LIST 
OF 
Authors quoted, with the Abbreviations. 
Bechs. Bechstein. When this author’s works are quoted, it is on the 
authority of some other author. The titles are, Gemeinnut- 
zige Naturgeschichte Deutschlands, Tweyte Auflage. Und 
Ornithologisches Tasschenbuch, von und fur Deutschland. 
Bewick, A History of British Birds. Newcastle, 1826. 
Briss. Brisson. Ornithologie, 1760. Regnum Animale, 1756. 
Brunn. Brunnich. Ornithologia Borealis. 
Buff. BufFon. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, 1770. Planches 
Enlumin6es. 
Cuv. Cuvier. Le Regne Animal, 1829. 
Edw. Edwards, George. Natural History of Birds, 1763. 
Faun. Bo. Amer. Fauna Boreali Americana. By Messrs. Richardson 
and Swainson, 1831. 
Gmel. Gmelin. Systema Naturae, 1783. 
Jenyns, A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals, 1835. 
Lath. Latham. Index Ornithologicus, 1790. A General Synopsis of 
Birds, 1785. 
Linn. Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, 1766. Fauna Suecica, 1761. 
Mont. Montagu. Ornithological Dictionary, 1812, and Supplement, 
1813. 
Penn. Pennant. British Zoology, 1776. Arctic Zoology, 1787. 
Ray, Synopsis Methodica Avium, 1713. 
