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these, 161 are known to breed in the State; and as the rapid settlement 
with its cultivation and tree planting, especially in the western portion, 
will increase its present bird lifeand make it a natural and inviting home 
for new species, and its location so favorable to catch migrants from both 
the eastern and western faunal provinces, and winter visitants from the 
resident birds north, and mountains west, and summer visitants from the 
resident birds south, it will ever remain an expectant and interesting 
field for the ornithologist — one unsurpassed by any of the inland States. 
With high respect, I am, 
Sincerely yours, 
N. 8. GOSS. 
