INTRODUCTORY 



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The following paper is based almost entirely ujion my for- 

 mer list of the birds of this locality,* written in January, 1883, 

 and is prepared at the suggestion of Professor Procter, State 

 Geologist, to accompany Mr Linny's report on the geology of 

 Nelson county. 



So short a time has elapsed since the former paper was writ- 

 ten, and my opportunities for field work have been so limited, 

 that I can only add four species to the fauna as heretofore 

 given, namely : Coturniculus henslowi., lonornis martinica, 

 NetUon carolinensis, and Fuligula collaris. The first, third 

 and fourth of these were all taken by myself, and the circum- 

 stances which induce me to include the latter are fully set forth 

 in another place. 



Most of the observations were made in the immediate vicin- 

 ity of Bardstown, which is situated in N. Lat. 37°52', W. Long. 

 85°18', just on the western limit of the "Bluegrass Region," 

 forty miles southeast of Louisville, and about one hundred 

 southwest of Cincinnati. 



The sylvan flora of this locality is quite diversified. The 



^ A liat of the birds of Bardstown, Nelson county, Ky. Bv rharlea Wickliffo Beckham.— Jour- 

 nal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, Vol. VI., July, 1S33, pp. 136-147. 



