Bibliography of 

 New Jersey Ornithology, 



Apart from the casual allusions to birds made in the journals of 

 some of the early voyagers who entered the mouth of Delaware Bay, 

 the first work to contain notes on New Jersey birds is Peter Kalm's 

 Travels, in which are comments on various species observed by him 

 during his stay at the Swedish settlement of Eaccoon, on the Dela- 

 ware, in 1749. The great classics of American ornithological litera- 

 ture, the works of Wilson, Audubon and Nuttall, contain many refer- 

 ences to the birds of the State, while in later years the ornithologists 

 of Philadelphia and New York, as well as resident naturalists, have 

 published many lists and notes dealing with New Jersey birds. The 

 following list contains all the more important books and papers re- 

 lating to the ornithology of the State and shorter notes or papers 

 dealing with special species: 



1753-61. Kalm. Peter. En Eesa Til Noira America, &c. Stock- 

 holm, Vols. I.-III. 



First English Edition, 1770-71, for bird matter, cf. Trotter, Auk, 1903, 

 p. 249. 



1799. Barton, B. S. Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Philadelphia, folio pp. i.-xviii. and 1-24. 



As Philadelphia naturalists have never been able to stay on their own 

 side of the Delaware River, it is probable that Barton's observations relate 

 in part to New Jersey. 



1808-1814. Wilson, Alexander. American Ornithology. Phila- 

 delphia, Vols. I.-IX. 



The text of the last volume is by George Ord. Wilson's excursions into 

 New Jersey seem to have been in the immediate vicinity of Camden, and 

 along the coast from Beesley's Point and Ocean City to Cape May City. 



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