EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS, 



AND 



LIST OF THE AUTHORS AND WORKS REFERRED TO, 



Albin. — Albin, Natural History of Birds. 



Aud. Birds of Am. — Auduboii, Birds of America. 



Aud. Orn. Bio. — Audubon, Ornithological Biography. 



Aud. Syn. Birds of Am. — Audubon, Synopsis of the Birds of America. 



Aud. et Vieill. — Audebert et Vieillot, Oiseaux dores, ou a reflets me- 

 talliques. 



Azara Voy. dans I'Amer. Mer. Sonn. edit. — Azara, Voyage dans 

 FArnhnque meridionale, Sonnini's edition. 



Banc. Hist, of Guiana. — Bancroft, Natural History of Guiana. 



Bodd. — Boddaert, Table de Planches enluminees d'Histoire Naturelle de 

 M. D'Aubenton. 



Boie, in Oken's Isis. 



Boiss. Mag. de Zool. — Boissoneau, in Magasin de Zoologie. 



Boiss. 'Rev. Zooi. — Boisso7ieau, in Revue Zoologique. 



Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. — Bonaparte, Conspectus Genenim Aviuin. 



Bonap. Consp. Troch. in Rev. et Mag. de Zool. — Bonaparte, Con- 

 spectus Trochilorum, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 



Bonap. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. — Bonaparte, in Revue et Magasin de 

 Zoologie. 



Bonap. Syn. Birds of U. States. — Bonaparte, Sy7iopsis of the Birds of 

 the United States. 



Bonn, et Vieill. — Bonnaterre and Vieillot, in Tableau Encyclopedie 

 Methodique, Part HI. Ornithologie. 



Borowsk. — Borowski, Vogel. 



Bourc. Ann. de la Soc. d'Agr. Hist. Nat. etc. de Lyon. — Bourcier, in 

 Annates de la Societe d' Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle, etc. 

 de Lyon. 



Bourc. Ann. Sci. Phys. et Nat. de Lyon. — Bourcier, in Annates des 

 Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Lyon, 



Bourc. Compt. Bend, de FAcad. des Sci. — Bourcier, in Comptes Ren- 

 dus de FAcademie des Sciences. 



Bourc. in Proc. Zool. Soc. — Bourcier, in the Proceedings of the Zoo- 

 logical Society of London. 



Bourc. Bev. Zool. — Bourcier, in Revue Zoologique. 



Bourc. et Muls. — Bourcier and Mulsant, in Revue Zoologique. 



Bourc. et Muls. Ann. de la Soc. Sci. de Lyons. — Bourcier and Mulsant, 

 in Annates des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Lyon. 



Bourc. et Muls. Ann. de FAcad. Sci. Bell. Lett, et Arts de Lyon. — 

 Bourcier and MuJsa^it, in Annates de VAcademie des Sciences, 

 Belles- Lettres et Arts de Lyon. 



Bourc. et Muls. Ann. de la Soc. Linn, de Lyon. — Bourcier and Mul- 

 sant, in Annates de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon. 



Brandt, Icon. Av, Boss. — Brandt, Descriptiones et Icones Animalium 

 Rossicorum, etc. 



Bridges, Proc. of Zool. Soc. — Bridges, in the Proceedings of the Zoo- 

 logical Society of London. 



Briss. Orn. — Brisson, Oi^nithologie. 



Brown. Nat. Hist, of Jam. — Browne, The Civil and Natural History 

 of Jamaica. 



Bryant, List of Birds seen at the Bahamas. 



BufF. Hist. Nat. des Ois. — Buffon, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. 



Buff. Sonn. edit. — Sonnini's edit, of Buffon's Histoire Naturelle des 

 Oiseaux. 



Buff. PL Enl. — Buffon's Planches Enluminees. 



Burm. Th. Bva-s.—Burmeister, Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere 

 Brasiliens. 



Cab. and Cab. et Hein. — Dr. Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine, Museum 

 Heineanum. 



Cab. or Cabanis in Bich. Schomb. Reisen in Brit. Guian. — Cabanis, 

 in Schomburgk' s Reisen in Britisdi Guiana. 



Cabot in Proc. of Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist. — Cabot, in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 



Cassin, 111. Birds of California. — Cassin, Illustrations of the Birds of 

 California. 



Cuv. Begn. Anim. — Cuvier, Regne Animal. 



Darwin, Zool. of Beagle. — Darwin, The Zoology of the Voyage of 

 H. M. S. Beagle, Part HI. Birds, by John Gould. 



Da Silva, Maia Minerva Brasiliensis. 



Delatt. Echo du Monde Savant. — Delattre, in UEcho du Monde 

 Savant. 



Delatt. in Rev. Zool. — Delattre, in Revue Zoologique. 



Delatt. et Bourc. Rev. Zool. — Delattre and Bourcier, in Revue Zoolo- 

 gique. 



Delatt. et Less. Rev. Zool. — Delattre and Lesson, in Reime Zoologique. 



De Longuem. Rev. Zool. — De Longuemare, in Revue Zoologique. 



Dev. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. — Deville, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 



D'Orb. Voy. dans FAmer. Merid. Ois. — D^Orbigny, Voyage dans 

 Amerique Meridioiiale : Oiseaux. 



D'Orb. et Lafres. Syn. — D^Orbigny et Lafresnaye, Synopsis Avium. 



Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. — Drapiez, in Le Dictionnaire 

 Classique d^ Histoire Naturelle. 



Dubus, Esquisses Orn. — Dubus, Esquisses Ornithologiques. 



Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat. — Dumont de St. Croix, in Le Dictionnaire 

 des Sciences Naturelles. 



Edwards, Bii'ds, or Nat. Hist, of Birds. — Edivards, Natural History 

 of uncommon Birds. 



Edw. Glean, or Glean, of Nat. Hist. — Edwards, Gleanings of Natural 

 History. 



Perm. Surinam. — Fermin, Histoire Naturelle de Surinam. 



Eras, in Proc. Zool. Soc. — Eraser, in the Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London. 



Gambel, Notes on Californian Birds. 



Gambel, in Proc. of Acad. Sci. Philad. — Gambel, in the Proceedings 

 of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Gerv. Mag. de Zool. — Gervais, in Le Magasin de Zoologie. 



Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. — Gmelhi's edition of Linnrsus^ s Sy sterna Natura. 



Gosse, Birds of Jamaica. 



Gosse, 111. Birds of Jam. — Gosse, Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica. 



Gould, in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. — Goidd, in the Annals and Maga- 

 zine of Natural History. 



Gould, in Jard. Contr. to Orn. — Gould, in Jardine's Contributioiu to 

 Ornithology . 



Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. — Goidd, ifi tfie Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London. 



Gould, in Rep. Brit. Assoc. — Gould, in the Report of the British Asso- 

 ciation. 



Gould, Zool. of Beagle. — Gould, in Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. 

 Beagle, Part III. Birds. 



Gray, Cat. of Gen. and Sub-gen. of Bii'ds in Brit. Mus. — G. R. Gray, 

 Catalogue of the Genera and Sub-genera of Birds contained 

 in the British Museum. 



Gray, List of Gen. of Bii'ds. — G. R. Gray, List of the Genera of Birds. 



Gray and Mitch.' — Gray a^ul Mitchell, The Genera of Birds. 



Gundl. in Cab. Journ. fiir Om. — Gundlach, in Cabanis's Journal fdr 

 Ornithologie. 



Hill, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. — Hill, in the Annals and Magazine 

 of Natural History. 



Jard. or Jardine in the Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. — Jardine, in the 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 



Jard. Cont. to Orn. — Jardine, Contributions to Ornithology. 



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