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;ant rain, lightning 

 ing, at the dawn of 

 at work, and sue- 

 lundred yards below 

 sly we got fast again 

 1 all the exertions to 1 

 oment, almost nine, 

 re and expect to be | 

 It we shall lose most I 

 allow, intricate, and 



i in deep water, near 

 once had the men at | 

 ncipally that of ash- 

 was brought on boardl 

 hank Heaven, wearel 

 1 have better luck. ll 

 ills, in all probability! 

 shot a Gray Squirrell 

 ^r Sciurus carolinensis.} 

 ds, which we have notl 

 one Lincoln's Finchl 

 ieds so very far nortil 

 :er, and killed a Cat! 

 keets, a Yellow Chat, al 

 hite-throated Finches,! 

 Warbler, a Gray Squirj 



;overed in Labrador, in 183] 

 3 young companion, Thonu 

 hat name in Orn. Biogi. iJ 

 n B. of Am. iii-, 1841. P- "] 

 It ranges througiiout tW 



have of the beautiful Findl 

 ngilla harrisii, as will be s« 



t were all well-known specie 



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rel, a Loon, and two Rough-winged Swallows. We saw 

 Cerulean Warblers, Hooded Flycatchers, Kentucky War- 

 blers, Nashville ditto, Blue-winged ditto, Red-eyed 

 and White-eyed Flycatchers, Great-crested and Com- 

 mon Pewees, Redstarts, Tovvhee Buntings, Ferruginous 

 Thrushes, Wood Thrush, Golden-crowned Thrush, Blue- 

 gray Flycatcher, Blue-eyed Warbler, Blue Yellow-back, 

 Chestnut-sided, Black-and-White Creepers, Nuthatch, 

 Kingbirds, Red Tanagers, Cardinal Grosbeaks, common 

 House Wren, Blue-winged Teals, Swans, large Blue Her- 

 ons, Crows, Turkey-buzzards, and a Peregrine Falcon, 

 Red-tailed Hawks, Red-headed, Red-bellied, and Golden- 

 winged Woodpeckers, and Partridges. Also, innumer- 

 able "Gopher" hills, one Ground-hog, one Rabbit, two 

 Wild Turkeys, one Whippoorwill, one Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, and Swifts. We left the shore with a strong gale 

 of wind, and after having returned to our proper channel, 

 and rounded the island below our troublesome situation 

 of last night, we were forced to come to under tie main 

 shore. Here we killed and saw all that is enumerated 

 above, as well as two nests of the White-headed Eagle. 

 We are now for the night at a wooding-place, where we 

 expect to purchase some fresh provisions, if any there are; 

 and as it is nine o'clock I am off to bed. 



Friday, May 5. The appearance of the weather this 

 morning was rather bad; it was cloudy and lowering, but 

 instead of rain we have had a strong southwesterly wind 

 to contend with, and on this account our day's work does 

 not amount to much. At this moment, not eight o'clock, 

 we have stopped through its influence. 



At half-past twelve we reached the Black Snake Hills ^ 



' Black Snake Hills (in the vicinity of vSt. Joseph, Mo.). "On the 

 24th we saw the chain of the Blacksnake Hills, but we met with so many 

 obstacles in the river that we did not reach them till towards evening. 

 They are moderate eminences, with many singular forms, with an alterna- 

 tion of open green and wooded spots." (Maximilian, Prince of Wied, 

 ' Travels in North America," p. 1 23.) 



