Ornithological Biography/Volume 2

by John James Audubon

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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• Introduction

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
 

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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

• Index
• Prospectus
• Extracts from Reviews