EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS, 
AND 
LIST OF AUTHORS 
AND WORKS REFERRED TO. 
Aud. B. of America. Audubon in Birds of America. 
Aud. Orn. Biog. Audubon in the Ornithological Biography. 
Baird, B. of N. Am. Baird in Birds of North America. 
Baird, Eey. N. Am. Birds. Baird in Review of North American Birds. 
Bell, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. Bell in Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History in New York. 
Boie Isis. Boie in the Isis. 
Box. Compt. Read. Bonaparte in Compte Rendue. 
Box. Cosip. List. Bonaparte in Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and North America. 
Box. Consp. Ay. Bonaparte Conspectus Generum Avium. 
Brandt Mem. Acad. St. Petersb., Cth. Ser. Sc. Nat. Brandt in Memoires de V Academic Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. 
Sixieme serie Sciences Naturelles. 
Brehm Yog. Deutsch. Brehm Vogel Beutschlands. 
Briss. Orx. Brisson, Ornithologie ou Methode contenant la division des Oiseaux en Ordre, Sectiones. Ac. 
Cab. & IIein. Mds. Hein. Cabanis A Heine. Museum Heineanum. 
Cab. Weigm. Archiy. Cabanis, Wiegmann Archives. 
Cab. Jour, fur Ornith. Cabanis Journal fur Ornithologie. 
Cass. Pro. Acad. Nat. Scien. Cassin in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Cass. Jour. Acad Nat. Scien. Cassin in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Cass. III. Cassin, Illustration of the Birds of California and Texas. 
Coop. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Cooper in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Coop. & Suckl. Nat. Hist. Wash. Terr. Cooper A Suck/ey, Natural History of Washington Territory. 
Copes Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Coues in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. . 
Coues Mon. Procell. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Codes’ Review of the Procellaridae in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Coues Ibis. Coues in the Ibis. 
Coues Rev. Larid. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Coues ’ Review of the Laridae in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia. 
Cua t . Reg. Anim. Cuvier Peyne Animal. 
Elliot Pro. Acad. Nat. Scien. Elliot in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Eschsh. Zool. Atlas. Esch&holtz Zoologischer Atlas. 
Eyton Mon. Anat. Eyton Monograph of the Anatidae. 
Gamb. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Gambel in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Game. Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Gambel in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Giraud B. of Texas. Giraud, Birds of Texas. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. Gmelin, Systema Naturae. 
Gould Proc. Zool. Soc. Gould in Proceedings of Zoological Society of London. 
Gould Yoy. Sulp. Gould in the Voyage of the Sulphur. Zoology. 
Gould B. of Aust. Gould in the Birds of Australia. 
Gould Handb. B. of Aust. Gould in Handbook of the Birds of Australia. 
Gosse B. of Jamal Gosse in Birds of Jamaica. 
Gray' Gen. of Birds. Gray and Mitchell in the Genera of Birds. 
Gray Proc. Zool Soc. Gray in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 
Gruber Mss. Gruber Manuscript. 
Gund. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. Gundlach, Annals of the New York Lyceum of Natural History. 
Hearne Journ. Nor. Ocean. Hearne, Journal to the Northern Ocean. 
Herrm. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Herrmann in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Illig Prodr. Illiger Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium, &c. 
