260 Richmond, Ornithological Writings of Rafinesqice. [jul' 1 - 



Annals of Nature or Annual Synopsis of New Genera and species 

 of Animals, Plants, &c. discovered in North America. First 

 Annual Number, for 1820. (Introduction dated March 1, 1820.) 



[p. 4.] 

 II CLASS. ORNITHIA.— THE BIRDS. 



13. Milvus leucomelas. White, unspotted, top of the head and 

 part of the back, wings, tail and bill black, feet yellow. — It is found 

 in west Kentucky and Illinois, it feeds on fishes, and is therefore 

 called Fishing Hawk; size small, tail quite forked. 



14. Ardea phaioma. Entirely of a deep brown, neck ferrugi- 

 nous behind, white before, bill black, feet yellow. — It lives in 

 Missouri, Illinois and west Kentucky; it is of a small size, total 

 length about eighteen inches; it belongs to the tribe of Bitterns. 



15. Charadrius viridis. Entirely of a light green, unspotted, 

 wings and tail tinged with brown, bill and feet black. — It has been 

 seen by Mr. Audubon in Missouri, near St. Genevieve; it is a 

 solitary and very wild bird, size of the common Plover. Is it a 

 Fulica ? 



16. Hirundo phcnicephala. Head scarlet, back grey, belly 

 white, bill and feet black. — A fine and rare swallow, seen only 

 once by Mr. Audubon, near Hendersonville in Kentucky; it must 

 have been a wanderer, and is probably a native of Louisiana or 

 Mexico. 



The descriptions of Nos. 15 and 16 are thought to be those of 

 imaginary birds, furnished by Audubon, who imposed or Rafinesque 

 in several other instances. Audubon's opinion of Rafinesque is 

 duly recorded in one of the sketches in his 'Ornithological Biography' 

 (I, 1832, pp. 455-460). 



Annales Generales des Sciences Phvsiques (Bruxelles), VII, "1820" 



(1821), 



Sur quelques Animaux hybrides. Par M. C. S. Rafinesque. Pp. 



85-88. 



The only reference to birds in this article is the following: 



