The University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



JOHN M. CLARKE, Director 



Memoir 12 



BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



BY 



ELON HOWARD EATON 



Part 2 

 GENERAL CHAPTERS; LAND BIRDS 



Introductory note 



Bird ecology 



The economic value of birds 



The status of our bird laws 



- 3 



5 



- 46 

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Special measures for increasing bird life 52 

 Bird refuges - - 58 



Private preserves - 59 



Description of genera and species - 61 

 Addendum: New York bird history 



since 1910 - 542 



Explanations of plates - - 545 



Index ----- - 673 



ALBANY 



THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OP NEW YORK 

 1914 



