SYSTEMATIC INDEX 



The arrangement adopted is that of Temminck, slightly altered, with the addition of some new Genera. 



One Hundred and Sixty-one Birds have been added by the Editor, which are distinguished by an * ; and Eighty-seven Birds have been considerably 

 enlarged ; these latter are marked by a f prefixed. Besides the addition of One Hundred and Sixty-seven representations of Forest Trees and 

 Shrubs. 



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DIVISION I— LAND BIRDS. 



Genus I. Sarcoramphus. Vultures. Vigors. 

 Californian Vulture, S. Californianus, Plate ] 



Genus II. Cathartes. Vultures. Illiger. 

 Turkey Vulture, C. aura, 



•t 1 



f 2. Black ditto, 



atratus, 



* 1. 

 2. 



t 3. 



* 1. 



* 2. 

 t 3. 



4. 



* 5. 

 6. 

 7. 



Genus III. Aquila. Eagles. Cuvier. 



A. Chrysaetos, adult male, 

 ditto, young, 

 leucocephala, 

 ditto, 



Golden Eagle, 

 Ditto, 



White-headed ditto, 

 Ditto, 

 Osprey, 



Genus IV. Falco. 

 Peregrine Falcon, 

 Ditto, 

 Jerfalcon, 



American Sparrow Hawk, 

 Ditto, 



Pigeon Hawk, 

 Merlin, 



Mississippi Kite, 

 Winter Falcon, 



Genus V. 

 Broad-winged Hawk, 

 Cooper's ditto, 



Genus VI. Accipiter. 

 Goshawk, 



Slate-coloured Hawk, 

 Ditto, 



Stanley's ditto, 



Genus VII. 

 L Common Buzzard, 



2. Red-tailed ditto, 

 Ditto, 



3. Rough-legged ditto, 



4. American Hen-harrier, 

 Ditto, 



5. Black Hawk, 

 Ditto, 



6. Red-shouldered ditto, 



3. 



Falcons. Linnaeus. 

 F. peregrinus, adult male, 

 ditto, female, 

 Islandicus, 

 Sparverius, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 Columbarius, 

 JEsalon, 

 Mississipiensis, 

 hyemalis, 



Astur. Bechstein. 



A. latissimus, 

 Cooperii, 



Goshawks. Bechstein. 



A. palumbarius, 

 Pennsylvanicus, male, 

 ditto, young female, 

 Stanlii, 



Buteo. Buzzards. Ray. 



B. vulgaris, 

 Borealis, 

 ditto, young, 

 lagopus, 

 Cyaneus, 

 ditto, young, 

 niger, 



ditto young, 

 lineatus, 



II. 

 III. 



IV. 1 

 V. 1 



VI. 1 

 V. 2 



IV. 2 



VII. 1 

 XI. 1 



VII. 3 

 XI. 2 

 XI. 3 

 VI. 3 



VII. 3 

 XI. 4 



XII. 1 



VIII. 2 

 X. 3 



XII. 2 

 IX. 1 

 VIII. 3 

 VII. 4 



XIII. 

 XII. 4 



3 



VIII. 1 

 X. 2 

 V. 3 

 IX. 3 

 IX. 4 

 IX. 2 



Genus IX. Strix. Owls. Linnaeus. 



S. Nyctea, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 cinerea, 

 Tengnialmi, 

 Dalhousiei, 

 Hudsonia, 

 nebulosa, 



Genus VIII. Elanus. Swift Hawks. Savigny. 



1. Swallow-tailed Hawk, E.furcatus, VI. 2 



2. White-tailed ditto, dispar, X. 1 



XIV. 1 



2 



XV. 1 



2 

 3 



XVI. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



XVII. 1 



. 



3 

 4 



XVIII. 1 



2 



XIX. 1 



2 



XIX. 3 



XX. 3 

 I 



2 



XXI. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 



Genus XIV. Icterus. Troopials. Temminck. 



1. Snowy Owl, 

 Ditto, 



2. Great Cinereous ditto, 



* 3. Tengmalm's ditto, 



* 4. Dalhousie's ditto, 



5. Hawk ditto, 



6. Barred ditto, 

 ■j- 7. Barn or White ditto, flammea, 



8. Little ditto, 



9. Burrowing ditto, 

 10. Great-horned ditto, 



■f 11. Long-eared ditto, 



12. Mottled ditto, 

 Ditto ditto, 



13. Short-eared ditto, 



* 14. Arctic-white ditto, Arctica, 



Cunicularia, 

 Virginiana, 

 otus, 



ncevia, male, 

 ditto, young female, 



Genus X. 



1. Raven, 



2. Fish Crow, 



3. Crow or Rook, 



4. Clark's ditto, 



f 3. Magpie, 



* 1. Short-billed Jay, 



* 2. Columbian ditto, 



4. S teller's ditto, 



5. Blue ditto, 



6. Florida ditto, 



7. Canada ditto, 



Corvus. Crows. Linnaeus. 

 C. corax, 

 ossifragus, 

 corone, 

 Columbianus, 



Garrulus. Jays. Brisson. 

 G. Pica, 



brachyrynchus, 



BullocMi, 



Stelleri, 



cristatus, 



Floridanus, 



Genus XII. Bombycilla. Wax- Wings. Brisson. 



1. Cedar-bird, B. Cedorum, XXII. 1 

 Ditto, ditto, variety, 2 



2. Bohemian Wax-wing, garrula, 3 



Genus XIII. Yephantes. Baltimores. Vieillot. 



1. Orchard Baltimore, 

 Ditto, 



Ditto, 

 Ditto, 



2. Catesby's ditto, 

 Ditto, 



Y. spurius, adult male, 

 ditto, 2d year, 

 ditto, 1st year, 

 ditto, female, 

 Baltimorus, male, 

 ditto, female, 



XXIII. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



1. Yellow-headed Troopial, 

 Ditto, 



2. Red-winged ditto, 

 Ditto, 



3. Cow ditto, 

 Ditto, 

 Ditto, 



4. Rice ditto, 

 Ditto, 



/. icterocephalus, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 Phceniceus, male, 

 ditto, young, 

 pecoris, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 young, 

 agripennis, 

 ditto, female, 



Genus XV. Quiscalus. Grahles. Vieillot. 



1. Great Crow Grakle, 

 Ditto, 



2. Rusty, 



3. Purple, 

 Ditto, 



Q. Major, male, 

 ditto, female, 



versicolor, 

 ditto, female, 



XXIV. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



XXV. 1 

 2 



XXVI. 1 

 2 



3 



Genus XVI. 

 1. Meadow-Lark, 



Sturnella. Meadow- Larks. Vieillot. 



S. Ludoviciana, male, XXVII. 1 



Genus XVII. Merula. Thruslics. Ray. 



1. Ferruginous Thrush, 



2. Hermit ditto, 



3. Cat Bird, 



4. Mocking Bird, 



5. Robin, 



6. Wood ditto, 



7. Tawny ditto, 



8. Little Tawny ditto, 



9. Richardson's ditto, 



10. Golden-crowned ditto, 



11. Water ditto, 

 ! 12. Audubon's, 



M. rufa, 

 solitaria, 

 livida, 



Polyglotta, male, 



migraloria, 



■meloda, 



mustilina, 



minor, 



Richardsonii, 

 aurocapilla, 

 aquatica, 

 Ludoviciana, 



XXVIII. 1 

 2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



XXIX. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Genus XVIII. Cinches. Dippers. Bechstein. 



1. American Dipper, C. Americanus, XXX. 1 



Genus XIX. Myioihera. Ant- Catchers. Illiger. 



1. Rockymountain Ant-catcher,/J/. obsoleta, XXX. 2 

 Genus XX. Lanius. Shrikes. Linnaeus. 



1. Greater Northern Shrike, L. Borealis, XXXI. 1 



2. American Gray ditto, excubitorides, 2 



3. Great American ditto, excubitor, 3 

 4 Loggerhead ditto, Carolinensis, 4 



Genus XXI. Muscicapa. Fly- catchers. Linnaeus. 



1. Tyrant Fly-catcher, 



2. Great-crested ditto, 



3. Richardson's ditto, 



4. Northern ditto, 

 : 5. Say's ditto, 



Ditto ditto, 



6. Little Tyrant, 



7. Small Green-crested, 



8. Wood Pe-we, 



9. Arkensaw, 

 10. Pe-wit, 



s 11. Traill's, 



Sub-Genus. 



12. Fork-tailed, 



13. Swallow-tailed, 



Genus XXII. St 



1. Hooded Gnat-catcher, 



2. Green Black-capt, 



3. Yellow- tailed, 



* Ditto, 

 Ditto, 



* 4. Selby's, 



* 5. Bonaparte's, 



6. Small Blue-gray, 



* 7.' Ditto, 



Genus XXIII. 



1. Yellow-throated Chat, 



2. Solitary, 



* Ditto, 



* 3. Vigors's, 



4. Pine Swamp, 



5. Yellow-breasted, 



6. Red-eyed, 



7. White-eyed, 



8. Warbling, 



M. tyrannus, 

 crinita, 

 Richardsonii, 

 Borealis, female, 

 Saya, male, 

 ditto, female, 



querula, 



rapax, 



verticalis, 



nunciola, 



Trailli, 



Milvulus. Swainson. 

 Savanna, 

 forficata, 



Gnat-catchers. 

 S. mitrata, 



XXXII. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



XXXIII. 7 

 XXXII. 6 



XXXIII. 2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 15 



ruticilla, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 ditto, young, 

 Selbii, 

 Bonapartii, 

 ccendea, male, 

 ditto, female, 



reo. Chats. Vieillot. 

 V.Jlavifrons, 

 solitarius, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 Vigorsii, 

 sphagnosa, 

 polyglotta, 

 olivacea, 

 Novoboracensis, 

 melodia, 



1 



6 



Swainson. 



XXXIV. 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



XXXV. 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



1 Genus XXIV. Sylvia. Warblers. Latham. 



1. Golden-crowned, 



2. Black-throated Green, 



3. Yellow-rumped, 

 Ditto, 



Ditto, 



4. Yellow Redpole, 



5. Blackburnian, 



6. Bay-breasted, 



7. Mourning, 



S. cor onata,male, summer ^XXXW. 1 

 2 

 3 



XXXIX. 5 



XXXVI. 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



ditto, winter, 

 ditto, young male, 



Blackburnice, 



11. 



12. 



13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 



20. 

 21. 



22. 

 23. 

 24. 



25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 

 32. 



* 33. 

 34. 

 35. 



* 36. 



* 37. 



* 40. 



#41, 



* 42, 



Chestnut-sided, 

 Caerulean, 

 Ditto, 

 Tenesse, 



Maryland Yellow Throat, 

 Ditto, 



Blue Mountain, 



Palm, 



Hemlock, 



Blue-green, 



Orange-crowned, 



Cape May, 



Ditto, 



Blackpole, 



Ditto, 



Pine-creeping, 

 Prairie, 



Blue-winged Yellow, 

 Black-throated Blue, 

 Golden-winged, 

 Ditto, 



Blue-eyed Yellow, 



Kentucky, 



Yellow Throat, 



Connecticut, 



Blue-yellow Back, 



Canada, 



Prothonotary, 



Autumnal, 



Richardson's, 



Nashville, 



Worm- eating, 



Children's, 



Ditto, 



Small headed, 

 Carbonated, 

 Ditto, 

 Rathbone's, 



Roscoe's Yellow Throat, 



Bachman's, 



Ditto, 



Pennsylvanica, 



cterulea, male, 



ditto, female, 



peregrina, 



Marylandia, male, 



ditto, female, 



tigrina, 



palmarum, 



parus, 



rara, 



celata, 



Maritima, male, 

 ditto, female, 



ditto, female, 

 pinus, 

 minuta, 

 solitaria, 



chrysoptera, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 citrinella, 

 formosa, 



agilis, 



XXXVI. 8 

 9 

 10 



XXXVII. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 7 

 5 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 



it i 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 12 

 13 

 14 



Genus XXV. 



1. American Kinglet, 

 Ditto, 



2. Ruby-crowned, 

 Ditto, 



3. Cuvier's, 



protonotarius, 

 autumnalis, 

 Richardsonii, 

 ruficapilla, 

 vermivora, 

 Childrenii, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 minuta, 



carbonata, adult male, 



ditto, young, 



Rathbonia, 



Rosco, 



Bachmanii, 



ditto, young, 



Kinglets. Cuvier. 

 R. Americanus, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 calendulus, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 Cuvierii, male, 



9 

 10 

 11 



XXXIX. 1 



2 

 3 



6 



XL. 4 

 5 

 3 

 6 

 1 

 2 



XLI. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Genus XXVI. Troglodytes. Wrens. Cuvier. 



1. Winter Wren, 



2. Marsh, 



3. House, 1 



4. Great Carolina, 



5. Bewick's, 



T. hyemalis, 



adon, 

 Ludovicianus, 

 Bewickii, 



XLII. 1 



3 



1. 



* 2. 



Genus XXVII. 

 Arctic Blue-bird, 

 Common, 



Genus XXVIII. 

 Brown Titlark, 

 Ditto, 

 Praerie, 



Genus XXIX. 

 Shore Lark, 



Genus XXX. 

 Black-capt Titmouse, 

 Crested, 

 Canadian, 



Sialia 



Blue-Birds. 

 S. Arctica, 

 Wilsonii, 



Swainson. 



XLIII. 1 



2 



Anthus. Titlarks. Bechstein. 



A. Ludovicianus, male, XLIII. 3 

 ditto, female, 4 



Alauda. Larks. Linnaeus. 



A. alpestris, 

 Parus. Titmice. Linnaeus. 

 P. atricapillus, 

 bicolor, 

 Hudsonicus, 



XLIII. 6 



XLIV. 1 



2 

 5 



* 1, 

 2. 



Genus XXXI. Emberiza. Buntings. Linnaeus. 



Painted Bunting, 

 Lapland Long-spurred, 

 Ditto, 

 Snow, 

 Ditto, 

 Henslow's, 



E. picta, 



Lapponica, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 nivalis, summer, 

 ditto, winter, 

 Henslowii, 



XLV. 3 

 4 



5 

 6 

 7 



5. Arctic ground 

 Ditto, 



Genus XXXII. 



1 . Summer Red Bird, 

 Ditto, 



2. Scarlet Tanager, 

 Ditto, 



3. Louisiana, 



Gknus XXXIII. 



1. American Crossbill, 

 Ditto, 



2. White-winged ditto, 

 Ditto, 



Ditto, 



Sub-genus. Pipilo. Swainson. 



Arctica, male, 

 ditto, female, 



Tanagra. Tanagers. Linnaeus. 

 T. astiva, male, 

 ditto, female, 

 rubra, male, 

 ditto, female, 



XL VI. 1 



2 

 3 



Loxia. Crossbills. Brisson. 



L. curvirostra,young'male,XLVII.l 

 ditto, female, 2 

 leucoptera, male, 3 

 ditto, young male, 4 

 ditta, female, 5 



