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known to breed. It mentions the relative abundance and time of arrival 

 of the different birds. Stars in this list refer to William R. Maxon's review 

 of Embody's pubhcation, Auk, 20, 1903, p. 262-66. 



A List of the Birds of Long Island, N. V'., by William C. Braislin, from 

 the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York for the year ending 

 March 1907. This is a complete list of the birds known by Dr Braislin to 

 occur on Long Island, including 364 species and giving a good series of 

 migration dates and records of accidental visitants. 



COUNTY SCHEDULES 



These tables have been prepared to show in condensed form the status 

 of our knowledge concerning the birds of each county in New York State. 

 The information has been gathered from schedules and bulletins sent 

 out from the State Museum by Dr Parr in 1900, and subsequently 

 returned bv numerous observers in all parts of the State, also from 

 migration schedules and correspondence returned to the author in 1905, 

 1906 and 1907. The author's personal notes are largely embodied in the 

 lists of Erie, Ontario, Monroe and Essex counties, his observations, 

 begun at Si)ringville in 1880, having been principally confined to western 

 New York, but in part to the eastern and southeastern parts of the 

 State. All reports received from any source have been given due 

 consideration, but it has seemed advisable to omit numerous records 

 of unusvial birds because the reports were based on hearsay evidence 

 or merely from having been seen, no absolute confirmation of the record 

 being obtainable. Numerous records also, which have appeared in print, 

 have not been included, becatise after careful investigation they were found 

 to refer to some other species than that originally reported. At the same 

 time, it is probable that some reports which have been omitted from these 

 tables were of actual occurrences of the species named, but since they were 

 of such an unusual nature it has seemed best to omit them w^hen they were 

 not substantiated b\' s]iecimens or subsequent observations. 



