The University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Memoir 12 



BIRDS OF NEW YORK 





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ELON HOWARD EATON 



Part 2 

 GENERAL CHAPTERS; LAND BIRDS 



Introductory note 



Bird ecology - 



The economic value of birds 



The status of our bird laws 



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Special measures for increasing bird life 52 

 3ird refuges - - - - - 58 



Private preserves - - - - 59 



Description of genera and species - 61 

 Addendum: New York bird history 



since 1910 - - - - - 542 

 Explanations of plates - 545 



Index ------- 673 



ALBANY 



THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

 1914 



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