F A U N A
B O R E A L Ï -AMERICAN A;
OR THE
Z O O L O G Y
NORTHERN PARTS
• OF B R I T I S H AMERICA:
CONTAINING
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTED ON THE LATE NORTHERN LAND
EXPEDITIONS UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, R.N.
PART SECOND, THE B I R D S .
BY
WILLIAM SWAINSON, E sq., F.R.S., F.L.S.,
AND
JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.,
SURGEON AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITIONS.
ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS PLATES AND WOODCUTS.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THÉ RIGHT HONOURABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS.
LONDON :
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXXI.
