timate on page 25, comprise about forty percent, of the 

 actual number. It might be added, however, that a 

 large percentage of that estimate are transient collectors. 

 At the request of many ornithologists, a list of the Birds 

 of Central New York, with notes on their abundance, 

 etc., has been added. 



Many thanks are due the professors and students of 

 ornithology generally, for their assistance in furnishing 

 various items and information concerning collections, 

 and it is to be hoped that the statistics set forth, may 

 prove of use to the collector in many ways. As a Di- 

 rectory, the success of the enterprise is warranted by the 

 appreciation with which the project was received. 

 Utica, N. r., 1877. S. L. W. 



