418 My. R.Brown's Synopsis of the 



tions of the species, their synonymy, distribution, or habits. I 

 have, however, occasionally added an explanatory note on some 

 of these subjects, and in one case (that of Leucosiicte grisei- 

 nucha) an original description. The local name, or, where the 

 bird is not sufficiently common to have obtained one, the general 

 popular name is added, for the benefit of local collectoi's. The 

 list of probable members of the fauna numbers sixty-two 

 species ; and I confidently expect to see the greater portion of 

 this cancelled, as well as other species not in it added, within a 

 few years. Though some of the species entered there are now 

 removed by this list, yet I may still take the liberty of re- 

 ferring the student to a " List of Birds hitherto reported from 

 the North-west Part of America, but of which no specimens 

 have been procured by recent explorers," in the admirable 

 ' Natural History of Washington Territory' by Drs. Cooper and 

 Suckley"^ (pp. 288-289), to which, as well as the works of Mr. 

 Lord, Townsend J, Nuttall §, and the papers and works cited in 

 the Bibliographical Appendix to Prof. Baird's book, I have much 

 pleasure in referring for more extended details. 



L Birds inhabiting 07' frequenting Vancouver Island. 

 -t tl- Cathartes aura (L.). Turkey-Buzzard. 

 -f~2. Falco NiGRicEPS, Cass. Western Duck-Hav/k. 

 -i- 3. Falco columbarius, L. Pigeon-Hawk, 

 -f 4. Falco sparverius, L. Sparrow-Hawk. 



5. AcciPiTER Fuscus (Gm.). Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



6. BuTEO MONTANUs, Nutt. Western Redtail. 



7. Circus hudsonius, L. Harrier ; Marsh-Hawk. 



8. Haliaetus leucocephalus (L.). White-headed Eagle. 



'P 9. Pandion carolinensis (Gm.). Fish-Hawk; American 

 Osprey. 



* New York : 1859. 



X Narrative of a Journey over the Rocky Mountains, &c. Philadelphia : 

 1839. 



§ ' Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada,' 

 2nd ed. Boston : 1840. 



