James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 2James, Edwin
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James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 2
James, Edwin
Indians of North America; Rocky Mountains; United States -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
{269} _Hirundo purpurea_ arrived March 30. 1820. At
Pittsburgh, April 14. 1819.
_Hirundo Americana_—At Pittsburgh, arrived April 21.
1819.
_Caprimulgus Virginianus_ arrived April 19. 1820. At
Pittsburgh, heard May 5. 1819.
_Caprimulgus porpetue_ arrived May 16. 1820. On the
Ohio, observed May 6. 1819.
_Caprimulgus rufus, Vieil._—heard on the Ohio, June
2. 1819.
_Parus articapillus_—all winter.
_Fringilla erythrocephala_ arrived March 22. 1819.
—— _purpurea_ seen Feb. 28.
—— _Hudsonica_ departing April 11.
—— _oryzivora_ arrived May 14.
—— _linaria_ — Feb. 1.
—— _tristis_ remains during the winter.
_Loxia Ludoviciana_, observed May 1. and 6. 1819.
—— _Americana_ — Feb. 21. 1819.
—— _cardinalis_—on the Ohio, May 8. 1819.
—— _enuncleator_—occasionally seen during the winter.
_Oriolus icterocephalus_, observed May 14. 1820.
—— _phœniceus_ — March 1.
—— _Baltimoreus_, observed near Pittsburgh, April 29. 1819.
_Sturnus Ludovicianus_ arrived April 5. 1820.
_Sitta Carolinensis_ remains all winter.
_Corvus pica_ retired northward, March 23. 1820.
—— _corax_—the young nearly able to fly, May 12. 1820.
_Trochilus colubris_ arrived May 18. 1820. On the Ohio,
May 6. 1819.
_Alcedo alcyon_ arrived March 20. 1820.
_Picus erythrocephalus_ arrived March 20. 1820.
—— _auratus_ and some others remain all winter; but the
_erythrocephalus_ is entirely migratory.
_Picus pileatus_—seen Feb. 28. 1820.
{270} _Psittacus Carolinensis_—seen several times during
the winter: near Louisville, May 25. 1819.
_Columba migratoria_ arrived May 2. 1820.
—— _Carolinensis_ arrived April 30. 1820.
_Ardea Americanus_ arrived March 19. 1820.
—— _virescens_ seen on the Ohio May 6. 1819.
—— _Canadensis arrived_ May 24. 1820.
_Numenius longirostra_ arrived April 1. 1820. Was seen
on the top of the Alleghany mountain March 24. 1819.
_Curvirostra Americana_—seen Feb. 20. 1820.
_Scolopax vociferus_ arrived March 19. 1820. At Pittsburgh,
observed May 5. 1819.
_Scolopax semipalmata_ arrived May 6. 1820.
—— _minor_ — April 8.
_Tringa solitaria_— 30. 1820. At Pittsburgh,
observed May 15. 1819.
_Colymbus cornutus_ arrived May 5. 1820.
_Larus ridibundus_—in large flocks, flying northward,
May 4. 1820. They were seen at Pittsburgh April 3. 1819.
_Sterna minuta_ arrived April 2. 1820.
_Pelecanus erythrorhynchos_ arrived April 8. 1820.
—— _carbo_ arrived April 10. 1820. At Pittsburgh,
arrived May 5. 1819.
_Anas cygnus_—flying to the north Feb. 22. 1820.
—— _canadensis_ do. do. 21.
—— _acuta_ shot 28.
—— _Americana_ shot March 3.
—— _sponsa_, with their young, May 30. 1819.
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