as large as a pigeon, with a forked tail,
glossy black above and snow-white beneath. Its parti-webbed feet, and
its long graceful wings, at a glance told that it was a sea-bird; but
as to its name or habitat I must defer my answer till I could get a
peep into Audubon or some collection.

The bird had fallen down exhausted in a meadow, and was picked up just
as the life was leaving its body. The place must have been one hundred
and fifty miles from the sea as the bird flies. As it was the sooty
tern, which inhabits the Florida Keys, its appearance so far north and
so far inland may be considered somewhat remarkable. On removing the
skin I found it terribly emaciated. It had no doubt starved to death,
ruined by too much wing. Another Icarus. Its great power of flight had
made it bold and venturesome, and had carried it so far out of its
range that it starved to death before it could return.

The sooty tern is sometimes called the sea-swallow on account of its
form and the power of flight. It will fly nearly all day at sea,
picking up food from the surface of the water. There are several
species of terns, some of them strikingly beautiful.

1868.

INDEX

[Transcribist's note: condensed to bird names and their
scientific names]

Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula).
Bluebird (Sialia sialis).
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
Bunting, black-throated or dickcissel (Spiza americana).
Bunting, snow (Passerina nivalis).
Buzzard, turkey, or turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

Cardinal. SEE Grosbeak, cardinal.
Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis).
Cedar-bird, or Cedar waxwing (Ampelis cedrorum).
Chat, yellow-breasted (Icteria virens).
Chewink, or towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus).
Chickadee (Parus atricapillus).
Cow-bunting, or cowbird (Molothrus ater).
Creeper, brown (Certhia familiaris americana).
Crow, American (Corvus brachyrhynchos).
Cuckoo, black-billed (Coccyzux erythrophthalmus).
Cuckoo, European.
Cuckoo, yellow-billed (Coccyzus americanus).

Dickcissel. SEE Bunting, black-throated.
Dove, turtle, or mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura).
Duck, wood (Aix sponsa).

Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
Eagle, golden (Aquila chrysaetos).

Finch, grass. SEE Sparrow, field.
Finch, pine, OR pine siskin (Spinus pinus).
Finch, purple, OR linnet (Carpodacus purpureus).
Flicker. SEE Woodpecker, golden-winged.
Flycatcher, great cres