ENGLISH NAMES OF AMERICAN BIRDS—TROTTER. 519 
region embraced in the Louisiana Purchase, not to the present State 
of that name. “Florida,” “Canada,” “ California,” “ Hudsonian,” 
and other regional names have in like manner been applied to certain 
‘species, as “ Florida jay,” “ Canada jay,” “ Canadian warbler,” “ Cali- 
fornia woodpecker,” Hudsonian chickadee,” and so forth. 
The matter as presented in the foregoing sketch does not pretend 
to list all of the species and varieties of North American land birds. 
It is only a sketch or outline of a most attractive subject and was 
written partly for the purpose of gathering together what knowledge 
we have of the history and origin of our more familiar bird names. 
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