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The University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



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John M. Clarke, Director 



Memoir 12 



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BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



BY 



ELON HOWARD EATON 



Part 2 



GENERAL CHAPTERS; LAND BIRDS 



Introductory note ----■> 

 Bird ecology ----- 5 



The economic value of birds - - 46 



The status of our bird laws - - 51 

 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 



