Birds. 



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Scuirus Carolinensis, Gmelin. Gray Squirrel. 

 nig-er, L. Black Squirrel. 



Hudsonius, Gmelin. Chickaree or Red Squirrel. 

 (Tamias) striatus, Klein (Lysteri, Ray, and Richardson) Striped or 



Ground Squirrel. 

 Pteromys volucella, L. Flying Squirrel. 

 Hystrix pilosus, Catesby. (dorsata L.) Porcupine. 

 Lepus Americanus, Gmelin. Babbit, or Hare* 



Virginianus, Harlan, (variabilis, Godman) Varying Hare. 



ORDER 3. RUMINANTIA. 



Cervus Virginianus, Gmelin. Common, or Fallow Deer. 



ORDER 4. CETACEA. 



Delphinus Delphis, L. Grampus or Porpus.f 



(Phocsena) gladiator, Lacepede. Killer, Sabre-finned Dolphin, or Sword 

 Fish. 



Balaena mysticetus, L. Common Whale. 



Note. It is doubtful whether the animals, to the names of which this character (?) 

 is prefixed, do now exist within the limits of Massachusetts ; all of them, except 

 Mustela martes, Arvicola Pennsylvania, and Mus leucopus, undoubtedly once had 

 here a 11 local habitation " 



II. BIRDS. 



BY EBENEZER EMMONS, M. D. 



Professor of Natural History in Williams College, 



Explanations and Abbreviations. 



II placed before a species denotes that it is a summer and winter resident,, 

 IT marks the rare species. 



§ shews that it is a regular visitant, and breeds in this climate, 

 f shews that it is an occasional visitant. 

 L. — Linnaeus. Briss. Brisson. Gmelin 



Lath.— Latham. 111. — Illiger. Cuv.— Cuvier. Vieill.— Vieillot 

 Temm. Temminck. Ranz. — Ranzani. Latr. — Latreille. 

 Wils. — Wilson. Bon. — Bonaparte. 



SUB CLASS I. 



Hind toe articulated on the same plane with the foretoes, and bearing on the 

 ground the whole length, formed for grasping. 



ORDER I. ACCIPITRES. 



Accipitres. L. Gm. Lath. Cuv. Vieill. Raptatores, 111. Rapaces 

 Temm. Latr. Ranz. 



* This animal is almost universally called a Rabbit, though it is, strictly 

 speaking, a Hare, and never burrows like a Rabbit. 



f Not unfrequently but improperly called Porpus. It ia the true Dolphin of 

 the ancients, but not the Dolphin of Seamen, which is the Coryphaena pur- 

 purea. 



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