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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

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Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

John Cassin

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The American West revealed birds unknown to eastern naturalists. John Cassin illustrates and describes the birds of California, Texas, and Oregon, from the acorn-storing Californian woodpecker to the black-crested chickadee. A landmark of nineteenth-century American ornithology, plate by careful plate. For the birder curious about the western species as science first described them. Discover the birds of the frontier.

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180 chapters

  1. 1ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, OREGON, BRITISH AND RUSSIAN AMERICA.
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4CYANOCORAX LUXUOSUS.—(Lesson.) The Mexican Jay. PLATE I.—Adult Male.
  5. 5DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  6. 6MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS.—(Swainson.) The Californian Woodpecker. PLATE II.—Male and female.
  7. 7DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  8. 8LOPHOPHANES ATRICRISTATUS.—(Cassin.) The Black-crested Chickadee. PLATE III.—Male and Female.
  9. 9DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  10. 10SYNOPSIS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE SUB-FAMILY PARINÆ.
  11. 11I. GENUS PARUS. Linnæus. Syst. Nat. I. p. 340. (1766.)
  12. 12II. GENUS LOPHOPHANES. Kaup. Skiz. Entw. Eur. Thierw. (1829.)
  13. 13III. GENUS PSALTRIA. Temminck. Pl. Col. III.
  14. 14CYRTONYX MASSENA.—(Lesson.) The Massena Partridge. PLATE IV.—Male and Female.
  15. 15DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  16. 16LARUS HEERMANNI.—Cassin. The White-Headed Gull. PLATE V.—Adult Male and Young female.
  17. 17DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  18. 18HALIAETUS PELAGICUS.—(Pallas.) The Northern Sea Eagle. PLATE VI—Female.

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