INTRODUCTION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY.
THE RAVEN.
THE BLUE JAY.
THE CANADA FLYCATCHER.
THE CHIPPING SPARROW.
THE RED-BELLIED NUTHATCH.
THE RUNAWAY.
THE BLACK VULTURE OR CARRION CROW.
THE CANADA JAY.
THE FOX-COLOURED SPARROW.
THE SAVANNAH FINCH.
THE HOODED WARBLER.
THE LOST ONE.
THE PILEATED WOODPECKER.
THE DOWNY WOODPECKER.
THE BLUE BIRD.
THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
THE WOOD PEWEE.
THE FORCE OF THE WATERS.
THE FERRUGINOUS THRUSH.
THE MISSISSIPPI KITE.
THE WARBLING FLYCATCHER OR VIREO.
THE YELLOW-THROATED FLYCATCHER, OR VIREO.
THE PEWEE FLYCATCHER.
THE SQUATTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
THE SNOWY OWL.
THE BLUE GROSBEAK.
THE BLACK AND YELLOW WARBLER.
THE GREEN BLACK-CAPPED FLYCATCHER.
THE BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH.
THE SQUATTERS OF LABRADOR.
THE WHITE-HEADED EAGLE.
THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
THE CAT BIRD.
THE GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER.
THE YELLOW-WINGED SPARROW.
TOWNSEND'S BUNTING.
DEATH OF A PIRATE.
THE AMERICAN ROBIN OR MIGRATORY THRUSH.
THE THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.
THE BLACK-POLL WARBLER.
THE HEMLOCK WARBLER.
THE BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.
A BALL IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
THE MEADOW LARK OR AMERICAN STARLING.
THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
THE CONNECTICUT WARBLER.
THE FIELD SPARROW.
THE PINE CREEPING WARBLER.
THE LIVE-OAKERS.
THE GOSHAWK.
THE AMERICAN SPARROW-HAWK.
THE GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH.
THE SMALL GREEN CRESTED FLYCATCHER.
THE YELLOW RED-POLL WARBLER.
SPRING GARDEN.
THE FISH-CROW.
THE NIGHT-HAWK.
THE PINE SWAMP WARBLER.
THE SHARP-TAILED FINCH.
MACGILLIVRAY'S FINCH.
THE RED-EYED VIREO.
ST JOHN'S RIVER IN FLORIDA.
THE TURKEY BUZZARD.
THE WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
THE YELLOW-RUMP WARBLER.
THE TENNESSEE WARBLER.
THE BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER.
THE FLORIDA KEYS.
THE AMERICAN CROW.
THE RUSTY GRAKLE.
THE CHIMNEY SWALLOW, OR AMERICAN SWIFT.
THE CARDINAL GROSBEAK .
THE CAROLINA TITMOUSE.
THE BLACK-CAP TITMOUSE.
THE FLORIDA KEYS. (2)
THE CARACARA EAGLE.
THE ZENAIDA DOVE.
THE YELLOW RED-POLL WARBLER. (2)
THE TAWNY THRUSH.
BACHMAN'S FINCH.
THE TURTLERS.
THE ROUGH-LEGGED FALCON.
THE KEY WEST PIGEON.
THE FORKED-TAILED FLYCATCHER.
THE MANGROVE CUCKOO.
THE PIPIRY FLYCATCHER.
THE BURNING OF THE FORESTS.
THE BARN OWL.
THE BLUE-HEADED PIGEON.
THE BARN SWALLOW.
THE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.
NUTTALL'S SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN.
A MOOSE HUNT.
THE SPOTTED OR CANADA GROUS.
WHITE-HEADED PIGEON.
THE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
THE WOOD WREN.
THE PINE FINCH.
JOURNEY IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND MAINE.
THE GOLDEN EAGLE.
THE GROUND DOVE.
AMERICAN GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN.
THE MANGO HUMMING BIRD.
BACHMAN'S WARBLER.
THE BAY OF FUNDY.
THE PINNATED GROUS.
THE BOAT-TAILED GRAKLE OR GREAT CROW BLACKBIRD.
THE TREE SPARROW.
THE SNOW BUNTING.
THE YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER.
COD-FISHING.
THE WILLOW GROUS.
THE GREAT CINEREOUS SHRIKE.
LINCOLN'S FINCH.
THE HUDSON'S BAY TITMOUSE.
THE RUBY-CROWNED REGULUS.
THE MERCHANT OF SAVANNAH.
THE ICELAND OR JER FALCON.
THE COMMON CROSSBILL.
SWAINSON'S WARBLER.
THE LITTLE OR ACADIAN OWL.
THE SHORE LARK.
KENTUCKY BARBICUE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.
ERRATA.
SUBSCRIBERS TO "THE BIRDS OF AMERICA," OBTAINED SINCE THE
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
The following inconsistencies were noted and retained:
- subterminal and sub-terminal
- College Yard and College-yard
- Jer falcon and Jerfalcon
- foreneck and fore-neck
- acknowledgement and acknowledgment
- Hackmatack, Hackmetack, hackmitack
- Piercey and Piercy
- gray and grey
- Magdalene, Magdeleine, Magdaleine Islands
- Pittsburg and Pittsburgh
- Schuylkil and Schuylkill
- vermilion and vermillion
- grouse and grous
- aerial and Ærial
- teasing and teazing
- sunrise and sun-rise
- characterised, characterized
- Huckleberry and Huckle-berry
- cupshaped and cup-shaped
- Bunting and Buntling
- pokeweed and poke-weed
- Red-wing and Redwing
- Charleston and Charlestown
- LinnÆan and Linnean
- north-eastern and northeastern
- dog wood and dog-wood.
The following are possible errors, but retained:
- befal
- racoon
- persimons
- musquitoes
- tarpauling
- mollasses
- Carribbean
- tipt
- capt
- Chesapeak
- cruize
- chuse
- begrimmed
- Marratees
- pacan.
In the entries for the Rosa Rubiginosa and Fringilla Zonotrichia, the question marks are as printed.
In the entry for the Cardinal Grosbeak, the author says, "I have represented a pair of these beautiful birds on a branch of the Wild Olive." but the following entry is for the Wild Almond.
In the entry for the Pinnated Grous, a page number is missing.
In the entry for the Great American Shrike, the volume number for Amer. Ornith. is missing.
Headings are missing for a number of the plant sections.
The Errata on page 580 have been corrected in the text.
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,
AND INTERSPERSED WITH DELINEATIONS OF AMERICAN SCENERY AND MANNERS.
BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, F.R.S.S.L. & E.
FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON; MEMBER OF THE LYCEUM OF NEW YORK, OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PARIS, THE WERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY OF MANCHESTER, AND OF THE SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AT PHILADELPHIA, OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES OF BOSTON, OF CHARLESTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA, &C. &C.
VOL. II.
EDINBURGH:
ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH;
LONGMAN, REES, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN, LONDON; R. HAVELL, ENGRAVER, 77. OXFORD STREET, LONDON; THOMAS SOWLER, MANCHESTER; MRS ROBINSON, LEEDS; ALEXANDER HILL, EDINBURGH; BEILBY, KNOTT & BEILBY, BIRMINGHAM; E. CHARNLEY, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; AND GEORGE SMITH, LIVERPOOL.
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