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bands, very closely reproduces the prominent characters of 

 Regains calendula and R. satrapa ; the Carbonated Warbler 

 similarly combines the black crown, streaked back and double 

 xuing-bands of Dendrceca striata with the general coloring 

 of Perisoglossa tigrina, and possesses no individual characters 

 which might not have been derived from such a parentage ; 

 y^Egiothus breivsteri is very nearly intermediate between ^E. 

 linaria and Chrysotnitris pinus ; and there are still others 

 among the doubtful or " lost" species which show strong traces 

 of a hybrid origin. But for the present we rest the case here : 

 the bars are down ; the gate stands open ; "he who runs may 

 read." 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF BIRDS ASCERTAINED TO 

 OCCUR IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION, NORTH- 

 EASTERN NEW YORK. 



BY C. HART MERRIAM, M.D. 



The present " List" includes only such species as are positively 

 known to occur within the limits of the region of which it treats. 

 It is of necessity incomplete, and many species, especially among 

 the Waders and Swimmers, will be hereafter added to it. One 

 object of its publication at this time is to call forth supplemental 

 information, and the author hopes that any one knowing of the 

 occurrence of a species not herein mentioned, in the Adirondack 

 region, will communicate the fact to him at once in order that it 

 may be incorporated in a more complete paper which will appear 

 at no distant day. 



One point in the present list requires explanation. The terms 

 " common," "abundant," etc.. do not have the same signification 

 as in a treatise on the birds of Southern New England for example. 

 Birds of all kinds are rare in the dense evergreen forests of the 

 Canadian Fauna. One may travel hours, and sometimes a whole 

 day, among these lonely mountains and scarcely see a single 

 bird. Therefore these terms, as here employed, have a relative 

 significance only. They have the same meaning that they must 



