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LIST OF AUTHORITIES. 
Agassiz, L. — Nomenclator zoologicus continens nomina systematica generum animalium tam viventium quam fossilium 
secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus libris in quibus reperiuntur, etc. Auctore L. Agassiz. 
Fasciculus II continens Aves, et Fasciculus XII continens Indicem universalem. Soloduri, 1842 and 1847. 
Agassiz, L.—See Boston, Society of Nat. Hist : Proceedings. 
American Journal of Science.—See New Haven. 
Amsterdam. —Genootschap “Natura artis magistra”: Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. Folio. I, i, 1848, 
et seq. 
Westerman, G. F.—Beschrijving van twee nieuwe Soorten van Meezer. I, m, 1851, 15. (Lophophanes woll- 
wcberi and Psaltria per sonata.) 
Audubon, J. J.—Ornithological Biography; or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America, 
accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled “The Birds of America.” By John James 
Audubon. 5 vols. 8vo. Edinburg. Adam & Charles Black. I, 1831; II, 1834 ; III, 1835 ; IY, 1838 ; V, 1839. (This is 
the text or descriptive portion of the work in folio entitled “Birds of America.”) 
Audubon. —The birds of America, from original drawings, (made during a residence of 25 years in the United States and 
their territories.) By John James Audubon. Folio. London. 1827-1838. (This work was originally published in 87 parts, 
but subsequently bound in five volumes. It constitutes the atlas to the “Ornithological Biography,” and its plates are 
quoted in that work. Yol. I, dated 1827-30, contains plates 1-100 ; II, 1831-1834, plates 101-20.0 ; III, 1834-5, plates 
201-300 ; IV, 1835-1838, plates 301-435.) 
Audubon.- —A synopsis of the birds of North America. By J. J. Audubon. 8vo. Edinburg. Adam & Charles Black. 
1839. (This work serves as a general systematic index to the “Ornithological Biography,” but embraces a very few species 
not found in the latter, among them Carduelis stanleyi. The genera adopted, however, are very different.) 
Audubon. —Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. By John James Audubon. 
7 vols. 8vo. New York, J. J. Audubon. Philadelphia, J. B. Chevalier. I, 1840 ; II, III, 1841 ; IV, V, 1842 ; VI, 1843 ; 
VII, 1844. (This work is a reissue of the “Ornithological Biography,” with the species arranged systematically, and under 
the same names as in the “ Synopsis.” The plates are reduced by the camera lucida from those in the large folio “Birds of 
America ” The Appendix to vol. VII contains a few species previously unpublished by the author, chiefly collected during 
a trip to the mouth of the Yellowstone in 1843.) 
Audubon.— See London, Loudon’s Magazine, I, 1828, 115 ;—New York, Lyceum Nat. Hist. 
Baciiman, Rev. J.—See New Haven, Am. Jour. Science. 
Baird, S. F. — See Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences ;—New Haven, American Journal of Science ;—Gettysburg, 
Pa , Literary Record and Journal; —New York, Lyceum of Natural History ;— Stansbury, Salt Lake Exped. 
Baird, Wm. M. & S. F.—See New Haven, Am Jour. Sc;— Philadelphia, Academy of Nat. Sciences. 
Barrere, P. — Ornitkologiae specimen novum; sive series avium in Ruscinone, Pyrenaeis montibus, atque in Gallia 
aequinoxiali observatarum, in classes, genera et species, nova metliodo digesta. 4to. Perpignan, 1745. 
Barton.— Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. Part First : Phila¬ 
delphia, 1799. Folio. (No more published. Consists chiefly of lists of birds of Pennsylvania, with dates of migration.) 
Barton, M. D., Benj. Smith. —See London, Linnaean Society. 
Bartram, John.— Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, etc. 8vo. Phila. 1791. 
Bartram. —Reisen durch nord und sud Carolina, etc. Aus dem englischen. Mit erlauternden Anmerkungen, von 
C. A. W. Zimmermann. 8vo. Berlin. 1793 (Forming vol. X of “ Magazin von merkwiirdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, 
etc.”) (Translation of preceding.) 
Beagle, Zoology of.—See Darwin. 
Bechstein, J. M.—Gememniitzige Naturgeschichte Deutsclilands, nach alien drei Reichen. 4 vols. 8vo. Leipzig. 1789, 
1795. (Vols. II-IV on birds. 1791-1795. Several subsequent editions published.) 
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