APPENDIX C. — BIRDS. 327 



LIST OF BIEDS 



inhabiting america, west of the mississippi, not described in 



Audubon's ornithology.* 



Akchibuteo ferrugineus, Licht. Abh. Ac. Wiss. Berlin for 

 1838. California. 



Rosthramus sociabilis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet., vol. 18, p. 318. 

 Miami River ; Cape Florida. 



Strix frontalis, Licht. Abh. Ac. Wiss. Berlin. 1838. Cali- 

 fornia. 



AcANTHYLis VAUXii, Towns. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc, Phila., III. 1, 

 p. 148. 1839. Columbia River. 



Chordeiles brasilianus, (Gm.) — Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. April, 

 1851. Rio Grande, Texas. 



Antrostomus nuttalli, And. Biog. Birds, 2d ed. VII. 351, 

 pi. 495. 1847. Fort Union ; California. 



Ceryle AMERICANA, Boie. — Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. April, 

 1851. Texas, Rio Grande. 



Ornismya cost^, Bourcier, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 294. Cali- 

 fornia. 



CONIROSTRUM ORNATUM, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye, April, 1851, 

 pi. 4. Rio Grande, Texas. 



Picolaptes brunneicapillus, Laf. — Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye, 

 April, 1851. Rio Grande, Texas. 



Troglodytes albifrons, Giraud. Texas Birds. 1841. T. 

 mexieanus, Sw. Texas. 



* The list includes a few specimens recently described from the region east of 

 the Mississippi. As already stated, the birds mentioned here will all be described 

 and figured by Mr. Cassin of Philadelphia, in his forthcoming work on the Birds of 

 North America, entitled, "Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas," &c., 

 in continuation of Audubon. 



