By all thS-land birds of the United States, werjnutst ite,© under*
St©pd^j»*.mean those tkre hay# personam# ascertained While'
5Jiseoveriesrare daily making m ;th©tPFbhboIo§y of Eiirdpe* "day
gi^en igmong the fe£thmie{F-tribes«©f Aheri^lanpjpf'Great Sriminy.
whgSe «hmiteeB extpE% pfeciMar» -|jtpat,ion, ^nd. high degree of
civiMzatton* gught#© havebtQfegfc since rendered her productions
tnoBougply knsown, it #ould be h|gMp px*sxfnipfnon^to, imagine
that no bird remained to ,bd discovered in a^MWtry embracing
s»ch*^va|l*©*t*w of J^exfdpred territory as' this- Mt. - J. I.
Audubonj p a i^ ^hatJiraMst^w fe^ l^ s devoted twenty syear&i-of
his Mf&jo stjMvang mature in th!i#3rests, ofi the West* has* gratified
f e w i t n J ^ “ s i ^ t i l i ^ v e f ^ d ra sri^ s g|§ ae#*itgeexes which will
appear among the plstEs' lie is now engaged h? publishing.. It
is*.greatlyyttr be wishedj fSr ahe^dv®neem»bj©f Axn‘ei^©an»Qrni-
^o lo g y , th§t whilfe his wffirk, |soa munificent, but imcessarily**<&o
4 ^ in eomis^ forth* is preparing” a.^c|©nth|c .absfjfftc;t $f hi®
discoveries fshodld be drawn inj,npithout uelaiy.
& Besides, the -fee wtdisdovsr^ that n ^ y (^ec*e|^jinaity
known species -wi%ipnAahly^ereatt©r bje^founjl en title# to -ewlfer
the Eaunaihf tt^d^> sta£ek,,,-0^ey3may be*arranged in two classes*
of which the first; will Comprise» tto s ^ a lr ^ d y welk! know® f ©
!nlpfb|pf ‘fhfiijpore nomierBa regions %f Amefica* and whicfecpaap
Ig; |^ii^!»future p e r i* he a^prtaiSsSed.to <^tend j|kdir range within
pul11 i naiitek .Aea^a.i;d|al 1 commaA t®ibotb Continents; /as.1aiata|i<3es,
w,e jp a y adduCe^^e»» pytiopsittaciw, Saaricola cenanthe, Teirao
albus, andQT. lagopus, k c . Alftady iigrtfi preg^n^ V0|ti1ne their
companions*, Emberiza lapponicaapd Fields* tridactylfis, take their
station, fon the f i r ^ 1pn% nmbng ® bis|ds o£ tbs? ippited Btates^*
^ h e Afher lllass^wi^v include tftpse .te)pi.eal American birds
whieh.*in» all probability . ^ |s ^ e|Mer occasionally. or a tre g u la r
periods, the southern'hordes *Fl<3i»da and ; Eiouisiai|a, tttas
entitling them lit0 ^ Mace’ ihathim work. T h e Folcd^dispar, an®
Gokf/mbct ieummplT&lq, of * the^present awltfmes^ may *b&; «ited^as
example s* of,ithml®tt&r *^soMprion. ■ ^
‘But un-gair opinion thpimp^tUlnterosting, and' itowar#» whion
ibss m©st>eamiestl5^*fd^Sd!Fisi®rM%ec't'* pertattentio^ of; American
natmfdtofevnnd?Ae^p.(ec^or^c,are tb^e.j*speci@s once nötibgd .by c
former» authorsdh'u*!^0®1. hot having been since' observed* now‘:
b^|^&dÄ®tW®i>nier ohselhtlirhough Äll^witbömi! being declared
nominal. *■ Such -was for- a period ?6he^>ease w ith. QarnduSiStrtleri Of-
this tvolwtxe#änd is yetf with- Syk>ia*weiatd and^ .others established
hy Affeillotj of whose* *speeies j th%e ;©ap
hardly be any reasonable doubt. In order more clearly tt>
explain ö;ur *meaning, iti.,id%ylby^r0per to |i t& - infi© ,t|fe folMwin g
calculations. #j j
In^Einnd'Sdast >edMon'l@f bis Sy^tema0aturie,-& w&rk prpfessjinfg
t®r«fntain, lake.all others^all the then known birds of t^e United'
States, which had been chiefly*taken from thremnigänal .söhrces
of ssGAtesby. an-d Edwards^ only one* bundled* aA^eighty-three^are
assigned to +N'Ortlt'AmeBioa.. It is true* th a t b# was .• acquainted
with iseJirÄal.*®thete’ North Ä rd ^w h ic h mlsb inhabit
gl hgB1 _ copSElrllsp’tiiose common fto- E u r^ e t-’SSp^ialLy^tnbm §s
many?of the' oiie* hpndreif attaieighty-thre^fhre?^ nominal,
wo*«may allow ‘them to ’feounterbalaiice *thQ^ oigj^idi Cn «j,he
entirfernumber,* obe huntdred and^fbree are land'birds*,tali whdeh
we have- verified either asi real -5f^ noimnal, four exeeMed. ¥>£.
ydsich. Fio&s nirundinaceus alon# (a rpalT ^pemii) nihy 'hav^s®apejd
WiIs©n'Äd- oprSelves, though we do nm nelieve it.. Of the^ftree
remainii^, tw®, Lariius canadensis afifd Losci/g canaderms, Ä ; now
well known tötbe^ojith American IJ^frds g j y e n A m e r i c a n
thrdiigh mistake^ apS^tiie: third, of Enropo^may
Jiyve liman•gUtckhteoft as- Amgrioan ow'accÄunt%f resemblance
Setweemit änd the -femAif^d^ßome? A^nerifean Y a rb l%' probablji
■Sylvia trichas.