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0. Hermit Thrush. Merula solitaria. — Lake Hurop. 
10. Thrush-like Mock-bird. Orpheus meruloides. — Nootka Sound. 
11. The Arctic Blue-bird. Erythaca Arctica. — Great Bear Lake. 
12. Bartram’s Greenlet. Vireo Bartramii. — Banks of the Columbia. 
13. Painted Bunting-. Emberiza Picta. — Carlton House. 
14. Clay-coloured Bunting-. Emberiza Pallida. —Carlton House. 
15. Arctic Ground- finch. Pyrgita Arctica. — Carlton House. 
16. Gray-coloured Linnet. Linaria Tephrocotis.- — On the Saskatche- 
wan. 
17. Short-billed Jay. Garrulus Brachyrynchus. — Port Franklin. 
18. Red-shafted Woodpecker. Colaptes Mexicanus. — Banks of the 
Columbia. 
19. Cinnamon, or Nootka Humming- Bird. Trochilus Rufus. 
This superb species, found by Captain Cook in Nootka Sound, and 
since in Real del Monte, in Mexico. — Edinburg-h College 
Museum. 
20. White-tailed Grouse. Tetrao Leucurus. — Rocky Mountains. 
21. Drummond’s Snipe. Scolopax Drummondii. — Rocky Mountains. 
22. Ring-billed Mew Gull. Larus zonorhynchus Banks of the 
Saskatchewan. 
23. Short-billed Mew Gull. Larus Brachyrhynchus. — Great Bear 
Lake. 
24. Franklin’s Rosey Gull. Larus Franklinii. — On the Saskatchewan. 
25. Bonapartian Gull. Larus Bonapartii. — On Great Slave Lake. 
26. Cuneate-tailed Gull. Larus Rosii. 
This beautiful species was first discovered and described by Dr 
Richardson. A description of this bird, by my former assistant. 
Which was never written, is referred to by a late author. 
27. Richardson’s Jager. Lestris Richardsonii. — Port Franklin. 
28. Rocky Mountain Garrot. Clangula Barrovii. — On the Rocky 
Mountains. 
29. Trumpeter Swan. Cygnus Buccinator. — Hudson’s Bay. 
30. Hutchin’s Barnacle. Anas Hutchinsii. — Melville Peninsula. — 
Edinburgh College Museum. 
31. Double-crested Cormorant. Pelicanus Dilophus. 
ORDER I — AC CIPI TRE S. 
GENUS 1. — VULTUR. 
1. VULTUR AURA. TURKEY VULTURE; OR, TURKEY BUZZARD. 
Observations on the supposed power which Vultures , 
such as the Turkey Vulture , are said to possess , of 
scenting carrion at great distances. 
It has always appeared to us unaccountable, that 
birds of prey, as vultures, could scent carcasses at such 
immense distances, as they are said to do. We were 
led to call in question the accuracy of this opinion, on 
recollecting the observations of some travellers, who 
have remarked birds of prey directing their course 
