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lliTc alsii Mr. (iio. C. Cantwcll lia> kit his liinl-skins. partly local ami partly 

 Alaskan, on view. 



I'ortiinaldy the task of rok'scrihinj; the plnmafjc of Wasliinjjtnn hinls has 

 hi'cii rindiTi'd less necessary fi>r a work of such scope as ours, thru the appearance 

 of the Fifth Kdition of Coues Key," enihixlyinfj, as it does the ri])ened conclusions 

 of a uni(|uely {;ifted ornithological writer, and above all. by the j^reat delinitivc 

 work from the hand of Professor Ridf,'w.iy,'' now more than half conipleteil. 

 These linal works hy the masters of our craft render the careful repetition of 

 such cflort superfluous, ami I have no hesitation in admitting that we are almost 

 as much in<lel)ted to them as to local collections, altho a not inconsiderable part of 

 the author's original work upon |)lunia}je description in "'riie I'.irds ..f ( )hin" has 

 been utilized, or re-worked, wherever applicable. 



In compiling the C.eneral Ranges, we wish to acknowledge indebteilness Inith 

 to the .\. ( ). r. Check-List {2nd I*"dition ) and to the summaries f>f Kidgway an«l 

 Cones in the works alreaily mentioned, in the Range in Washington, we have 

 tried to take account of all published records, but have been obliged in most 

 instances to rely U])on personal experience, and to exi>ress juilgments which must 

 vary in accuracy with each individual case. 



'I'he tinal work u|)on migrations in Washington is still to be done. Our own 

 task has called us hither and yonder each season to such an extent that consecutive 

 work in any one locality has been imp(:ssible. and there apj)ears not to be any one 

 in the State who has seriously set himself to record the movements of the birds 

 in chrfinological order. Success in this line depends tipon co/iperative work on 

 the part of many widely distributed observers, carried out thru a considerable 

 term of years. It is one of the aims of these volumes to stimulate such endeavor, 

 and the author invites correspondence to the end that such an undertaking may 

 be carried out .systematically. 



In citing authorities, we have aimed to recall the first publication ..f each 

 species as a bird of Wasbiugton. giving in italics the name originallv assigned the 

 binl. if dilTerent from the one now used, together with the name of the author 

 in Ijold-face type. In many instances early references are uncertain, chiefly by 

 reason of failure to distinguish between the two States now separated l>y the 

 Columbia River, but once comprehended under the name ( )regon Territory. Such 

 citations are (|uestioned or lirackeled. as are all those which omit or disregard 

 scientilk" names. The al)breviated references are to standard faunal lists appear- 

 ing in the Cfilunuis of "The .\iik" and elsewhere, and these are noted more 

 carefully under the head of Bibliography, among the .Xppendiccs. 



At tiic outset I wish to explain tile peculiar relation which exists between 



a. Key to North .\nicncan Itinl.. by lilliott Couc. A M. M I'. I'li |) . Fifth Edition (cnliirly 



reviKd). in Two Volume*: pp. xli. -t-iiSi. Hottnn, l>«n.i K-i. v. 190J. 



h. The It.ril. of .North and .Middle America, hy Rol>crt I r. Miviiion of riinl.. V. S. 



.National .Mu<eum, llullelin of the I'. S. N, M.. .No. 50: I'l. I |.p. xxxi. 4-ri.i and PI. ,\.\. 



(1901): I'l. II.. Tanatndae, etc., pp. xx. + 834 and I'l. X.XIl ii.c.p. It. III., Mftocilitdac. etc.. pp. 



xx.-i-Hoi and I'l. .\IX. (1904): Pt. IV., THtdidae. clc, pp. xxll. -t- 973 and PI. .\X.\IV. (190?). 



