tVl LIST OP SPHCIES. 



312. *Chrysomitris yarrelli, Bonap. South America. 

 350. Junco cinereus, Sclater. Mexico. 

 405. Trupialis militaris, Bon. South America. 

 408. *Icterus vulgaris, Z>aMc?. (1) South America. 

 410. Icterus melanocephalus, Oray. Mexico. 

 494. Butorides brunnescens, Baird. Cuba. 

 498. *Ibis rubra, L.Q) West Indies, Cuba, and South America. 

 514. *Haematopus ater, VieiU. South America. 

 Total of species, 23 ; of which one is not mentioned in the list, leaving 22. Of the 23 

 species, nine marked with an asterisk are given by Mr. Audubon. 



The following species, claiming to be actually inhabitants of North America, have not been 

 described from the specimens, none having been procurable for the purpose. Of several of 

 them no specimens are known in any collection : 



Haliaelitus washingtonii. Thalassidroma hornbyi. 



Regulus cuvierii. melania. 



Dendroica montana. Larus chalcopterus. 



carbonata. Rissa brevirostris. 



Myiodioctes minutus. nivea. 



bonapartii. Pagophila brachytarsi. 



^giothus canesceUs. Rhodostethia rosea. 



Leucosticte griseinucha. Creagrus furcatus. 



arctous. Xema sabinni. 



Lagopus americanus. Chroicocephalus minutus, (') 



Chloephaga canagica. Podiceps auritus. (^) 



Polysticta stelleri. (') Sagmatorhina labradoria. 



Oidemia bimaculata. Brachyrhamphus kittlitzii, 



Somateria v-nigra. wrangelii. 



Graculus perspicillatus. brachypterus. 



cincinnatus. Total — 31 species. 



The following species are probably accidental visitors only, and are not yet entitled to a 

 permanent place in our fauna : 



Milvulus tyrannus. Heliornis surinamensis. (^) 



Saxicola cenanthe. Mareca penelope. 



Chrysomitris magellanicus. Nettion crecca. 



Phildmachus pugnax. Erismatura dominica. 



Crex pratensis. Mergellus albellus. — Total, 10 species. 



SUMMABY. 



Species enumerated in the list 738 



Of these, extralimital 22 



Total of North American speciesO • 716 



North American birds given by Wilson in 1814 283 



North American birds given by Bonaparte, 1838 471 



North American birds given by Audubon in 1844 506 



-1 No North American specimen seen. " Not enumerated in the list. 



' Of these no specimens at all, of 28 species, were to bo procured in this country for examination, and extralimital ones 

 only of 3 others. Many supposed species are referred to in different parts of the report ; some of which may prore genuine. 



