288 ZOOLOGY. 



List of Birds heretofore reported as found in the nortlnvest part of America, hut of which no speci- 

 mens have heen proc^ired hy recent explorers. 



Cathartes calif or nianus, (Cuvier.) — Obtained from the Columbia river by Dr. J. K. Townsend. 



Gathartes atratus, (Less.) — Audubon's Synopsis. 



Falco anatum, (Bon.) — Townsend & Nuttall. Replaced by Falco nigriceps. 



'' Falco aesalon." — Towns. <fe Nutt. European species. Replaced by F. columharius. 



'' Buteo vxdgaris." — Aud. Synop.; Townsend' s List. European species. 



Buteo stvainsoni, (Bon.) — Nuttall, (perhaps B. montanus.) 



Buteo borealis, (Gm.) — Aud. ; Nutt. Replaced west of Rocky mountains by B. montanus. 



Archibideo sancti-johannis, (Grsij.)— Towns. List. Replaced by J. lagopus. 



Aquila canadensis. — Towns. List. Under the name of A. chrysaetos. 



Strix pratincola, (Bou.) — Cassin, lUust., &c. Found in California. 



Otus vulgaris. — To\vtis. List. — Perhaps mistaken for 0, ivilsoniaiius, of which specimens have 



been collected. 

 Otus hrachyotus. — Towns. List; Aud. Synop. Probably the Brachyotus cassinii, (Brew.,) which 



is found in California. 

 Nyctea pMsserinoides. — Aud. Synop. and Towns. Was really Glaucidium gnoma, (Wag.,) of 



which several specimens have been obtained from Washington Territory. 

 Nyctea nivea, (Gray.) — Aud. Synop. 



Surnia idida, (Bonap.) — Aud. Synop. Under name of S.funerea. 

 Coccygus america7nis, (Bonap.) — Nutt. Man. 

 Campephilus i7nperialis, (Gray.) — Towns. (Mexican species.) 

 Ficus villosus,? {Linn. ) — Nutt. ^'F. septentrionalis." Replaced by P. harrisii. 

 Ficus pubescens, (Linn.) — Towns. List. Replaced by P. gairdneri. 



Ficus lineatus. — Towns. & Aud. ASouth American species. (See Pacif. R. R. Reports, IX, p. 125.) 

 ''Black red-backed woodpecker." — Townsend's List. No specimen ever obtained. 

 Atthis anna, (Reich.) — Towns. List. '' Trochilus anna." 

 3Iyiarchus a-initus, (Cab.) — Towns. List. " Sluscicapa crinita." 

 Sayornis fuscus, (Gm.) — Towns. " 3Iuscicapafusca." 



Sayornis sayus, (Baird.) — Has been obtained from California. Aud. & Towns, "if. saya." 

 Contopus richardsonii, (Baird.) — Obtained on the Columbia by Dr. Townsend. 

 C&ntopus virens, (Cabanis.) — Aud. and Towns. ' ' 3Iuscicapa virens." Eastern Oregon? 

 Empidonax traillii, (Baird.) — Aud. and Towns. Eastern Oregon ? 

 Tnrdus pallasi,? (Cah.) — Towns. List. " T. minor." Eastern Oregon ? 

 Tiirdus fuscescens, (Steph.) — Towns. List. '' T wilsonii." Eastern Oregon? 

 Sialia sialis, (Lmn.) — Audubon. " S. wilsonii." Eastern Oregon? 

 Hydrobata mexicana, Baird. — T. (The species (varieties?) '' Mortoni" and '' Toivnsendii," 



mentioned in Townsend's Narrative, have not been recognized in the late collections.) 

 Mniotilta varia, (Vieill.) — Aud. Synopsis. Said to be generally distributed. 

 Ictcria viridis,? (Bonap.) — Towns. & Nuttall. Seen at Walla- Walla, Washington Territory. 

 Hdminthophaga rificapilla, (Baird.) — Audubon. " Vermivora rubricapilla." East Oregon? 

 Seiurus aiirocapillus, (Sw.) — Towns. & Nuttall. '' Turdus aurocapillus." East Oregon? 

 Dendroica coendea, (Baird.) — Aud. & Towns. " Sylvicola coer-tdea." East Oregon? 

 Dendroica striata, (Baird.) Aud. " S. striata." East Oregon? 



