LIST OF PLATES.
No.* Page
24 Falco sparverius, male 31
25 F alco æsalon, female ■ . 37
26 A ccipiter (Astur) palumbarius, male 39
27 Buteo vulgaris, male, . 47
28 B utro lagopus 52
29 Circus cyaneus, var. Amer, male . 55
30 Bubo arcticus . . . . 86
31 Strix ciHerea . 77
32 Strix Tengmalmi • . m 94
33 Lanius borealis, female 111
34 L anius excubjitorides . . 115.
35 Tyrannus borealis, female 141
36 Merula minor . . _ 179
37 Merula solitaria . . 184
38 Orpheus 'meruloides . ‘ 187
39 Erythaca (Sia lia) arctica . 209
‘40 Sylvicola maculosa, male 213
41 Sylvicola petechia , 215
ISylvic. (Verm ) rubricapilla, up.fig.
TSylvic. (Verm.) peregrina, under fig.,
: Seiurus aquaticus
: Anthus aquaticus
j Tyrannula Saya . . .
(Tyrannula pusilla, upper figure
(Tyrannula Richardsonii, under fig.
' Setophaga Bonapartii, male
229
231
142
•146
225
; P lectrophanes Lapponica . 248
1 P lectrophanes picta . . 250
I Lin ARIA TEPHROCOTlS . . ■ 265
P yrgita (Pipilo) arctic a, male <( eatcohf aocthee r 1>260 i P yrgita (P ipilo) arctica, / em.( between 1261
! Pyrrhula (C orythus) enucleator 262
r Garrulus Stelleri ■ . . • 294
i Garrulus brachyrhynchus . 296
; Picus tridactylus, male . 311
’ Picus arcticus, male . . 313
i CentroceRcus uropHasianus, male 358
i Tetrao obscurus, malel to face each 1344
i Tetrao obscurus, fem. (other betweenj345
Tetrao Franklinii, ' male . 348
! Tetrao Canadensis, female . . 346
! Lagopus leucurus, summer . 356
: Lagopus rupestris, female . 354
i N umenius borealis . ; " -378
i Tringa Douglasii. . 3'8o;
’ Totanus semipalmatus, male . 388
i Coccothraustes vespertina, male 269
> P halarop.us Wilsonii, female . 405
I Clangula Barrovii, male . 456
L arus F ranklinii, male, . . 424
! L arus Bonapartii, male . 426
! Lestris R ichardsonii . . 433
' Continued from the First Volume.
LIST OF WOOD-CUTS,
Representing parts of the following birds.
Falco æsalon .................. Pa6g7e
BAuccteipoi tveur l(gAasritsu.r..). ..p..a..l.u..m...b...a..r.i.u..s:..... 6698 „„ l(aCgiorcpuuss). c..y..a..n...e..u..s................................. 6790 Str„i x otus . ’. ..........,.,. ........y..o..u...n..g......... 7704 -<, ,„, ^cniyncetreeaa.....;.................................. ■..... ..... . 9810 Vir,,e o foulinvearceeau.s............................................................ 29354 APlleacutdroap choarnneust aL a. p.p..o..n..i..c..a. ........ ........224560 Fringilla graminea......................... 254
Fringilla leucophrys.............. 256
„ Pileiancnas.y..l.v..a..n...i.c..a...................’.. .. 225587
Lin„a ria tehpyhermoacloitsi.s........... .......................... .... ..225696 Pyranga rubra............................... 273
SQcuoisleccaoJupsh avgeurss ifceorrlourg.i. n.e7u.s'.............. . 228867 PGiacrursu lpuisl ebaratcuhsy..r.h..y..n...c.h...u..s. ..................... 320957 „ pvuilbloesscuesn..s.................. .................. 330097' Tro„ glotdriydtaecst yæludso n.............................................-... ..3.31127
Troglodytes palustris. , . P3a2g0e TCeatprraiom uidmgubse lVluirsg..i.n..i..a..n..u..s.................3.4 4339 „„ . obsc„u rus,f memalae.l..e.........................3..4..6.346
„„ ' FCraannakdleinnsiii s . ............ 334580 s' ,, ' sraulpicesettrii.s....................... ..................353653
Tyr„a nnluesu bcourreuasli.s.. ............... ...... 439587 Tyra„n nula pRuicshilalard..s..o..n..i.i.............. ...... 499499
INTRODUCTION
TO.THE - 7 _ '
SECOND VOLUME;
BY
Dr. RICHARDSON.
Science is indebted to, the exertions of the Hudson’s Bay Company
for almost all that is known of the Ornithology of the American Fur-
countries ; under which term we comprehend generally the whole
country north of the forty.eighth parallel of latitude. The French
Canadians were the first, indeed, who penetrated into the regions
beyond the Great Lakes in pursuit of peltry; but the few journals
of their proceedings that have come down to us, though rich in personal
adventure, contribute nothing to Natural History, beyond
incidental anecdotes of the animals that are objects of chase. In like
manner, the earlier English navigators, who, in exploring Hudson’s
Bay and the Arctic Seas, aided in laying the foundation of the naval
glory of their country, limited their notes on Zoology to brief remarks
on the animals used for food, but seldom or never gave descriptions
sufficiently characteristic to identify the species.
The first collections of Hudson’s Bay birds of which I can find any
record, are those formed by Mr. Alexander Light, who was sent out,
ninety years ago, by the Hudson’s Bay Company, on account of his
knowledge of Natural History; and by Mr. Isham, who, during a
long residence, as Governor of various forts or trading-posts, employed
his leisure hours in preparing the skins of beasts, birds, and fishes.
These two gentlemen returning to England, about the year 1745,
fortunately for the advancement of Ornithology, entrusted their
b