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SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE 
produced a work — liis Ornithological Biography — dis- 
tinguished by beauty of style, and perspicuity of narra- 
tive. It is descriptive of the plates in the unrivalled work 
entitled The Birds of America. We say unrivalled, 
because few naturalists and artists have appeared who 
could represent accurately the external forms, attitudes, 
form and style of distribution of the plumage of birds, 
and scarcely any one, except Audubon, has succeeded in 
presenting, to the eye and imagination, the passions and 
feelings of these interesting beings. Wilson, although 
a fascinating writer, and an accurate observer of the 
habits and manners of the feathered creation, cannot 
be considered as an effective ornithological painter. 
In order that the volumes of the Miscellany on the 
Birds of America , may be as complete as circumstances 
will allow of, we shall now lay before our readers a 
systematic catalogue of the birds drawn and described 
by Audubon; also, some notices of the new species he 
has discovered, and a few interesting details from his 
Ornithological Biography : — 
Systematic Catalogue of the American Birds , drawn and 
described by Audubon. 
1. Bird of Washington, 
2. White-headed Eagle, 
3. Great-footed Hawk, 
4. Stanley Hawk, 
5. Bed-tailed Hawk, 
6. Red-shouldered Hawk, 
7. Winter Hawk, 
8. Swallow-tailed Hawk, 
9. Le Petit Caporal, 
10. Fish Hawk, 
11. Black Warrior, 
12. Broad-winged Hawk, 
13. Pigeon Hawk, 
14. Great Horned Owl, 
15. Barred Owl, 
16. Mottled Owl, 
17. Carolina Parrot, 
18. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 
19. Black-billed Cuckoo, 
20. Red-headed Woodpecker, 
21. Gold-winged Woodpecker, 
22. Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 
23. Belted Kingsfisher, 
24. Baltimore Oriole, 
25. Orchard Oriole, 
Falco washingtonii. Aud. 
Falco leucoceplialus. Linn. 
Falco peregrinus. Gmel. 
Falco stanleii. Aud. 
Falco borealis. Gmel. 
Falco hyemalis. Gmel. 
Falco hyemalis. Gmel. 
Falco furcatus. Linn. 
Falco temerarius. Aud. 
Falco halisetos. Linn. 
Falco harlani. Aud. 
Falco pennsvlvanicus. Lath. 
Falco columbarius. Linn. 
Strix virginiana. Gmel. 
Strix nebulosa. Gmel. 
Strix asio. Linn. 
Psittacus carolinensis. Linn. 
Coccyzus americanus. Bonap. 
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Bon. 
Picus erythrocephalus.- Linn. 
Picus auratus. Linn. 
Picus principalis. Linn. 
Alcedo alcyon. Linn. 
Icterus baltimore. Baud. 
Icterus spurius. Bonap , 
