DllIDS <l|- XllUTll CaUDI.IXA 



Bcfoir takiiifi- up flie systematic cataliiKUc of North Carolina birds, there is 

 given a sliort cxplaiiatury statement relating to Iccys and descriptions. 



The descriptive hst of liirds of Nortii C'aroUna contains records of the occur- 

 rence of ;?41 si)ecies and varieties of liirds talvcn in North Carolina. It is neces- 

 sarily an incoini)let(^ list, as new discoveries will contintie to he made from time to 

 time, hut it is intended to serve as a basis for future observations, and as a book 

 for consultation until a more adecjuate puiilication shall have taken its place. 



In this catalojiue the descriptions of s]i(>cies are taken mainly from the superb 

 Ilaiiilhook of Jiiidy of Eastern Xortli Aiiicricu by Frank M. Chapman, copy- 

 riRhted 1895 and 1912 hy 1). Ap])leton i^- Co. For this courtesy botli the authors 

 and the Survey are indel)ted to the publishers. These ilescriptions are followed by 

 an account of the raiiiic of the species iu North ( 'arolina. and, as far as possible, 

 full notes are {iiven i'ei;ardinii- ohser\'ations made on the habits of the birds. 



Followiufi the catalogue of the birds, tliei-e are Appendices on the Biljliograpliy 

 of Korth Carolina Birds; on .Mijiration of Birds at Raleigh, North Carolina, 1895 

 to 1911. as recorded hy H. II. Brindey and C. S. iirindey; on the Song Period of 

 Birds at Haleigh as recorded by C. S. Brinde>-: and a brief ( llossary. The authors 

 and the Survey are indebted to a number of Xortli Carolina bird students, and 

 many references have been made in the general text to the material furnished by 

 them. ( )f these the aut hors pai'tieularly wish to mention the following: .Mr. '!'. \\'. 

 Adiekes, Mr. Stephen ( '. Bruner, Mr. ( leorge W. MaeXider, .Mr. Z. P. .Metcalf. and 

 Mr. .\le\andei- b. l'"eild of Itali'igh; Dr. .1. W. P. Smithwiek of Kin-ton; Mr. 

 Thomas .\. Smithwiek of Merry Hill, I'.ertie County; Mr. P. \\'. Colletl of 

 Raleigh; Mr. .1. II. .\rmfield of ( Ireenslioro; and .Mr. Ernest Seeman of Durham. 

 To those outside the State who have rendered special assistance, wi' wish to ex|)ress 

 our ajjpreeiation of the kindness of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, and of Mr. Henry W. 



Henshaw, each of \\1 i, in turn, as Chief of the I'nited States Biological Survey, 



has permitted the examination of all ( loNcrnment migration-schedides from Nortli 

 Carolina; of .Mr. W. W. Cooke and Mr. \\ . 1.. McAfee, assistants in the I'nited 

 States Biological Survey, for se\-ei'al overlooked records; of Dr. Louis B. Bishoj) 



