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ln‘ permit Thrush. Morula' soli f ana. —Lake Huron. 
||‘ ^hrush.lito Mock-bird. Orpheus meruloides. — Nootka Sound. 
|o* The Arctic Blue-bird. Erythaea Arctica. — Great. Bear Lake. 
H Guram's Gre.enlet. Vireo Bartrarnii. — Banks of the Columbia. 
|V jointed Bnntinsr. Emberi/a Picta. — Carlton House. 
Pj '-'ay-coloured Bunting-. Emheriza Pallida Carlton House. 
In £ r «tio Ground- finch. " Pyrgita Arctica. — Carlton House. 
' bray.coioured Linnet. Linarm Tephrocotls; — On the Saskatchc- 
1? u "'an. 
la ^tort-billed Jay. Garrulns Brachyrynchus. — Port Franklin. 
’ 4 "ed.sliufted Woodpecker. Colaptes Mcxleanus. — Banks of the 
la «. Columbia. „ , 
' L, «nuraon. or Nootka Humming Bird. Trochilus Rufus. 
This superb species, found by Captain Cook in Nootka Sound, and 
since in Real del Monte, In Mexico.— Edinburgh College 
Museum. _ 
•).’ >Vhlte-taih‘d Grouse. Tetrao Leu curus. — Rocky Mountains. 
•i.; grninmond’a Snipe. Scolopax Drummondii. — Rocky Mountains. 
*’ *Ung-biUed Mew Gull. Larus zonorhynchua. — Banks of the 
h - Saskatchewan. _ . „ , . 
^ort-hiilcd Mew Gull. Larus Brachyrhynchns — Great Bear 
(t pi'nufin’5 Rosey Gull. Lsrnis FranklinU. — On the Saskatchewan. 
\ G^napartian Gull. Larus Bonapartii. — On Great Slave Lake. 
Ciineate-tailed Gull. Larus Kosii. 
This beautiful species was first discovered and described by Dr 
Richardson. A description of this bird, by my former sissistant, 
which was never written, is referred to by a late author. 
-Port Franklin-. 
S^bardson’s Jager. Lestris Riehardsonii. - 
- Rocky Mountain Garrot. Clangula Barrovn. — uu me rmcsy 
^ Mountains. . 
:mi f/umneter Swan. Cygmts Buccinator. — Hudson s Bay. 
‘ Rutchin’s Barnacle. Anas Hutehiusii. — Melville Peninsula.-— 
Edinburgh College Museum. 
l<J tible-crested Cormorant. Pelicanus Diloplitis. 
ORDER I. — ACCIPITRE S. 
GENUS I VULTUIi. 
Pu Ltur AURA. — TURKEY VULTURE; OR, TURKEY BUZZARD. 
®^*ei -nations on the supposed power which Vultures, 
5) <c/t as the Turkey Vulture, are said to possess, of 
Renting carrion at great distances. 
, . It l las always appeared to us unaccountable, tliat 
;’' ri b of prey, as vultures, could scent carcasses at such 
>ense distances, as they are said to do. We were 
, 4 to call i u question the accuracy of this opinion, on 
rWlectiinr the observations of some travellers, who 
lv e remarked birds of prey directing their course 
