BIBLIOGRAPHY 



In compiling this list the author has had access only to his own 

 books, and realizes that there are omissions. It is hoped, however, that 

 all the important references are listed. For the sake of economy of 

 space, titles are not given in the customary full bibliographical form. 



Any additions that may be communicated by interested students will 

 be appreciated, as it is desired to ultimately complete the list by in- 

 cluding every published record from the Kansas City region. 



1814. LEWIS, M. and CLARKE, W. History of the Expedition under the 

 command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the sources of the 

 Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River 

 Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 

 1804-5-6. By order of the Government of the United States. In 

 two volumes. Philadelphia. 1814. 



This edition has not been handled by the writer. There are 

 many subsequent editions, several of which are undesirable 

 from the standpoint of the naturalist. The most desirable is 

 the Harper Edition, edited with notes by Coues. 



A few bird notes were recorded while the expedition was 

 passing through the Kansas City region, and will be found 

 under dates of June, 1804, and September, 1806. 



1816. BRACKENRIDGE, H. M. Journal of a Voyage Up the River Mis- 

 souri; Performed in Eighteen Hundred and Eleven. By H. M. 

 Brackenridge, Esq. Second Edition. Revised and Enlarged by 

 the Author. Baltimore. 1816. 



While this item is of no real value to the working ornitholo- 

 gist, it is cited mainly for its references to Thomas Nuttall. 

 It is of great interest in touching on some particularities of 

 this enthusiastic and absent-minded young naturalist on Ms 

 first trip through this region. His next visit to the same ter- 

 ritory, twenty-four years later, is of more importance to the 

 ornithologist. 



1817. BRADBURY, J. Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 

 1809, 1810 and 1811. By John Bradbury. Liverpool, 1817. 



This English botanist has recorded some interesting bird 

 notes, and a few that are valuable and important. An au- 

 thentic account is given of the nesting of the Canada G-oose 

 not far below what is now Sibley, Jackson County, Missouri. 

 Notes on the Passenger Pigeon are scattered throughout the 

 narrative. 



Thomas Nuttall, who was later to acquire fame in the field 

 of ornithology, and who twenty-four years later, in company 

 with John K. Townsend, discovered the Harris's Sparrow in 

 this region, was a member of Bradbury's party. 



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