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 Linnæan Deſignation.  Cateſby's Deſignation. Popular Names. Buffon
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Ardea Herodias  Ardea criſtata maxima Americana  3.10  Largest creſted heron 14.113
Ardea violaeca  Ardea ſtellaris criſtata Americana  1.79  Creſted bittern 14.134
Ardea cærulea  Ardea cærulea  1.76  Blue heron. Crane 1.131
Ardea virescens  Ardea ſtellaris minima  1.80  Small bittern 14.142
Ardea æquinoctialis  Ardea alba minor Carolinienſis  1.77  Little white heron 14.136
   Ardea ſtellaris Americana  1.78  Brown bittern. Indian hen  14.175
Tantalus loculator  Pelicanus Americanus  1.81  Wood pelican 13.403
Tantalus alber  Numenius albus  1.82  White curlew 15.62
Tantalus fuſcus  Numenius fuſcus  1.83   Brown curlew 15.64
Charadrius vociferus  Pluvialis vociferus  1.71  Chattering plover. Kildee 15.151
Hæmatopus oſtralegus   Hæmatopus  1.85  Oyſter catcher 15.185
Rallus Virginianus  Gallinula Americana  1.70  Soree. Ral-bird 15.256
Maleagris Gallopavo  Gallopavo Sylveſtris  xliv.  Wild turkey  3.187.229
Tetrao Virginianus  Perdix Sylveſtris Virginiana  3.12  American partridge. Amer. quail  4.237
 Urogallus minor, or a kind of Lagopus    3.1  Pheaſant. Mountain partridge 3.409
Columba paſſerina  Turtur minimus guttatus  1.26  Ground dove 4.404
Columba migratoria  Palumbus migratorius  1.23  Pigeon of paſſage. Wild pigeon 4.351
Columba Carolinienſis  Turtur Carolinienſis  1.24  Turtle. Turtle dove 4.401
Alauda alpeſtris  Alauda gutture flavo  1.32  Lark. Sky lark 9.79 

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