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Caprimulgid^e. Caprimulgus vociferus, C. (chordeiles) Virginiana. 



Halcyonidje. Alcedo alcyon. 



Columbid^:. Columba (Ectopistes) migratoria. 



Grallatores. Ardea Herodias, A. lentiginosa, Totanus vociferus, T. flavipes, T. Bar- 



tramius, Rallus Carolinus. 

 Natatores. Sterna hirundo, Anas discors, Dendronessa sponsa. In all 42. 



Table VIII. 



List of Species which winter to the southward, are birds of passage in the parallel of 

 Philadelphia in spring and autumn, and breed in summer in the Fur Countries. 



Falconid^e. Falco Columbarius. 



Sylviad^:. Sylvicola maculosa, S. coronata, S. striata, S. (Vermivora) rubricapilla, S. (V.) 

 peregrina? Setophaga Bonapartii, Seiurus aquaticus. 



Ampelid^:. Bombycilla garrula. 



Sturnid^:. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 



Grallatores. Charadrius semipalmatus, Strepsilas interpres, Grus Americana, G. Canaden- 

 sis, Recurvirostra Americana, Numeniuslongirostris, N. Hudsonicus, N. borealis ? Tringa 

 Douglasii, Tr. himantopus, Tr. semipalmata, Tr. alpina, Tr. maritima ? Tr. Schinzii, Tr. 

 minuta, Tr. pusilla, Tr. cinerea, Totanus semipalmatus, T. chloropygius, Scolopax Novo- 

 boracensis, Rallus Novoboracensis, Fulica Americana, PhalaropusWilsonii,Ph. hyperboreus. 



Natatores. Fuligula rufitorques. In all 35. 



Note — To illustrate the distribution of the Northern American birds still farther, the two following tables compiled 

 from the Prince of Musignano's Specchio comparativo, &c, are subjoined. 



No. I. — List of the Species which migrate northwards, from or through Pennsylvania, in spring, and may therefore be 

 considered as retiring to the Fur Countries to breed, although they did not come under our notice. 



FalconidjE. Falco Sancti Johannis, F. hyemalis. 



SylviadjE. Sylvia Novoboracensis, S. palmarum, S. maritima, S. pardalina, S. mitrata, S. pensilis, S. virens S. 

 Blackburniae, S. icterocephala, S. castanea, S. Canadensis, S. autumnalis, S. sphagnosa, S. azurea, S. Wilsonii 

 S. vermivora, S. solitaria, S. chrysoptera, Parus bicolor, Regulus cristatus, R. calendula. 



Fringillid^e. Fringilla pinus, Loxia curvirostra. 



Grallatores. Tringa pectoralis. 



Natatores. Rhincops nigra, Sterna minuta, Anas obscura, A. Labradora, Mergus albellus, Phalacrocorax carbo, 

 Ph. graculus, Ph. cristatus, Mormon fratercula, Alca torda. In all 36. 



No. II. — Species resident all the year in Pennsylvania, which were not seen by us in the Fur Countries. 

 Stbigid^e. Strix asio. 



Sylviad^e. Sylvia trichas (absents itself a few days in the middle of winter). 

 Certhiad^e. Sitta Carolinensis. 



Fringillid^e. Fringilla melodia, F. socialis, F. pusilla, F. caudacuta, F. maritima, F. Cardinalis. 

 TetraonidvE. Perdix Virginiana. 



Pavonid^. Meleagris gallopavo (formerly, now extinct in that state). 

 Grallatores. Haematopus ostralegus. In all 12. 



