Ornithological Biography/Volume 2
ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY,
OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF THE
BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
ACCOMPANIED BY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OBJECTS REPRESENTED IN THE WORK ENTITLED
THE BIRDS OF AMERICA,
AND INTERSPERSED WITH DELINEATIONS OF AMERICAN SCENERY AND MANNERS.
BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, F.R.SS.L.&E.
FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON; MEMBER OF THE LYCEUM OF NEW YORK, OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PARIS, THE WERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY OF MANCHESTER, AND OF THE SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AT PHILADELPHIA, OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES OF BOSTON, OF CHARLESTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA, &C. &C.
VOL. II
EDINBURGH:
ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH;
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MDCCCXXXIV.
PRINTED BY NEILL & CO.
Old Fishmarket, Edinburgh.
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| The Raven, | Corvus corax, | 1 | |||
| The Blue Jay, | Corvus cristatus, | 11 | |||
| The Canada Flycatcher, | Muscicapa 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, | Muscicapa 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 Vireo, | Vireo flavifrons, | 119 | |||
| The Pewee Flycatcher, | Muscicapa fusca, | 122 | |||
| The Squatters of the Mississippi, | 131 | ||||
| The Snowy Owl, | Strix nyctea, | 135 | |||
| The Blue Grosbeak, | Fringilla cœrulea, | 140 | |||
| The Black and Yellow Warbler, | Sylvia maculosa, | 145 | |||
| The Green Black-capped Flycatcher, | Muscicapa Wilsonii, | 148 | |||
| The Brown-headed Nuthatch, | Sitta pusilla, | 151 | |||
| The Squatters of Labrador, | 154 | ||||
| The White-headed Eagle, | Falco leucocephalus, | 160 | |||
| The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, | Fringilla ludoviciana, | 166 | |||
| The Cat Bird, | Turdus felivox, | 171 | |||
| The Great Crested Flycatcher, | Muscicapa crinita, | 176 | |||
| The Yellow-winged Sparrow, | Fringilla passerina, | 180 | |||
| Townsend's Bunting, | Emberiza Townsendii, | 183 | |||
| Death of a Pirate, | 185 | ||||
| The American Robin, or Migratory Thrush, | Turdus migratorius, | 190 | |||
| The Three-toed Woodpecker, | Picus tridactylus, | 197 | |||
| The Black-poll Warbler, | Sylvia striata, | 200 | |||
| The Hemlock Warbler, | Sylvia parus, | 205 | |||
| The Blackburnian Warbler, | Sylvia Blackburniæ, | 208 | |||
| A Ball in Newfoundland, | 211 | ||||
| The Meadow Lark or American Starling, | Sturnus ludovicianus, | 216 | |||
| The Yellow-breasted Chat, | Icteria viridis, | 223 | |||
| The Connecticut Warbler, | Sylvia agilis, | 227 | |||
| The Field Sparrow, | Fringilla pusilla, | 229 | |||
| The Pine Creeping Warbler, | Sylvia pinus, | 232 | |||
| The Live-Oakers, | 236 | ||||
| The Goshawk, | Falco Palumbarius, | 241 | |||
| The American Sparrow-hawk, | Falco Sparverius, | 246 | |||
| The Golden-crowned Thrush, | Turdus aurocapillus, | 253 | |||
| The Small Green Crested Flycatcher, | Muscicapa acadica, | 256 | |||
| The Yellow Red-poll Warbler, | Sylvia petechia, | 259 | |||
| Spring Garden, | 263 | ||||
| The Fish-Crow, | Corvus ossifragus, | 268 | |||
| The Night-hawk, | Caprimulgus virginianus, | 273 | |||
| The Pine Swamp Warbler, | Sylvia sphagnosa, | 279 | |||
| The Sharp-tailed Finch, | Fringilla caudacuta, | 281 | |||
| MacGillivray's Finch, | Fringilla Macgillivraii, | 283 | |||
| The Red-eyed Vireo, | Vireo olivaceus, | 287 | |||
| St John's River in Florida, | 291 | ||||
| The Turkey Buzzard, | Cathartes Aura, | 296 | |||
| The White-breasted Nuthatch, | Sitta carolinensis, | 299 | |||
| The Yellow- rump Warbler, | Sylvia coronata, | 303 | |||
| The Tennessee Warbler, | Sylvia peregrina, | 307 | |||
| The Black-throated Blue Warbler, | Sylvia canadensis, | 309 | |||
| The Florida Keys, | 312 | ||||
| The American Crow, | Corvus americanus, | 317 | |||
| The Rusty Grakle, | Quiscalus ferrugineus, | 325 | |||
| The Chimney Swallow, or American Swift, | Cypselus pelasgius, | 329 | |||
| The Cardinal Grosbeak, | Fringilla Cardinalis, | 336 | |||
| The Carolina Titmouse, | Parus carolinensis, | 341 | |||
| The Florida Keys, | 345 | ||||
| The Caracara Eagle, | Polyborus vulgaris, | 350 | |||
| The Zenaida Dove, | Columba Zenaida, | 354 | |||
| The Yellow Red-Poll Warbler, | Sylvia petechia, | 360 | |||
| The Tawny Thrush, | Turdus Wilsonii, | 362 | |||
| Bachman's Finch, | Fringilla Bachmanii, | 366 | |||
| The Turtlers, | 370 | ||||
| The Rough-legged Falcon, | Falco lagopus, | 377 | |||
| The Key West Pigeon, | Columba montana, | 382 | |||
| The Fork-tailed Flycatcher, | Muscicapa savana, | 387 | |||
| The Mangrove Cuckoo, | Coccyzus Seniculus, | 390 | |||
| The Pipiry Flycatcher, | Muscicapa dominicensis, | 392 | |||
| The Burning of the Forests, | 397 | ||||
| The Barn Owl, | Strix flammea, | 403 | |||
| The Blue-headed Pigeon, | Columba cyanocephala, | 411 | |||
| The Barn Swallow, | Hirundo rustica, | 413 | The Olive-sided Flycatcher, | Muscicapa Cooperi, | 422 |
| Nuttall's Short-Billed Marsh Wren, | Troglodytes brevirostris, | 427 | |||
| A Moose Hunt, | 431 | ||||
| The Spotted or Canada Grous, | Tetrao canadensis, | 437 | |||
| White-headed Pigeon, | Columba leucocephala, | 443 | |||
| The Orange-crowned Warbler, | Sylvia celata, | 449 | |||
| The Wood Wren, | Troglodytes americana, | 452 | |||
| The Pine Finch, | Fringilla pinus, | 455 | |||
| Journey in New Brunswick and Maine, | 459 | ||||
| The Golden Eagle, | Falco chrysaëtos, | 464 | |||
| The Ground Dove, | Columba passerina, | 471 | |||
| American Golden-crested Wren, | Regulus tricolor, | 476 | |||
| The Mango Humming Bird, | Trochilus Mango, | 480 | |||
| Bachman's Warbler, | Sylvia Bachmanii, | 483 | |||
| The Bay of Fundy, | 485 | ||||
| The Pinnated Grous, | Tetrao Cupido, | 490 | |||
| The Boat-tailed Grakle or Great Crow Blackbird, | Quiscalus major, | 504 | |||
| The Tree Sparrow, | Fringilla canadensis, | 511 | |||
| The Snow Bunting, | Emberiza nivalis, | 515 | |||
| The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, | Picus varius, | 519 | |||
| Cod-fishing, | 522 | ||||
| The Willow Grous, | Tetrao Saliceti, | 528 | |||
| The Great Cinereous Shrike, | Lanius Excubitor, | 534 | |||
| Lincoln's Finch, | Fringilla Lincolnii, | 539 | |||
| The Hudson's Bay Titmouse, | Parus hudsonicus, | 543 | |||
| The Ruby-crowned Regulus, | Regulus Calendula, | 546 | |||
| The Merchant of Savannah, | 549 | ||||
| The Iceland or Jer Falcon, | Falco islandicus, | 552 | |||
| The Common Crossbill, | Loxia curvirostra, | 559 | |||
| Swainson's Warbler, | Sylvia Swainsonii, | 563 | |||
| The Little or Acadian Owl, | Strix acadica, | 567 | |||
| The Shore Lark, | Alauda alpestris, | 570 | |||
| Kentucky Barbicue on the Fourth of July, | 576 |
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