Cass.” CASSIN, JOHN. Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, ete. Svo,1 vol. 1853-55. 
“Bd.” “Cass. in Bd.” “ Lawr. in Bd.” BAIRD, SPENCER F., with the coéperation of JoHn CAssIn 
and GEORGE N. LAWRENCE. Birds of North America; constituting the ninth yol. of the Pacific Railroad 
Explorations and Surveys. 1858. (Also republished: separately, with a few additions and a 2d vol. of 100 
plates, by the Naturalists’ Agency, 1870.) 
“Eu. Evvior, D.G. Birds of North America. 2 yols., folio. (Plates and descriptions of many speties 
recently introduced to our fauna, or before unfigured.) 
“Coop.” Birds of California. From the MSS. notes of J. G. Coorer. Edited by S. F. Baird. 1 vol. 
8vo, 1870. 
I also quote, in particular cases, papers from the proceedings of different societies, etc., by various 
writers. The references in these instances are sufliciently explicit. 
The Roman numerals immediately after the italicized authors name, refer to the volume; the next figure, 
to the page; “pl.” with figures after it, to the number of the plate; “ fig.,” to the number of the figure. 
Lyre Bird of Australia. (See § 70.) 
