An Introduction to the Birds of Pennsylvania
By George Miksch Sutton
Length7h 34m
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Excerpt: "I have written this book for those who are beginning a study of birds in Pennsylvania; or for those who, after some study in a certain region, wish to know more about the birds in other sections of the Commonwealth. This book is not intended to be a complete reference work. The descriptions of the birds and statements of their status are as brief as I felt I could make them under the circumstances. Many species of birds which have been recorded in Pennsylvania are not even mentioned. These are omitted so as to simplify the list for the beginner, who is confronted with a sufficiently formidable array of new and strange names as it is. All important species are, however, included."
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GenreScience and Nature
Length7 hrs 34 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFATORY NOTE
124WOOD PEWEE Myiochanes virens (Linnæus)
2A WORD TO THE BEGINNER
125THE SMALL FLYCATCHERS
3BIRD-SONGS
126YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER Empidonax flaviventris (W. M. and S. F. Baird)
4NOTE-BOOKS
127ACADIAN FLYCATCHER Empidonax virescens (Vieillot)
5SPECIMENS
128ALDER FLYCATCHER Empidonax traillii traillii (Audubon)
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6FIELD-GLASSES
129LEAST FLYCATCHER; CHEBEC Empidonax minimus (W. M. and S. F. Baird)
7BOOKS
130HORNED LARK Otocoris alpestris alpestris (Linnæus)
8MAGAZINES
131PRAIRIE HORNED LARK Otocoris alpestris praticola Henshaw
9BIRD HIKES
132BLUE JAY Cyanocitta cristata bromia Oberholser
10IN THE FIELD
133NORTHERN RAVEN Corvus corax principalis Ridgway
11VALUE OF PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS
134CROW Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos Brehm
12HELPING OUR BIRD FRIENDS
135FISH CROW Corvus ossifragus Wilson
13LIFE-ZONES IN PENNSYLVANIA
136STARLING Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris Linnæus
14BIRD-MIGRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA
137BOBOLINK Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnæus)
15HORNED GREBE Colymbus auritus Linnæus
138COWBIRD Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert)
16PIED-BILLED GREBE Podilymbus podiceps podiceps (Linnæus)
139RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Agelaius phœniceus predatorius (Wilson)
17LOON Gavia immer immer (Brünnich)
140MEADOWLARK Sturnella magna magna (Linnæus)
18HERRING GULL Larus argentatus argentatus Pontoppidan
141ORCHARD ORIOLE Icterus spurius (Linnæus)
19RING-BILLED GULL Larus delawarensis Ord
142BALTIMORE ORIOLE Icterus galbula (Linnæus)
20BONAPARTE’S GULL Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord)
143RUSTY BLACKBIRD Euphagus carolinus (Müller)
21COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo Linnæus
144PURPLE GRACKLE AND BRONZED GRACKLE Quiscalus quiscula rigdgwayi Oberholser and Quiscalus quiscula æneus Ridgway
22BLACK TERN Chlidonias nigra surinamensis (Gmelin)
145EVENING GROSBEAK Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina (W. Cooper)
23DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax auritus auritus (Lesson)
146PINE GROSBEAK Pinicola enucleator leucura (Müller)
24MERGANSER Mergus merganser americanus Cassin
147PURPLE FINCH Carpodacus purpureus purpureus (Gmelin)
25RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator Linnæus
148RED OR AMERICAN CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra pusilla Gloger
26HOODED MERGANSER Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnæus)
149WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Loxia leucoptera Gmelin
27MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos Linnæus
150REDPOLL Acanthis linaria linaria (Linnæus)
28BLACK DUCK Anas rubripes tristis Brewster
151GOLDFINCH Astragalinus tristis tristis (Linnæus)
29GADWALL Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnæus)
152PINE SISKIN Spinus pinus pinus (Wilson)
30BALDPATE Mareca americana (Gmelin)
153ENGLISH SPARROW Passer domesticus (Linnæus)
31GREEN-WINGED TEAL Nettion carolinense (Gmelin)
154SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (Linnæus)
32BLUE-WINGED TEAL Querquedula discors (Linnæus)
155VESPER SPARROW Poœcetes gramineus gramineus (Gmelin)
33SHOVELER Spatula clypeata (Linnæus)
156SAVANNAH SPARROW Passerculus sandwichensis savanna (Wilson)
34PINTAIL Dafila acuta tzitzihoa (Vieillot)
157GRASSHOPPER SPARROW Ammodramus savannarum australis Maynard
35WOOD DUCK Aix sponsa (Linnæus)
158WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW Zonotrichia leucophrys (J. R. Forster)
36REDHEAD Nyroca americana (Eyton)
159WHITE-THROATED SPARROW Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin)
37CANVASBACK Aristonetta valisineria (Wilson)
160TREE SPARROW Spizella arborea arborea (Wilson)
38SCAUP Fulix marila nearctica (Stejneger)
161CHIPPING SPARROW Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein)
39LESSER SCAUP Fulix affinis (Eyton)
162FIELD SPARROW Spizella pusilla pusilla (Wilson)
40RINGED-NECKED DUCK Perissonetta collaris (Donovan)
163SLATE-COLORED JUNCO Junco hyemalis hyemalis (Linnæus)
41GOLDENEYE Glaucionetta clangula americana (Bonaparte)
164SONG SPARROW Melospiza melodia melodia (Wilson)
42BUFFLEHEAD Charitonetta albeola (Linnæus)
165SWAMP SPARROW Melospiza georgiana (Latham)
43OLD SQUAW Clangula hiemalis (Linnæus)
166FOX SPARROW Passerella iliaca iliaca (Merrem)
44THE SCOTERS
167TOWHEE Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Linnæus)
45AMERICAN SCOTER Oidemia americana Swainson
168CARDINAL Richmondena cardinalis cardinalis (Linnæus)
46WHITE-WINGED SCOTER Oidemia deglandi Bonaparte
169ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Hedymeles ludoviciana (Linnæus)
47SURF SCOTER Melanitta perspicillata (Linnæus)
170INDIGO BUNTING Passerina cyanea (Linnæus)
48RUDDY DUCK Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmelin)
171SCARLET TANAGER Piranga olivacea (Gmelin)
49CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis canadensis (Linnæus)
172PURPLE MARTIN Progne subis subis (Linnæus)
50WHISTLING SWAN Cygnus columbianus (Ord)
173CLIFF SWALLOW; EAVES SWALLOW Petrochelidon albifrons albifrons (Rafinesque)
51AMERICAN BITTERN Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu)
174BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica erythrogastris Boddaert
52LEAST BITTERN Ixobrychus exilis exilis (Gmelin)
175TREE SWALLOW; WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW Iridoprocne bicolor (Vieillot)
53GREAT BLUE HERON Ardea herodias herodias Linnæus
176BANK SWALLOW Riparia riparia riparia (Linnæus)
54AMERICAN EGRET Casmerodius albus egretta (Gmelin)
177ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW Stelgidopteryx serripennis serripennis (Audubon)
55LITTLE BLUE HERON Florida cærulea cærulea (Linnæus)
178CEDAR WAXWING Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot
56GREEN HERON Butorides virescens virescens (Linnæus)
179NORTHERN SHRIKE Lanius borealis Vieillot
57BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax nævius (Boddært)
180MIGRANT SHRIKE Lanius ludovicianus migrans W. Palmer
58KING RAIL Rallus elegans elegans Audubon
181THE VIREOS
59VIRGINIA RAIL Rallus virginianus Linnæus
182RED-EYED VIREO Vireosylva olivacea (Linnæus)
60SORA RAIL Porzana carolina (Linnæus)
183PHILADELPHIA VIREO Vireosylva philadelphica Cassin
61FLORIDA GALLINULE Gallinula chloropus cachinnans Bangs
184WARBLING VIREO Vireosylva gilva gilva (Vieillot)
62COOT Fulica americana Gmelin
185YELLOW-THROATED VIREO Lanivireo flavifrons (Vieillot)
63WOODCOCK Rubicolor minor (Gmelin)
186WHITE-EYED VIREO Vireo griseus griseus (Boddaert)
64WILSON’S SNIPE Capella gallinago delicata (Ord)
187BLUE-HEADED VIREO Lanivireo solitarius solitarius (Wilson)
65PECTORAL SANDPIPER Pisobia maculata (Vieillot)
188BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER Mniotilta varia (Linnæus)
66LEAST SANDPIPER Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot)
189WORM-EATING WARBLER Helmitheros vermivorus (Gmelin)
67RED-BACKED SANDPIPER Pelidna alpina pacifica Coues
190BLUE-WINGED WARBLER Vermivora pinus (Linnæus)
68SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER Ereunetes pusillus (Linnæus)
191GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnæus)
69SANDERLING Crocethia alba (Pallas)
192NASHVILLE WARBLER Vermivora ruficapilla ruficapilla (Wilson)
70GREATER YELLOW-LEGS Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin)
193ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Vermivora celata celata (Say)
71LESSER YELLOW-LEGS Totanus flavipes (Gmelin)
194TENNESSEE WARBLER Vermivora peregrina (Wilson)
72SOLITARY SANDPIPER Tringa solitaria solitaria Wilson
195PARULA WARBLER; BLUE YELLOW-BACKED WARBLER Compsothlypis americana pusilla (Wilson)
73BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER; UPLAND PLOVER Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein)
196CAPE MAY WARBLER Dendroica tigrina (Gmelin)
74SPOTTED SANDPIPER Actitis macularia (Linnæus)
197YELLOW WARBLER Dendroica æstiva æstiva (Gmelin)
75KILLDEER Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (Linnæus)
198BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER Dendroica cærulescens cærulescens (Gmelin)
76SEMIPALMATED PLOVER Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte
199MYRTLE WARBLER; YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Dendroica coronata coronata (Linnæus)
77RUDDY TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnæus)
200MAGNOLIA WARBLER Dendroica magnolia (Wilson)
78RING-NECKED PHEASANT Phasianus colchichus torquatus Gmelin
201CERULEAN WARBLER Dendroica cerulea (Wilson)
79BOB-WHITE Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnæus)
202CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER Dendroica pensylvanica (Linnæus)
80RUFFED GROUSE Bonasa umbellus umbellus (Linnæus)
203BAY-BREASTED WARBLER Dendroica castanea (Wilson)
81WILD TURKEY Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot
204BLACK-POLL WARBLER Dendroica striata (J. R. Forster)
82MOURNING DOVE Zenaidura macroura carolinensis (Linnæus)
205BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER Dendroica fusca (Müller)
83TURKEY VULTURE Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied
206BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER Dendroica virens virens (Gmelin)
84MARSH HAWK Circus cyaneus hudsonius (Linnæus)
207PINE WARBLER Dendroica pinus pinus (Wilson)
85SHARP-SHINNED HAWK Accipiter velox (Wilson)
208PALM WARBLER AND YELLOW PALM WARBLER Dendroica palmarum palmarum (Gmelin) and Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea Ridgway
86COOPER’S HAWK Accipiter cooperi (Bonaparte)
209PRAIRIE WARBLER Dendroica discolor (Vieillot)
87GOSHAWK Astur atricapillus atricapillus (Wilson)
210OVENBIRD Seiurus aurocapillus aurocapillus (Linnæus)
88RED-TAILED HAWK Buteo borealis borealis (Gmelin)
211NORTHERN WATER-THRUSH Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis (Gmelin)
89RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin)
212LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH Seiurus motacilla (Vieillot)
90BROAD-WINGED HAWK Buteo platypterus platypterus (Vieillot)
213KENTUCKY WARBLER Oporornis formosus (Wilson)
91ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmelin)
214CONNECTICUT WARBLER Oporornis agilis (Wilson)
92GOLDEN EAGLE Aquila chrysaëtos chrysaëtos (Linnæus)
215MOURNING WARBLER Oporornis philadelphia (Wilson)
93BALD EAGLE Haliæëtus leucocephalus leucocephalus (Linnæus)
216MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT Geothlypis trichas trichas (Linnæus)
94DUCK HAWK Rhynchodon peregrinus anatum (Bonaparte)
217YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Icteria virens virens (Linnæus)
95PIGEON HAWK Tinnuculus columbarius columbarius (Linnæus)
218HOODED WARBLER Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert)
96SPARROW HAWK Cerchneis sparveria sparveria (Linnæus)
219WILSON’S WARBLER Wilsonia pusilla pusilla (Wilson)
97OSPREY; FISH HAWK Pandion haliaëtus carolinensis (Gmelin)
220CANADIAN WARBLER Wilsonia canadensis (Linnæus)
98BARN OWL Tyto alba pratincola (Bonaparte)
221REDSTART Setophaga ruticilla (Linnæus)
99LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus wilsonianus (Lesson)
222PIPIT; TITLARK Anthus spinoletta rubescens (Tunstall)
100SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan)
223MOCKINGBIRD Mimus polyglottos polyglottos (Linnæus)
101BARRED OWL Strix varia varia Barton
224CATBIRD Dumetella carolinensis (Linnæus)
102SAW-WHET OWL Cryptoglaux acadica acadica (Gmelin)
225BROWN THRASHER Toxostoma rufa rufa (Linnæus)
103SCREECH OWL Otus asio nævius (Gmelin)
226CAROLINA WREN Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Latham)
104GREAT HORNED OWL Bubo virginianus virginianus (Gmelin)
227BEWICK’S WREN Thryomanes bewickii bewickii (Audubon)
105SNOWY OWL Nyctea nyctea (Linnæus)
228HOUSE WREN Troglodytes aëdon aëdon Vieillot
106YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Coccyzus americanus americanus (Linnæus)
229WINTER WREN Nannus troglodytes hiemalis (Vieillot)
107BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO Coccyzus erythophthalmus (Wilson)
230SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN Cistothorus stellaris (Naumann)
108BELTED KINGFISHER Streptoceryle alcyon alcyon (Linnæus)
231LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN Telmatodytes palustris palustris (Wilson)
109HAIRY WOODPECKER Dryobates villosus villosus (Linnæus)
232BROWN CREEPER Certhia familiaris americana Bonaparte
110DOWNY WOODPECKER Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swainson)
233WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Sitta carolinensis cookei Oberholser
111YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Sphyrapicus varius varius (Linnæus)
234RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH Sitta canadensis Linnæus
112PILEATED WOODPECKER Phlœotomus pileatus abieticola (Bangs)
235TUFTED TITMOUSE Bæolophus bicolor (Linnæus)
113RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Melanerpes erythrocephalus erythrocephalus (Linnæus)
236BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus (Linnæus)
114RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER Centurus carolinus (Linnæus)
237GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLET Regulus regulus satrapa Lichtenstein
115NORTHERN FLICKER Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs
238RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET Corthylio calendula calendula (Linnæus)
116WHIP-POOR-WILL Setochalcis vocifera vocifera (Wilson)
239BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER Polioptila cærulea cærulea (Linnæus)
117NIGHTHAWK Chordeiles minor minor (J. R. Forster)
240WOOD THRUSH Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin)
118CHIMNEY SWIFT Chætura pelagica (Linnæus)
241WILSON’S THRUSH; VEERY Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens (Stephens)
119RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD Archilochus colubris (Linnæus)
242GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH Hylocichla minima aliciæ (Baird)
120KINGBIRD Tyrannus tyrannus tyrannus (Linnæus)
243OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni (Tschudi)
121CRESTED FLYCATCHER Myiarchus crinitus boreus Bangs
244HERMIT THRUSH Hylocichla guttata faxoni Bangs and Penard
122PHŒBE Sayornis phœbe (Latham)
245ROBIN Turdus migratorius migratorius Linnaeus
123OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Nuttallornis borealis borealis (Swainson)
246BLUEBIRD Sialis sialis sialis (Linnaeus)
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