BIBLIOGRAPHY 



The following titles include the principal references to the 

 birds of Alabama : 



1824. Hodgson, Adam. Letters from North America, written during a 

 tour in the United States and Canada. 2 vols., 8vo., London. 



Account (in vol. I, pp. 117-154, 262-273) of a journey across 

 Alabama, in which are a few casual references to the birds seen. 



1828. Saxb-Weimab, Bbrnaed, Duke of. Travels through North Amer- 

 ica, during the years 1825 and 1826. 2 vols., 8vo., Philadelphia. 

 Description of a journey through Alabama appears in vol. 2, 

 pp. 28-52; numerous references to birds seen along the way. 



1831-39. Audubon, John James. Ornithological biography, or an ac- 

 count of the habits of the birds of the United States of America ; 

 accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the 

 work entitled The birds of America, and interspersed with de- 

 lineations of American scenery and manners. 5 vols., royal 

 8vo., Edinburgh. 



Numerous casual references to occurrence of certain species 

 in Alabama. 



1832-34. NuTTAix, Thomas. Manual of the ornithology of the United 

 States and Canada. 2 vols., 12mo. The land birds, Cambridge, 

 Mass., 1832; The water birds, Boston, Mass., 1834. 



Contains numerous references to birds seen by the author 

 during a trip through Alabama in 1830; the only authority for 

 occurrence of the scarlet ibis in the State. 



1833. Stuart, James. Three years in North America. 2 vols., 8vo., 



Edinburgh. 



Account of a journey in 1830 across Alabama, from Fort 

 Mitchell to Montgomery, and thence to Mobile, in vol 2, pp. 

 164-226; wild turkeys and white pelicans are the only birds 

 mentioned. 



1834. Arpwedson, C. D. The United States and Canada in 1832, 1833, 



and 1834. 2 vols., 8vo., London. 



Account of a journey in 1832 across Alabama from Port 

 Mitchell to Montgomery, and thence by steamboat to Mobile, 

 in vol. 2, pp. 1-47. The only birds mentioned are "immense 

 quantities of wild ducks and wild turkeys" seen on the Alabama 

 River below Montgomery (p. 41). 



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