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NATURA-L HISTORY OF VERMONT. 



Part 3. 



CATALOGUE OF BIKUS. 



ORDERS, GENERA ANB SPECIE*. 



Turdus rufus, Brown Thrush. 



" felivox, Cat Bird, 



•' migrdlorius, Robin. 



" If'ihonii, Wilson's Thrush, 



" noveboracensis New York Thrush. 



" axirocapiUus, Golden crowned do. 



" solitarius, Hermit Thrush, 



Syltia coronata, Yellow crowned A\ arbler 



" pelccfiia, Yellow red poll do. 



" (Bstiva, Summer Warbler. 



" maculosa. Spotted Warbler. 



*t- rubricajjilla, Nashville Warbler. 



'' Ttrcns, Black throated Green do. 



" pinus, Pine Creeping do. 



" carulca, Coerulean Warbler, 



" Blackburniit, Blackburn's Warbler 



" ic^c?occ/>/(«Z«, Chestnut sided do. 



" canadensis, Clack throated do. 



" trtchas, Maryland yellow throat. 



" vcrmivora, Worm eating Warb'r 



" Turia, Black & White Creeper. 



Rcgulus calcndulus, Ruby crowned Wren 



" tricolor, Fiery crowned Wren 

 Trotrlodijtcs a.don, House Wren. 

 " hyematis, Winter Wren. 

 " americanus. Wood Wren. 

 Sialia Wilsonii, Blue Bird. 



Jlnthos spiuolctta, Brown Lark. 



Order Granivorf.s — Living on Seeds. 

 Emberiza nivalis. Snow Bunting. 



" graminca, Bay winged Bunting 

 " savanna. Savannah Bunting. 

 Fringilla melodia, Song Sparrow. 



" hycmalis. Snow Bird. 



" cunadensis. Tree Sparrow, 



" socialis. Chipping Sparrow. 



" juncorum, Field Sparrow. 



" palustris. Swamp Sparrow. 



" tristis. Gold Finch. 



" linaria, Pine Linnet. 



" iliaca. Ferruginous Finch. 



" pcnnsylranica White throat. Finch. 



" Icucophrys, White crown. Finch. 



•' arctica, Arctic ground Finch. 



" erythrtiphlhalma Towhe-ground Finch 



" purpurea. Purple Linnet. 



Pyrrhula enucleator. Pine Grosbeak. 

 Loxia curvirostra. Common Cross bill. 



" Icucoptera. White Winged do. 



Order Zygodactyli — The toes in pairs. 



Coccyrus americanus Yellow bill Cuckoo. 



" dominicus. Black billed Cuckoo. 



Picus aurutus. Gold n ino. Woodpecker. 



" erythroccphalus, Red headed do. 



" vnrius, Y'^ellow bellied do. 



" riUosus, Hairy Woodpecker. 



" pubcscens. Downy Woodpecker 



" urclicus, Arctic three toed do. 



Order Tenuirostres — Slender bill Birds. 

 Sitta carol inc?isis. While breast. Nuthatch. 



" canade7isi.s. Pi-ed bellied Nuthatch 

 Certhia familiaris. Brown Creeper. 

 Trochilus colubris. Ruby throat Hutn'g Bird. 



Order Alcyonxs. — Halcyons. 

 Jilcedo alcyon. Belted King Fisher. 



Order Chelidones — The Swallow Tribe. 



Hirundo purpurea. Purple Martin. 



" rufa. Darn Swallow. 



» fillva, Clitr Swallow. 



" bicolur. White bellied SwaL 



" riparia, Bank Swallow. 



Cypselus pelasgius, Chimney Swallow. 



Ciipr!7uulgus Lociferiis, Whip-poor- Will. 



" virginianus, Night Hawk. 



Order Columb.^ — The Pigeon Tribe, 

 Columba migratoria. Passenger Pigeon. 

 " carolitiensis, Carolina Dove. 



Order GallinjE — Gallinaceous Birds. 



Melcagris gaUopavo Wild Turkey. 

 Perdix virginianus. Quail. 

 Tctrao %imbelbis. Partridge. 



" canadensis. Spruce Partridge- 

 Order Grallatores— r Jr«f//w5' Birds. 

 Calcdris arenaria, Sanderling Plover. 

 Fulica americanu, Common Coot. 

 Grus amcricana, Whooping Crane. 

 Jlrdea nycticorax, Night Heron. 



" Herodias, Great Blue Heron. 



" vircsccns. Green Heron. 



Totanus Burtramiiis Upland Plover. 

 " chloropigius, Solitary Tatler. 

 " macularius. Spotted Tatler. 

 Scolopax Wilsonii, Common Snipe. 

 Rnsticola minor. Woodcock. 

 Order Pinnatipsdes — Lobe-footed Birds. 

 Podicepn carotinensis, Pied-bill Dobcliic-k. 

 Order Palmipedes — Web-footed, Birds. 

 Larus Bonapartii, Bonapartian Gull. 



" ulricilla. Black headed Gull. 



Anser canadensis, Canadian Goose. 

 jinas sponsa, Wood Duck. 



" boschas, Mallard. 



" obscura. Dusky Duck. 



" discors. Blue winged Teal. 



Mcrgus merganser. Goosander. 

 Colymbus glacialis. Loon. 



BIRDS OF PREY. 

 Birds of this order are distinguished by 

 their hooked bills and powerful claws. 

 They pursue and destroy other birds and 

 small quadrupeds ; and they are amona- 

 birds what the carnivora are among quad- 

 rupeds. 



Genus Falco. — Linn, and Tern. 



Generic Character. — The head covered 

 with feathers ; the bill hooked, commonly curved 

 from the base ; cere colored and more or less 

 hairy at the base ; the lower mandible obliquely 

 rounded, and both sometimes notched ; the nos- 

 trils lateral, rounded, or ovoid, situated in the cere 



