xii I N T R O D U C T I O N .
On this tour I shall be accompanied by my youngest son, while
the rest of my family will remain in Britain, to direct the progress
of my publication.
In concluding these prefatory remarks, I have to inform
you that one of the tail-pieces in my second volume, entitled
" A Moose Hunt," was communicated to me by my young friend
THOMAS LINCOLN of Dennisville in Maine ; and that it was
at his particular request, and much against my wishes, that his
name was not mentioned at the time. I have now, however,
judged it proper to make this statement.
JOHN J. AUDUBON.
EDINBURGH, 1st. December 1835.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Anser canadensis, . . 1
The Red-throated Diver, . . . . Colymbus septentrionalis9 2 0
The Great Red-breasted Rail, or
Fresh-water Marsh-Hen, . . *
j- Rallus elegans, . . . . 27
The Clapper Rail, or Salt-water
Marsh-Hen,
J- Rattus crepitans, . . . . 33
The Virginian Rail, . . . . . . Rallus virginianus, . . . 41
THE AMERICAN SUN PERCH, . 47
The Wood Duck, . 52
6 3
The Esquimaux Curlew, . . . . Numenius borealis, . . 6 9
Wilson's Plover, . . . . . Charadrius Wilsonius, . . 73
. 77
THE EGGERS OF LABRADOR, . 82
The Great Blue Heron, . . . . Ardea Herodias, . . . . 87
The Common American Gull, . . Larus zonorhynchus, . 98
The Puffin, Mormon arcticus, , . 1 0 5
The Razor-billed Auk, . . . Alca Torda, . . . . 1 1 2
The Hyperborean Phalarope, . . Phalaropus hyperboreus, 1 1 8
FISHING IN THE OHIO, . . 1 2 2
The Wood Ibis, . . . Tantalus Loculator, . . 1 2 8
The Louisiana Heron, . . Ardea ludoviciana, . . 1 3 6
The Foolish Guillemot, . . . . 1 4 2
The Black Guillemot, 1 4 8
The Piping Plover, . . Charadrius melodus, . 1 5 4