TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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The Raven, Cdrvus Corax, . . . . 1
The Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, . . . . 11
The Canada Flycatcher, . . . . Muscícapa canadensis, . . 17
The Chipping Sparrow, . . . . Fringilla socialis, . . . 21
The Red-bellied Nuthatch, . . . Sitta canadensis, . . . . 24
THE RUNAWAY, 27
The Black Vulture or Carrion Crow, Cathartes Jota, . . . . 33
The Canada Jay, . . . . . Corvus canadensis, . . . 53
The Fox-coloured Sparrow, . . . Fringilla iliaca, . . . . 58
The Savannah Finch, Fringilla Savanna, . . . 63
The Hooded Warbler, . . . . . Sylvia mitrata, . . . . 66
THE LOST ONE, ; 69
The Pileated Woodpecker, . . . Picus pileatus, . . . . 74
The Downy Woodpecker, . . . Picus pubescens, . . . . 81
The Blue Bird, Sylvia Sialis, 84
The White-crowned Sparrow, . . Fringilla leucophrys, . . 88
The Wood Pewee, Muscícapa virens, . . . 93
THE FORCE OF THE WATERS, 97
The Ferruginous Thrush, . . . Turdus rufus, . . . . 102
The Mississippi Kite, Falco plumbeus, . . . . 108
The Warbling Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo gilvus, 114
The Yellow-throated Flycatcher, or "i
\ Vireo jlavifrons, . . . . 1 1 9
Vireo, f
The Pewee Flycatcher, . . . . Muscícapa fusca, . . . 1 2 2
THE SQUATTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 131
necessary. It is my intention, at the close, to present a general
table, exhibiting the geographical distribution of the different
species. The order in which the plates have been published,
precluding the possibility of arranging the species in a systematic
manner, it has not been deemed expedient to enter into the
critical remarks as to affinity and grouping, which might otherwise
have been made; but at another period I may offer you my
ideas on this interesting subject.
And now, reader, allow me to address my excellent friend
the Critic. Would that it were in my power to express the feelings
that ever since he glanced his eye over my productions,
whether brought forth by the pencil or the pen, have filled my
heart with the deepest gratitude;—that I could disclose to him
how exhilarating have been his smiles, and how useful have been
his hints in the prosecution of my enterprise! If he has found
reason to bestow his commendations upon my first volume, I
trust he will not find the present more defective. Indeed, I can
assure him that the labour bestowed upon it by me has been
much greater, and that I have exerted every effort to deserve his
approbation.
JOHN J. AUDUBON.
EDINBURGH, )
1st December 1834. )