APPENDIX II. 



FAUNAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 



When one is engaged in a study of the birds of a certain region or locality 

 it is of the first importance to learn what has been published about them bj' 

 previous workers. Such information may appear in general works on the 

 bird-life of a large area, but more frequently it is found in 'local lists' of the 

 birds of a limited district. These lists constitute one of the most characteris- 

 tic and numerous types of ornithological publication. They are of value to 

 the student of distribution and migration, in the broader phases of these 

 subjects, and they are of especial interest and assistance to students living 

 in the region to which they relate. 



The appended titles of works of this nature have been selected from a 

 card catalogue of faunal publications which the author began to prepare 

 some twenty years ago, in part with regard to their historic importance, but 

 mainly on the basis of their present working value. 



Unfortunately many of these papers are now out of print or are hidden 

 in scientific publications of but limited circulation and are therefore corres- 

 pondingly inaccessible. When, however, other means to secure them fail, 

 the Librarian of the American Museum of Natural History, in New York 

 City, may be consulted with a view to securing, at cost, a type written copy 

 of any list desired. 



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