PREFACE 



THE following list is intended to include all species 

 of birds known to occur in a wild state within ten 

 miles of Bridgeport, up to the present time. Many 

 species are admitted from the Catalogue of the Birds of Con- 

 necticut by Rev. James H. Linsley, published in the Ameri- 

 can Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. xliv, No. 2, April, 1843, 

 being stated therein to occur at Stratford. Several are ad- 

 mitted from Dr. C. Hart Merriam's Review of the Birds of 

 Connecticut in Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of 

 Arts and Sciences, Vol. iv., Part I., 1877, as taken or observed 

 by Mr. George Bird Grinnell at Milford. The writer ac- 

 knowledges his indebtedness to several observers, whose 

 names appear in this list, for specimens and information. 

 Where no authority is given, the data are from the notes of 

 the writer, and no species has been admitted on unreliable 

 evidence. 



Birds breeding here and wintering farther south are classed 

 as summer residents. Those breeding farther north and win- 

 tering here are classed as winter reside/Us. Those breeding- 

 north and wintering south, passing by in spring and autumn, 

 are called migrants. Those species found all the year round 

 are denoted residents. 



The nomenclature adopted by the American Ornithologists 

 Union is used. 



The Bridgeport Scientific Society desires specimens of rare 

 birds from this locality, and it is hoped that all who can pro- 

 cure specimens wdll send them to the curator. 



C. K. A., Jb. 



Bridgeport, Jauuaiy, 1892. 



