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'Water Birds of North America':'A Few Corrections' Rectified

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1886

A New Classification of the North American Falconidæ, with Descriptions of Three New Species

scientific article

A New Name Necessary for Selasphorus floresii Gould

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1891

A Plea for Caution in Use of Trinomials

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1923

A catalogue of the birds of North America

A history of North American birds

Boston: Little, Brown, 1905.

A history of North American birds. Land birds

Boston, Little, Brown, 1874.

A manual of North American birds

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company, 1896.

A review of the American species of the genus Scops, Savigny

article

A review of the genus Centurus, Swainson

article

A review of the genus Dendrocincla Gray

article

A review of the genus Psittacula of Brisson

article

A review of the genus Sclerurus of Swainson

article

A review of the genus Xiphocolaptes of Lesson

article

A revision of the genus Formicarius Boddaert

article

Additional notes on the native trees of the lower Wabash Valley

Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago

article

Birds of the world; a popular account

New York, Holt, 1909.

Capture of Pair of Wild Hybrid Ducks (Mallard + Muscovy) on Long Island

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1886

Catalogue of a collection of birds made by Mr. Chas. H. Townsend, on islands in the Caribbean Sea and in Honduras

Catalogue of a collection of birds made in the interior of Costa Rica by Mr. C. C. Nutting

scientific article published in 1883

Catalogue of a collection of birds made on the Island of Cozumel, Yucatan, by the naturalists of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, Capt. Z.L. Tanner, Commander

Catalogue of the aquatic and fish-eating birds exhibited by the United States National Museum

Washington: G.P.O., 1883.

Characters of a new American family of passerine birds

article

Cinclus Mexicanus Not a Costa Rican Bird

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1907

Color Standards and Color Nomenclature

book 1912

Color Standards and Color Nomenclature

1912 edition

Color standards and color nomenclature,

scientific article published in 1912

Concerning Three alleged "Erroneous Georgia Records"

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1910

Critical remarks on the tree-creepers (Certhia) of Europe and North America

Description of Two New Races of Pyrrhuloxia Sinuata Bonap

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1887

Description of a New Cardinal Grosbeak from Arizona

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1885

Description of a New Genus of Oceanitidæ

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1886

Description of a New Genus of Tyrannidæ from Santo Domingo

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1886

Description of a New Species of Hummingbird from Arizona

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1898

Description of a New Species of Oyster-Catcher from the Galapagos Islands

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1886

Description of a melanistic specimen of Buteo latissimus (Wils.)

Description of a new Geothlypis from Brownsville, Texas

Description of a new fly-catcher and a supposed new petrel from the Sandwich Islands

article by Robert Ridgway published 1882 in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Description of a new hawk from Cozumel

Description of a new owl from Porto Rico

scientific article published in 1882

Description of a new plumed partridge from Sonora

Description of a new race of the red-shouldered hawk from Florida

article by Robert Ridgway published 1885 in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Description of a new sharp-tailed sparrow from California

Description of a new snow bunting from Alaska

scholarly article by Robert Ridgway published 1884 in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Description of a new species of Cotinga from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

scholarly article by Robert Ridgway published 1887 in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Description of a new species of boat-billed heron from Central America

Description of a new species of ground warbler from eastern Mexico

Description of a new storm petrel from the coast of western Mexico

article by Robert Ridgway published 1893 in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Description of a recently new oyster-catcher (Haematopus galapagensis) from the Galapagos Islands

Description of a supposed new species of Odontophorus from southern Mexico

article

Description of three supposed new honey creepers from the Lesser Antilles, with a synopsis of the species of the genus Certhiola

Description of two new birds from Costa Rica

article

Description of two new species of Kaup's genus Megascops

Description of two new species of birds from Costa Rica, and notes on other rare species from that country

article

Description of two supposed new species of swifts

Descriptions of Supposed New Genera, Species, and Subspecies of American Birds. I. Fringillidæ

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1898

Descriptions of Three New Birds of the Families Mniotiltidæ and Corvidæ

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1902

Descriptions of Two New Species of Birds Supposed to Be from the Interior of Venezuela

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1886

Descriptions of new species and genera of birds from the lower Amazon

Descriptions of some birds supposed to be undescribed, from the Commander Islands and Petropaulovski, collected by Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, U. S. Signal Service

scientific article published in 1883

Descriptions of some new birds collected on the islands of Aldabra and Assumption, northwest of Madagascar, by Dr. W. L. Abbott

Descriptions of some new birds from Aldabra, Assumption, and Gloriosa Islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott

Descriptions of some new birds from Lower California, collected by Mr. L. Belding

scientific article published in 1883

Descriptions of some new genera of Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae

scientific journal article

Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of birds from Middle America

Descriptions of some new species of birds, supposed to be from the interior of Venezuela

article

Descriptions of twenty-two new species of birds from the Galapagos Island

Descriptions of two new thrushes from the United States

Diagnoses of new forms of Micropodidae and Trochilidae

scientific article published on 19 April 1910

Diagnosis of a New Genus of Buteonine Hawks (Coryornis, gen. nov)

scientific article published in 1925

Die Nord-Amerikanische Vogelwelt

Discovery of the Breeding Place of McKay's Snowflake (Plectrophenax hyperboreus)

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1886

Eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1897

Falco dominicensis Gmel. versus Falco sparverioides Vig.

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1891

Fifth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1893

Fourth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1892

Further notes on the genus Xiphocolaptes of Lesson

article

Geographical, versus Sexual, Variation in Oreortyx pictus

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1894

Harlan's Hawk a Race of the Red-Tail, and Not a Distinct Species

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1890

Helminthophila Leucobronchialis

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1885

Hybridism and Generic Characters in the Trochilidæ

scientific article (publication date: October 1909)

Icterus cucullatus, Swainson, and its geographical variations

In Memoriam: José Castulo Zeledón. (Born March 24, 1846-Died July 16, 1923)

scientific article (publication date: October 1923)

Intergradation between Zonotrichia leucophrys and Z. intermedia, and between the Latter and Z. gambeli

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1890

List of Birds Collected on the Bahama Islands by the Naturalists of the Fish Commission Steamer Albatross

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1891

List of species of Middle and South American birds not contained in the United States National Museum

Native Trees of the Lower Wabash in Illinois and Indiana

New Species, Etc., of American Birds. II. Fringillidæ (Continued)

scientific article published in October 1898

New Species, Etc., of American Birds. IV. Fringillidæ (Concluded); Corvidæ (Part)

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1899

New Species, Etc., of American Birds. V. Corvidæ (Concluded)

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1900

New Species, Etc., of American Birds: III. Fringillidæ (Continued)

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1899

New Species, Etc., of American Birds: VI. Fringillidæ (Supplement)

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1900

New genera, species and subspecies of Formicariidae, Fumariidae, and Dendrocolaptidae

scientific article published on 17 April 1909

Nomenclature of North American birds chiefly contained in the United States National Museum

Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1881.

Note on Astur atricapillus striatulus

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1884

Note on Pachyrhamphus alhinucha, Burmeister

Note on Sarcorhamphus æquatorialis Sharpe

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1885

Note on Spizella Monticola Ochracea Brewst

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1887

Note on Zenaidura yucatanensis Lawr

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1884

Note on the Anser leucopareius of Brandt

Notes on Ardea wuerdemanni Baird

article

Notes on Costa Rican birds, with descriptions of seven new species and subspecies and one new genus

Notes on some Costa Rican birds

Notes on some Costa Rican birds

Notes on some birds from the interior of Honduras

Notes on the genus Sittasomus of Swainson

Notices of Certain Obscurely Known Species of American Birds. (Based on Specimens in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution)

Observations on the Farallon rail (Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus Baird)

article

On Aestrelata sandwichensis Ridgw

article

On Buteo harlani (Aud.) and B. cooperi Cass

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1885

On Fisher's Petrel (Æstrelata fisheri)

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1895

On Geographical Variation in Sialia mexicana Swainson

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1894

On Junco Cinereus (Swains.) and Its Geographical Races

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1885

On Nisus cooperi (Bonaparte), and N. gundlachi (Lawrence)

scientific article

On Peucaea mexicana (Lawr.) a sparrow new to the United States

scholarly article by Robert Ridgway published 1885 in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

On Phrygilus gayi (Eyd. & Gerv.) and allied species

article

On Two Abnormally Colored Specimens of the Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1886

On a collection of birds made by Messrs. J. E. Benedict and W. Nye of the United States Fish commission steamer "Albatross."

On a collection of birds made by Messrs. J. E. Benedict and W. Nye, of the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross

On a duck new to the North American fauna

article

On a probable hybrid between Dryobates nuttallii (Gamb.) and D. pubescens gairdnerii (Aud.)

On a small collection of birds from Costa Rica

scholarly article by Robert Ridgway published 1893 in Proceedings of the United States National Museum

On birds collected by Doctor W. L. Abbott in the Seychelles, Amirantes, Gloriosa, Assumption, Aldabra, and adjacent islands, with notes on habits, etc., by the collector

On the Buteonine Subgenus Craxirex, Gould

scientific article

On the Generic Name Aimophila versus Peucæa

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1899

On the Genus Astragalinus Cabanis

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1899

On the Glaucous Gull of Bering's Sea and Contiguous Waters

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1886

On the Possible Specific Identity of Buteo cooperi Cass. with B. harlani (Aud.)

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1884

On the Proper Name for the Prairie Hen

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1886

Outlines of American ornithology : part 1, Land birds

Boston: Little, Brown, 1873 [i.e. 1874]

Outlines of a natural arrangement of the Falconidae

Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1875.

Part I. Palæontology.

Washington, Govt. print. off., 1877.

Preliminary description of some new birds from the Galapagos Archipelago

article

Remarks on the Californian Vulture (Pseudogryphus californianus)

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1885

Remarks on the avian genus Myiarchus, with special reference to M. yucatanensis Lawrence

Remarks on the type specimen of Buteo oxypterus, Cassin

article

Salvin and Godman's Biologia Centrali-Americana-Aves [Temporary Titlepage.] Biologia Centrali-Americana. - Aves. Vol. I Osbert Salvin Frederick DuCane Godman

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1890

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. I.—Birds collected on the Galapagos Islands in 1888

article

Second Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1890

Seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1895

Sixth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1894

Some emended names of North American birds

article

Spencer Fullerton Baird

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1888

Spring Arrivals at Washington, D. C.

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 1892

Studies of the American Falconidæ: Monograph of the Genus Micrastur

scientific article

Supplementary Remarks on the Genus Psittacula Brisson

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1888

The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) in Northern Sonora

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1887

The Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (Milvulus Forficatus) at Key West

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1886

The birds of North and middle America

version of part 5 of 1911 scientific book

The birds of North and middle America

book about ornithology

The humming birds

Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1892.

The ornithology of Illinois

Springfield, Ill., H. W. Rokker, printer, 1889-95.

The ornithology of Illinois. Part I. Descriptive catalogue

Springfield, Ill., H. W. Rokker, Printer, 1889-95.

The water birds of North America

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1884.

Third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1891

Type Locality of Vireo pusillus

scholarly article published in The Auk, April 1908

a nomenclature of colors for naturalists: and compendium of useful knowledge for ornithologists

book 1886