196, pl. 91, fig. 1.-Francolin à longue queue, Hearne, Voy. à l'ocean du Nord, (Fr. transl.) p. 386.-Tetras phasianelle, Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3, p. 152.—Long-tailed Grouse, Edwards, Glean. pl. 117. Lath. Syn. 4, p. 732. Id. Suppl. p. 21.Sharp-tailed Grouse, Penn. Arct. Zool. sp. 181.-The Grouse, or Prairie Hen, Lewis and Clark, Exp. 2, p. 180, sp. 1.Philadelphia Museum, female. -My Collection, male and female. - Edinburgh College Museum. XLIV. Page 206. SPOTTED GROUSE. TETRAO CANADENSIS. BONAPARTE, Plate xx. male; Plate xxI. Fig. 1. female. Tetrao canadensis, Linn. Syst. 1, p. 274, sp. 3. Gmel. Syst. 1, p. 749, sp. 3. Lath. Ind. p. 637, sp. 6. Forster, in Phil. Tr. 62, p. 389. Temm. Ind. Gall. in Hist. Pig. et Gall. 3, p. 702. Vieill. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. Sabine, Zool. App. Frankl. Exp. p. 683. Nob. Cat. Birds U. S. sp. 207. Id. Syn. Birds U. S. sp. 208. -Tetrao canace, Linn. Syst. 1, p. 25, sp. 7, female. Lagopus Bonasa Freti Hudsonis, Briss. Orn. 1, p. 201, sp. 6. Id. Suppl. p. 10. Id. 8vo, 4, p. 56, male. Lagopus Bonasa canadensis, Briss. Orn. 1, p. 203, sp. 7, pl. 20, fig. 2. Id. 8vo, 4, p. 57, female.-Lagopus Freti Hudsonis, Klein, Av. p. 117, sp. 6.-La Gelinotte du Canada, Buff. Ois. 2, p. 279. Id. Pl. enl. 131, male, 132, female. Sonn. Buff. 6, p. 58. Bonat. Tabl. Enc. Orn. p. 197, pl. 91, fig. 2. Tetras tacheté, ou Acaho, Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3, p. 160, bis. Black and Spotted Heathcock, Edw. Glean. p. 118, pl. 118, male. Brown and Spotted Heathcock, Edw. Glean. p. 71, pl. 71, female. Ellis, Hudson Bay, 1, t. p. 50.-Spotted Grouse, Penn. Arct. Zool. sp. 182. Lath. Syn. 4, p. 735, sp. 6. Suppl. p. 214, accid. var. — The small speckled Pheasant, Lewis and Clark, Exp. 2, p. 182, male. The small brown Pheasant, Id. Id. Exp. 2, p. 182, female. - Philadelphia Museum, male. -My Collection, male and female. — Edinburgh College Museum. XLV. Page 212. COCK OF THE PLAINS. TETRAO UROPHASIANUS, BONAPARTE. Id. BONAPARTE, Plate xxi. Fig. 2.-Tetrao urophasianus, Nob. in Zool. Journ. Lond. Id. App. to Syn. Birds U. S. p. 442, in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York. - The Cock of the Plains, Lewis and Clark, Exp. 2, p. 180, sp. 2.- Mr Leadbeater's Collection in London, female. APPENDIX. ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN REGARD TO THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, AND BIRDS IN GENERAL; BY APPENDIX. THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, F.R.S.L.&E. F.L.S. M. W.S. &c. A WELL known author remarks, when speaking of this naturalist of the woods and wilds,- "Devotedly attached to the study of nature, no less than to painting, he seems to have pursued both with a genius and an ardour, of which, in their united effects, there is no parallel. His ornithological narratives in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal are as valuable to the scientific world, as they are delightful to the general reader. There is a freshness and an originality about these essays, which can only be compared to the animated biographies of Wilson. Both these men contemplated nature as she really is, not as she is often represented in books: they sought her in her sanctuaries. The shore, the mountains, and the forest, were alternately their study, and there they drank the pure stream of knowledge at its fountainhead. The observations of such men are the corner stones of every attempt to discover the system of nature. Their writings will be consulted when our favourite theories shall have passed away. Ardently, therefore, do we hope, that M. Audubon will alternately become the historian and the painter of his favourite objects; that he will never be made a convert to any system; but instruct and delight us in a true and unprejudiced biography of nature." Audubon, like Wilson, is a self-taught naturalist, and, like him, has produced a work-his Ornithological Biography-distinguished by beauty of style, and perspicuity of narrative. It is descriptive of the plates in the unrivalled work entitled The Birds of America. We say unrivalled, because few naturalists and artists have appeared who could represent accurately the external forms, attitudes, form and style of distribution of the plumage of birds, and scarcely any one, except Audubon, has succeeded in presenting, to the eye and imagination, the passions and feelings of these interesting beings. Wilson, although a fascinating writer, and an accurate observer of the habits and manners of the feathered creation, cannot be considered as an effective ornithological painter. In order that the volumes of the Miscellany on the Birds of America, may be as complete as circumstances will allow of, we shall now lay before our readers a systematic catalogue of the birds drawn and described by Audubon; also, some notices of the new species he has discovered, and a few interesting details from his Ornithological Biography: Systematic Catalogue of the American Birds, drawn and described by Audubon. 1. Bird of Washington, 6. Red-shouldered Hawk, 8. Swallow-tailed Hawk, 9. Le Petit Caporal, 10. Fish Hawk, 11. Black Warrior, 12. Broad-winged Hawk, 13. Pigeon Hawk, 14. Great Horned Owl, 15. Barred Owl, 16. Mottled Owl, 17. Carolina Parrot, 18. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 19. Black-billed Cuckoo, 20. Red-headed Woodpecker, 21. Gold-winged Woodpecker, 22. Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 23. Belted Kingsfisher, 24. Baltimore Oriole, 25. Orchard Oriole, |