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PREFACE. 



is indebted to the courtesy of Hon. George M. Bowers, U. S. Commissioner of Fish 

 and Fisheries, wlio furnished the original plates for reproduction in this Report. 



Especial attention is called to the highly instructive and valuable paper on 

 the Economic Value of Birds to the State, kindly furnished by Mr. Frank M. 

 Chapman, Associate Curator of the American Museum of Natural History, whose 

 professional qualifications as an ornithologist of national reputation render him 

 fully competent to discuss this phase of the forestry question in an authoritative 

 manner. In order that Mr. Chapman's article might be properly illustrated, the 

 State Printer secured the services of Mr. L. A. Fuertes, the famous bird painter, 

 who presents here a series of beautiful pictures that form a valuable addition to 

 the text. 



The Commission desires to acknowledge, also, the co-operation given by Hon. 

 George \V. Rafter, of the State Water Storage Commission, who prepared the paper 

 on the Future Water Supply of the Adirondack Region ; and Prof. E. 1'. h'elt, 

 State Entomologist, who continues his series of papers on insects injurious to forest 

 trees. 



The publication of this volume has been attended with considerable outlay ; 

 but the instructive character of its pages and beauty of its illustrations must surely 

 commend it to the public as worthy of the expense. 



ONE OF THE FAITHl-UL. 



