List of 



Principal Papers Relating to the Birds of the Vicinity 



OF New York City. 



1844. De Kav, J. E. Zoology of New York, or the New York Fauna ; com- 

 prising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within 

 the State of New York, with brief notices of those occasionally found 

 near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part 

 II, Birds. Albany: i Vol., 4 to, pp. xii, 380, pll. col'd, 141. 



Treats of 308 species. "Though still constantly quoted — and properly to 

 be referred to — it has ceased to be regarded as an authority" (Coues). 



1S44. GiR.\CD, J. P.. Jr. The Birds of Long Island. ... New York: published 

 by Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway....! Vol., ,8vo., pp. i — ^xxiv, i — 397. 



Treats of 286 species, giving descriptions and extended annotations. Only 200 

 copies of this work are supposed to have been placed in circulation. 



1866. Lawrence, G. N. Catalogue of Birds observed on New York, Long, 

 and Staten Island and the adjacent parts of New Jersey. Ann. Lye. 

 Nat. Hist., New York, VIII, pp. 279 — 300. 

 A partly annotated list of 327 species. 



1868. Abbott, C. C. Catalogue of Vertebrate Animals of New Jersey. Cooke's 

 Geology of New Jersey. Appendix E. Birds, pp. 761 — 798. 



An annotated list of 301 species, abounding in errors and only to be used 

 with discrimination. 



1869. TuRNBULL, W. P. The Birds of East Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 

 Glasgow, Printed for Private Circulation. 



1876. BiCKNELL, E. P. Field Notes at Riverdale. Forest and Stream, VI, p. 

 233 ; also pp. 133, 148, 386, 402. 



Winter and spring notes on numerous species. 



1876. Stevens, W. G. Bird arrivals- on the Harlem. Forest and Stream, 

 VI, p. 215. 



Notes on 40 species. 



1877. Merriam, C. Hart. A Review of the Birds of Connecticut with 

 Remarks on Their Habits. Trans. Conn. Acad., IV, pp. i — 165. 



A fully annotated list of 292 species. 



1877. Stevens, W. B. [Arrivals of Birds at West Farms, N. Y., during the 

 springs of 1874, 1875, and 1876.] Forest and Stream, VIII, p. 400. 



Dates of arrival of 32 species. 



1878. Benner, F. Bird Notes from Long Island. Forest and Stream, X, 

 pp. 174, 215. 



Notes from Astoria on a number of species. 



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