THE BIRDS OF PRINCETON, NEW 

 JERSEY, AND VICINITY. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



While much work has been accomplished on the 

 bird fauna of this region, and many valuable obser- 

 vations and data have been accumulated, as yet no 

 attempt has been made at their systematic arrangement 

 in a single paper. The following brief treatise is a 

 collection of notes made by myself while a student at 

 Princeton University, during the four years previous 

 to June, 1901 ; in addition to which the University col- 

 lections and those of private gentlemen have furnished 

 valuable data. Thanks are due to Dr. Marcus Stultz 

 Farr, Assistant in Geology and Curator of Vertebrate 

 Paleontology, to Dr. Alexander Hamilton Phillips, 

 Assistant Professor of Mineralogy, and especially to 

 Mr. VV. E. D. Scott, Curator of Ornithology, all of 

 Princeton University, for numerous suggestions. 



Before entering upon any description of the terri- 

 tory under consideration, its boundaries and extent 

 must be clearly defined. By the vicinity of Princeton 

 is meant the circular area described with an eight-mile 

 radius from the town as a center. This will comprise 

 the greater part of Mercer County and the southern 

 portions each of Middlesex and Somerset Counties, in- 

 cluding the towns of Princeton, Lawrenceville, Hights- 

 town, Cranbury, Kingston, Plainsboro, Blawenburg 

 and other smaller ones. This does not, however, in- 

 clude any part of the Delaware River, or many more 



