BIBLIOGRAPHY 
In compiling this list the author has had access only to his own 
books, and realizes that there are omissions. It is hoped, however, that 
all the important references are listed. For the sake of economy of 
space, titles are not given in the customary full bibliographical form. 
Any additions that may be communicated by interested students will 
be appreciated, as it is desired to ultimately complete the list by in- 
cluding every published record from the Kansas City region. 
1814. Lewis, M. and CLarkKr, W.—History of the Expedition under the 
command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the sources of the 
Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River 
Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 
1804-5-6. By order of the Government of the United States. In 
two volumes. Philadelphia. 1814. 
This edition has not been handled by the writer. There are 
many subsequent editions, several of which are undesirable 
from the standpoint of the naturalist. The most desirable is 
the Harper Edition, edited with notes by Coues. 
A few bird notes were recorded while the expedition was 
passing through the Kansas City region, and will be found 
under dates of June, 1804, and September, 1806. 
1816. BracKENRIDGE, H. M.—Journal of a Voyage Up the River Mis- 
souri; Performed in Highteen Hundred and Eleven. By H. M. 
Brackenridge, Esq. Second Edition. Revised and Enlarged by 
the Author. Baltimore. 1816. 
While this item is of no real value to the working ornitholo- 
gist, it is cited mainly for its references to Thomas Nuttall. 
It is of great interest in touching on some particularities of 
this enthusiastic and absent-minded young naturalist on his 
first trip through this region. His next visit to the same ter- 
ritory, twenty-four years later, is of more importance to the 
ornithologist. 
1817. BrapBury, J.—Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 
1809, 1810 and 1811. By John Bradbury. Liverpool, 1817. 
This English botanist has recorded some interesting bird 
notes, and a few that are valuable and important. An au- 
thentic account is given of the nesting of the Canada Goose 
not far below what is now Sibley, Jackson County, Missouri. 
Notes on the Passenger Pigeon are scattered throughout the 
narrative. 
Thomas Nuttall, who was later to acquire fame in the field 
of ornithology, and who twenty-four years later, in company 
with John K. Townsend, discovered the Harris’s Sparrow in 
this region, was a member of Bradbury’s party. 
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