TEMPERATE AMERICA. 63 
Mexico. Our information on the quadrupeds of this 
range is particularly defective: a circumstance more 
to be regretted, from the accurate information we have 
been able to give on the northern animals. 
(89.) The ornithology of temperate America pos- 
sesses many peculiarities. After passing the confines of 
the more northern regions, we meet with numerous 
land-birds belonging to species, and even to genera, 
peculiar to the New World. Our observations upon 
these tribes will be arranged under the heads of the 
Rapacious, Perching, Gallinaceous, and Aquatic orders. 
The Rapacious birds of all countries enjoy the widest 
range of those inhabiting the land. Hence we find that 
few species occur in the warmer provinces of America 
which do not inhabit, either permanently or occasionally, 
the Arctic latitudes visited by Dr. Richardson. This 
will be apparent by the following list, selected from the 
last, which comprises such species of the vulture and 
falcon family (Vulturide, Falconid@) as are spread over 
the greater part of North America. 
Cathartes Aura. . . . Turkey Vulture. 
atratus . . . Black Vulture. 
Falco sparverius . . . Little Rusty-crowned Falcon. 
columbarius. . . Pigeon Hawk. 
Accipiter Pennsylvanicus Slate-coloured Hawk. 
Buteo borealis . . . . Red-tailed Buzzard. 
Strix Virginiana . . . American Horned Owl. 
Strix Acadica Wilson . . Little American Owl. 
These, with about five additional species of falcons (Fal- 
conide), complete the list of North American rapacious 
birds. 
(90.) The distribution of the perchers, as usual, is 
much more limited. Numerous families of insectivo- 
rous birds, unknown in the temperate latitudes of the 
Old World, or even in the equinoctial regions of the 
New, spread themselves over the fruitful portions of 
the Union, either as permanent residents, or as annual 
migrators from the more genial shores of the Mexican 
