CONTENTS 



Preface ............. 5 



Chapter I. Topography and Faunal Areas ..... 6 



Chapter II. The Ocean and its Birds 12 



Chapter III. The Sand Beaches and their Birds . . . . 18 



Chapter IV. The Sand Dunes and their Birds .... 30 



Chapter V. The Salt Marshes and their Birds .... 36 



Chapter VI. The Fresh Marshes and their Birds .... 43 



Chapter VII. The Ponds and their Birds 49 



Chapter VIII. Lighthouse Records ....... 53 



Chapter IX. Ornithological History of Essex County. 1616-1904 60 



Chapter X. Annotated List of the Birds of Essex County . . 74 



Introduction ........... 74 



Annotated List ........... 77 



Introduced Species .......... 315 



Apocryphal Species • 318 



Summary 3^9 



Addenda ............ 320 



Bibliography ............ 322 



Errata ............. 332 



Index 333 



