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List of specimens in United States National Museum. 



Locality. 



From whom received. 



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Other sjjccimens examined. — In Mus. Boston Society, 7; Mus. Coiiip Zool., 1. Total, 13. 



NISUS FUSCUS. 



laico fuscus Gmelix, S. N. i. 1788, 283. — Lath. lud. Oru. 1790, 43 ; Gen. Hist, i, 

 1821, 283.— Mill. Ciui. Pliys. 1796, pi. xviii.— Daup. Tr. Orn. ii, 1800, 86 — 

 Shaw, Zoology, vii, 1809, 161. — Audubon, B. Am. 1821, pi. 374 ; Orn Biog. 

 iv, 1838, 522. — Nuttall, Man. 1833, 87.— Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Philad. yiii, 1839. p. — . — Peabody, Boston Journ. N. H. iii, 1841, 78 (Mass.). 

 — Eead, Pr. Ac. Nat. So. Phila. 18.53, p. — (N. Ohio).— Brewer (ed. Wilson), 

 Am. Orn. 1852, 685. — Thompson, Nat. Hist. Vermont;, 1853, 61. 



Accipifer fuscus Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 5; Cousp. Avium, i, 1850, 33. — Gkav, 

 Genera of Birds, foL 1844, sp. 4 ; List Ace. Brit. Mus. 1844, 38; Hand List, 

 i, 1869, 32.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1848, p. — (Jalapa ; resident) ; 

 ib. 1855, 279; llhistr. Birds Cal. Tex. etc. 1856, 95; Buds N. Am. 1858, 

 18.— Baird, Stansbury's Eeport, 1852, 314 (Salt Lake Valley) ; Catalogue 

 Birds N. Am. 1859, No. 15. — Woodhouse, Sitgreave's Exp. 1853, 61. — Heer- 

 MAXN, Pacific 11. K. Kep. x, iv, 1853, 33. — Newberrv, ib. vi, 74. — Hoy, 

 Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1853, p. — (Wisconsin); Smithsonian Eep. 1864, 

 437 (Missouri). — Strickl. Orn. Syn. i, 1855, 108.— Brewer, N. Am. Oology, 

 i, 1857, 18, pi. iii, hgs. 23, 29, j)l. v, lig. 54. — Kneeland, Pr. Boston Soc. 

 N. H. la57, 233 (Keweenaw Pt., L. Superior). — Sclater, Ibis, 1857, 125 ; P. 

 Z. S. 1858, 294 (Oaxaca) ; 1864, 178 (city of Mex.).— Xantus, Pr. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. Ifc59, 190 (S. California). — Barnard, Smithsonian Rep. 1860, 

 434 (Pennsylvania). — Cooper & Suckley, Pacitic R. R. Rep. xii, ii, i860, 

 146 (Washington Ter.).— Bryant, Pr. Boston Soc. N. H. 1861, 104 (Bahamas). 

 — Blakiston, Ibis, 1861, 317 (Saskatchewau). — Boakdman, Pr. Boston 

 Soc. N. H., 1862, 122 (Calais, Me.). — Verrill, ib. 137 (Anticosti I.); Pr. 

 Essex Inst, iii, 1863, p — .—Samuels, Rep. Sec. Ag. Mass. Ib64, p. — ; Birds 

 of New Eug. 1870, 31, 81.— Dresser, Ibis, 1865, ]i. — (Texas).— Couks, Pr. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, }». — (Arizona) ; ib. 1871, 27 (Ft. Macon, N. C.) ; Pr. 

 Essex Inst. 1868, p — ; Pr. Boston Soc. 1868, 120 (South Carolina) ; Key to N. 

 Am. Birds, 1872, 212; Cbeck List of N. Am. B. 1873, 67; Birds Northwest 

 1874, 33 3.— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., 1856, p. — ; ib. 1868, 134 (Costa Rica);- 

 Mem. Boston Soc. N. H. 1874, p. 298 (W. Mexico ; biographical notes by A. J. 

 Grayson).- Cooper, Am. Nat. 1868, p. — (Montana); Orn. California, 1870, 

 466.— Turnbull, Birds E. Penn. 1869, p. — .— Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. — 

 (Veragua).—MAY'NARn, Naturalist's Guide, 1870, 163 (Mass); Proc. Boston! 

 Soc.'N. H., 1871, 26 (Coos Co., N. H.)— Dall & Bann. Tr. Chicago Ac. Sc. 1,1 

 1870,271 (Alaska).— RiDG WAY, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1870, 141; Am. Nat.' 

 1871, p. — (S. 111.).— Allen, Bulk Mas. Comp. Zo61. ii, 1871, 319 (Florida). 

 Parker, Am. Nat, 1871, p. 169 (Iowa).- Ross, Birds of Canada, 1871, 4.— Snow, 

 Birds of Kansas, 1872, 2.— Trippb, Pr. Boston Soc. N. H. 1872, p. — (S. Iowa).— 

 Hatch, Bull. Minn. Ac. Sc. 1874,51 (Minnesota; summer). — Adams, Rambles, 

 1873, 297.— Sol. & Salvin, Nom. Neotr. 1873, 120.— Sharpb, Cat. Ace. Brit. Mus. 

 1874, 135.— Henshaw, Ann. Lye. N. Y. xi, 1874, 10 (Utah). 



Astur fuscus De Kay, ZooL N. Y. ii, 1844, 17, pi. ii, fig. 2 ( <? j«r.).— Giraud, Birds 

 Long L 1844, 19.— Gambel, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1846, p. — (Califarnia).— 

 Pratten, Tr. 111. Ag. Soc. 1853-4, 599 (S. 111.).— Kennicott, ib. 581 (N. 111.).— 

 Putnam, Pr. Essex Inst. 1856, 204 (Mass.; resident).— Willis, Smithsonian 

 Rep. 1858, p. 281 (Nova Scotia).— Bl;VND, ib. p. 289 (Bermuda). 



Kisus fuscus Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, 64, 281.— Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. As- 

 tures, 1862, 30 ; Revue Ace. 1873, 69.— Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst, v, 1873, 

 165 (Colorado) ; ib. 1875, 22 (Nevada); Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. 1874, p. — : 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1874, 181 ( Illinois) ; B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. iii, 1874, 224.— 

 Yarrow & Hi^nshaw, Rep. Oru. Spec. Wheeler's Exp. 1874, 49, 68 (Colorado 

 and Utah). 



