CATALOGUE 



l^ORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



By Prof. SPENCER V. BAIRD, 



Of the SDiithsonian Institution. 



The following " Catalogue of North American Birds" has been reprinted from the 

 octavo edition issued by the Smithsonian Institution, in October, 1858. It was originally 

 published in quarto, forming a i)ortion of the report on North American Birds, in vol. iv. 

 of the Reports of the Pacific Railroad Survey. Its republication in Svo. had for its object 

 to facilitate the labelling of the specimens of birds and eggs in the Museum of the Institu- 

 tion ; we reprint it, as it serves most admirably the purposes of a check list of the species 

 of American Birds. 



1. Catharles Aura. Illig. 



Turkey Buzzard. 



2. Catharfe.i Califurnianus. Cuv. 



California Vulture. 



3. Calkaries Atralus. Lesson. 



Black Vulture. 



4. Cathartes Burrovianus. Cassin. 



Mexican Vulture. 



5. FaJco Anatum. Bonap. 



Duck Hawk. 



6. Falco Nigriceps. Cassin. 



Black Capped Hawk. 



7. Hypotriorchis Cohimbwiiis. Gray. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



8. Hypotriorchis Aiirantius. Kaup. 



Orange-breasted Hawk. 



9. Hj/potriorchis Femoralis. Gray. 



Aplomado. 



10. Falco Polyagrus. Cassin. 



Prairie Falcon. 



11. Falco Candicans. Gmelin. 



Jer Falcon. 



12. Falco Islandicus. Sabine. 



Jer Falcon. 

 I.J. Tinnmirulus Sparverius. Vieill. 

 Sparrow Hawk. 



14. Aslur Atricapillus. Bonap. 



Goshawk. 



15. Accipiter Cooperii. Bonap. 



Cooper's Hawk. 



16. Accipiter Mexicaniis. Swains. 



Blue-backed Hawk. 



17. Accipiter Fuscus. Bonap. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



18. Bnteo Swainsoni. Bonap. 



Swainson's Hawk. 



19. Buteo Bairdii. Hoy. 



Baird's Hawk. 



20. Buteo Calurus. Cassin. 



Black Red-tail. 



21. Buteo Insignatus. Cassin. 



Brown Hawk. 



22. Buteo Harlani. Bonap. 



Harlan's Hawk. 



23. Buteo Borealis. Vieill. 



Red-tailed Hawk. 



24. Buteo Montanus. Nuttall. 



Western Red-tail. 



25. Buteo Lineatus. Jardine. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. 



26. Buteo Elegans. Cassin. 



Red-bellied Hawk. 



27. Buteo Pennsylvanicus. Bonap. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



28. Buteo Oxypterus. Cassin. 



Sharp-winged Hawk. 



29. Buteo Cooperi. Cassin. 



California Hawk. 



30. Archibuteo Lagopus. Gray. 



Rough-legged Hawk. 



31. Archibuteo Sancti-Johannis. Gray. 



Black Hawk. 



32. Archibuteo Ferruginetis. Gray. 



Squirrel Hawk. 



33. A.iinrina Nitida. Bonap. 



Mexican Hawk. 



34. Nauclerus Furcatus. Vigors. 



Swallow-tailed Hawk. 



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