. Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. : Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology. . gists as Fissirostres. Two other families, the Trogonidse and the3Ieropidse, are not represented by species inhabiting the United States or themore northern countries of this continent. Of the Trogonidse, however,several species are found in Mexico, one of which {Trogon mexicanus) wasobserved by Lieut. Couch, in the northern part of that cou
. Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. : Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology. . gists as Fissirostres. Two other families, the Trogonidse and the3Ieropidse, are not represented by species inhabiting the United States or themore northern countries of this continent. Of the Trogonidse, however,several species are found in Mexico, one of which {Trogon mexicanus) wasobserved by Lieut. Couch, in the northern part of that country, and will veryprobably yet be found within the present limits of this confederacy. All theAmerican Trogons are birds of remarkable beauty, and one of them (Calurusresplendens) can scarcely be surpassed in any country. It inhabits CentralAmerica, and is the sacred bird of the aborigines, and mentioned by and other travellers in the countries which it inhabits. Its plumage,and that of many other American species, is of fine metallic golden greenand scarlet. Of the Meropidse, or Bee-eaters, no species inhabits America. Those birdsare almost restricted to Asia and Africa, one species only being European. Cassnis Illustrations PJa,le 41. Buleo Baifdii Hey Oil Sto-ne TDyWBHilclicock LitiiPrmted8iCol*1>yJTBoweii,Pkil BUTEO BAIRDIL —Hot. Bairds XLI. Adults? Of the several new species of rapacious birds of North America, whichhave been discovered within a few years, the bird now before the reader isone of the most interesting. It is the second species now ascertained toinhabit this continent, of a group constituting the typical genus Butco ofnaturalists, which until a recent period was supposed to be peculiar to theOld World, the previously known American species being Swainsons Buzzard(Buteo Swainsonii), a bird of the northern regions, little known and nearlylost sight of until recently by ornithologists. The birds of this group are more active and F
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