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  The 
  cotton 
  rat 
  I 
  include 
  in 
  our 
  catalogue, 
  on 
  the 
  au- 
  

   thority 
  of 
  Audubon 
  and 
  Bachman, 
  although 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  

   identify 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  figures 
  they 
  have 
  given, 
  with 
  any 
  

   species 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  

  

  Our 
  Gray 
  Rabbit 
  is 
  abundant, 
  and, 
  comparatively 
  

   tame, 
  and 
  is 
  frequently 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  about 
  twi- 
  

   light, 
  skipping 
  playfully 
  across 
  lanes, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  

   roadsides. 
  

  

  The 
  Swamp 
  Hare 
  is 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  shy. 
  

  

  The 
  Deer 
  is 
  much 
  diminished, 
  and, 
  like 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  

   and 
  Elk, 
  is 
  perhaps, 
  destined 
  to 
  become 
  extinct 
  in 
  our 
  

   limits. 
  At 
  seasons 
  of 
  general 
  inundation 
  of 
  the 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi 
  Bottoms, 
  numbers 
  of 
  them 
  perish. 
  At 
  such 
  times, 
  

   many 
  of 
  them 
  retreat 
  to 
  the 
  highlands, 
  and 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  

   time 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  timbered 
  lands 
  in 
  the 
  set- 
  

   tlements. 
  

  

  The 
  mode 
  of 
  hunting 
  them 
  chiefly 
  pursued, 
  is 
  by 
  

   driving 
  with 
  a 
  pack 
  of 
  hounds; 
  the 
  hunters 
  posting 
  

   themselves 
  at 
  stands 
  where 
  the 
  deer 
  are 
  known 
  habitu- 
  

   ally 
  to 
  cross 
  the 
  roads 
  or 
  ridges, 
  or 
  to 
  ford 
  the 
  small 
  

   streams. 
  

  

  Class 
  II.— 
  AVES, 
  OR 
  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Most 
  ornithologists 
  differ 
  in 
  their 
  systems 
  of 
  classifi- 
  

   cation. 
  The 
  division 
  into 
  five 
  orders, 
  proposed 
  by 
  

   Swainson, 
  seems 
  the 
  most 
  natural 
  and 
  best 
  suited 
  to 
  the 
  

   arrangement 
  of 
  this 
  abridged 
  catalogue 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Order 
  I. 
  — 
  Insessores, 
  or 
  Perching 
  Birds; 
  comprising 
  all 
  

   those 
  whose 
  organization 
  enables 
  them 
  to 
  live 
  

   habitually 
  among 
  trees. 
  

  

  