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1794. LOSKIEL, G. H. History | of the | Mission | of the | United Breth- 

 ren | among the | Indians in North America. | | In Three 

 Parts. | | By | George Henry Loskiel. | | Translated from the 

 German | by Christian Ignatius La Trobe. | | London : | printed 

 for the Brethren's Society for the | Furtherance of the Gospel : | sold 

 at No. 10, NeviPs Court, Fetter Lane; | and by John Stockdale, 

 opposite Burlington House, | Piccadilly. | | 1794. 1 vol. sm. 8vo. 

 Part I, pp. i-xii, map, 1-159. Part II, pp. 1-234. Part III, pp. 1-233, 

 -|- 11 unpaged 11. of index and ads. 



Orig. German ed., 1788; in the present one, Part I, Chap. VII, " Birds ", pp. 89-94, 

 there are remarks upon a few large or otherwise conspicuous species, such as 

 would be likely to attract the casual observation of a missionary. These are 

 presented for the most part under binomial Latin as well as vernacular names. 

 The ubiquitous " Wakon bird", here called "the bird of the Great Spirit, and 

 probably a species of the bird of paradise ", reappears, clothed in a very gorgeous 

 description. 



1794. WILLIAMS, S. Natural and Civil History of Vermont. . . . 



Walpole,N.H. 1794. 8vo. 



Not seen. There is a later edition, 1809, q. v. About a dozen pages are said to 

 be devoted to the birds of the State, some 50 species being treated, under tech- 

 nical names, with various notes. 



1795. HEARNE, S. A | Journey | from | Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's 



Bay, | to | the Northern Ocean. | Undertaken | by order of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company, | for the Discovery | of copper mines, A North- 

 west passage, &c. | In the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. | | By 

 Samuel Hearne. | | London: | printed for A. Strahan and T. 

 Cadell : | And Sold by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davis, (Successors to | 

 Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand. | 1795. 1 vol. large 4to. pp. i-xliv, 1-458, 

 1 1., 9 maps and views. > Birds. Chap. X. pp. 398-448. 



" The account of the principal quadrupeds and birds that frequent those North- 

 ern regions in summer, as well as those which never migrate, though not de- 

 scribed in a scientific manner, may not be entirely unacceptable to the most sci- 

 entific zoologists," says the author modestly, in his preface ; and I entirely agree 

 with him. He gives a good, faithful account of his observations on some fifty 

 or more species, among them the notable " Horned "Wavey " (p. 442), which after- 

 ward became Anser rossii of Baird. The whole story of " honest old Hearne " 

 is interesting as well as veracious, and may be profitably consulted to this day. 



1796. CARVER, J. Three years | Travels | through the | interior parts | of | 



North America, | for more than | five thousand miles ; | containing j 

 an account of the great lakes, and all the lakes, islands, | and rivers, 

 Cataracts, mountains, minerals, | soil and vegetable productions of 

 the North- | west regions of that vast continent ; | with a | descrip- 

 tion of the Birds, beasts, | reptiles, insects, and fishes | peculiar to 

 the country. | Together with a concise | history of the genius, man- 

 ners, and customs | of the Indians inhabiting the lands that lie | ad- 

 jacent to the heads and to the westward | of the great river Missis- 

 sippi ; | and an appendix, | describing the uncultivated parts of 

 America that | are the most proper for forming settlements. | 

 By Captain Jonathan Carver, | of the provincial troops in Amer- 

 ica. | | Philadelphia : | Published by Key & Simpson ; 1796. 

 1 vol. "8vo" (half-sheets, 4 1. to a sig.). pp. i-xx, 1-360, 1-20. 

 > Chap. XVIII. > Of the Birds, pp. 309-316. 



