CATALOGUE 



J^ORTH AMERICA]^ BIRDS. 



Bt Prop. SPENCER F. BAIRD, 



Of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The following " Catalogue of North American Birds" has heen reprinted from the 

 octavo edition issued by the Smithsonian Institution, in October, 1858. It was originally 

 published in quarto, forming a jiortion of the report on North American Birds, in vol. iv. 

 of the Reports of the Pacific Railroad Survey. Its republication in 8vo. had for its object 

 to facilitate the labelling of the specimens of birds and eggs in the Museum of the Institu- 

 tion ; we reprint it, as it serves most admirably the purposes of a cheek list of the species 

 of American Birds. 



1. Caihartes Avra. Illig. 



Turkey Buzzard. 



2. Oaiharie.i Californianus. Cuv. 



California Vulture. 



3. Caihartes Atraius. Lesson. 



Black Vulture. 



4. Caihartes Burrovianvs. Cassin. 



Mexican Vulture. 



5. Falco Analum. Bonap. 



Duck Hawk. 



6. Falco Nigriceps. Cassin. 



Black Capped Hawk. 



7. Eypotriorchis Colnmbarius. Gray. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



8. Hi/poiri orchis Aurantius. Kaup. 



Orange-breasted Hawk. 



9. Hypotriorchis Femoralis. Gray. 



Aplomado. 



10. Falco Polyagms. Cassin. 



Prairie Falcon. 



11. Falco Candicans. Gmelin. 



Jer Falcon. 



12. Falco hlandicus. Sabine. 



Jer Falcon. 

 I '5. Tinnunculus Sparverius. VieiH. 

 S'PARRow Hawk. 



14. Astur Atricapillus. Bonap. 



Goshawk. 



15. Accipiier Cooperii. Bonap. 



Cooper's Hawk. 



16. Accipiier Mexicanus. Swains. 



Blue-backed Hawk. 



17. Accipiier Fuscus. Bonap. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



18. 



19. 



Btiteo Swainsoni. Bonap. 

 Swainson's Hawk. 

 Buteo Bairdii. Hoy. 



Baird's Hawk. 



20. Buteo Calurus. Cassin. 



Black Red-tail. 



21. Buteo Insignatus. Cassin. 



Brown Hawk. 



22. Buteo Harlani. Bonap. 



Harlan's Hawk. 



23. Buteo Borealis. Vieill. 



Red-tailed Hawk. 



24. Buteo Montanus. Nuttall. 



Western Red-tail. 



25. Buteo Lineatus. Jardine. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. 



26. Buteo Elegaus. Cassin. 



Red-bellied Hawk. 



27. Buteo Pennsylvanicus. Bonap, 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



28. Buteo Oxypte)-us. Cassin. 



Sharp-winged Hawk. 



29. Buteo Cooperi. Cassin. 



California Hawk. 



30. Archibuieo Lagopus. Gray. 



Rough-legged Hawk. 



31. Archibuieo Sancti-Johannis. 



Black Hawk. 



32. Archibuieo Ferrugineus. Gray. 



Squirrel Hawk. 



33. Asturina Nitida. Bonap. 



Mexican Hawk. 



34. Nauclerus Fiircaius. Vigors. 



Swallow-tailed Hawk. 



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Gray. 



