ARCTIC AMERICA. 



It.), of the Rocky Mountains, since their existence in the 



19 southern part of 

 the chain has not 

 been clearly as- 

 certained. The 

 musk-ox (fig. 19.) 

 is truly an Arctic 

 quadruped, yet is 

 unknown both in 

 Asia and Europe ; 

 and the ' chief 

 range of the American bison is in latitudes but little 

 more south. 



(85.) The geographic distribution of the northern 

 birds is much more general, particularly in reference to 

 the rapacious families, and the wading and swimming 

 orders. Uniting our labours with those of Dr. Richard- 

 son, in the ornithological volume of the Northern Zoo- 

 logy, we have enumerated the following Euro can 

 birds of prey, detected by that adventurous traveller in 

 Arctic and British America : 



Buteo vulgaris. Common Buzzard. 

 Buteo Lagopus. Rough-legged Buz- 



zard. 



Buteo cyaneus ? Hen Harrier. 

 Strix Otis. Long-eared Owl. 

 Strix brachyotos. Short-eared Owl. 

 Strix nyctia. Great snowy Owl. 

 Strix Tengmalmi. Tengmalm's 



Owl. 



Aquila chrysaetos ? The Golden 



Eagle. 

 Aquila leucocephala. White-headed 



or Sea Eagle. 



Aquila Haliaeetus. The Osprey. 

 Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. 

 Falco Islandicus. Jer Falcon. 

 Falco ^salon. The Merlin. 

 Accipiter palumbarius. The Gos- 



bawk. 



We have thus fourteen species inhabiting the northern 

 regions of the two continents, while the following be- 

 long exclusively to America : 



Sarcoramphus Californianus. Cali- 

 fornian Vulture. 



Cathartes Aura. Turkey Vulture. 



Cathartes atratus. Black Vulture. 



Falco sparverius. Little rusty- 

 crowned Falcon. 



Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. 



Accipiter Pennsylvanicus. Slate- 

 coloured Hawk. 



Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Buzzard 



Strix cinerea. Great cinereous 

 Owl. 



Strix arctica. Arctic horned Owl. 



Strix Virginiana. American horned 

 Owl. 



Strix Acadica Wilson. Little Ame- 

 rican Owl. 



Strix funerca. Hawk Owl. 



