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reliable records. All but four species 1 have been personally identified by 

 the writer, either in the field or from specimens in local collections; and 

 these four exceptions have been admitted only upon what has been con- 

 sidered satisfactory evidence of their occurrence. Species of doubtful or 

 of probable occurrence, while excluded from the list proper, have been 

 separately enumerated as a guide to future observations. 



The notes from which this paper has mainly been compiled were 

 taken by the writer between February 8, 1890, and April 9, 1894; during 

 which time almost all of the County, excepting the extreme northeastern 

 and southwestern portions, was visited. The data here utilized were, 

 however, obtained chiefly in the vicinity of Wooster, within a radius of 

 about six miles of the city. This information has been supplemented by 

 the examination of a number of collections of mounted birds from differ- 

 ent parts of the County; evidence of the occurrence of a number of species 

 not otherwise noted having been thus secured. Statements in regard to 

 the abundance of species have in most cases been carefully estimated 

 from comparisons of the actual number of individuals recorded, and may 

 therefore be regarded as approximately correct. The annotations are 

 drawn almost entirely from notes relating to Wayne County, and unless 

 it is otherwise specifically stated, are intended to reflect the status of the 

 species in question merely with respect to the region under consideration. 



The nomenclature, and the classification, which at the suggestion of 

 Prof. Webster has been given entire, are of course those of the Check List 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union, including the recent emendations. 

 The illustrations, which are also the result of a suggestion by Prof. 

 Webster, have been here reproduced through the courtesy of Messrs. Estes 

 and Lauriat, of Boston, Mass. The writer desires furthermore to express 

 to Prof. F. M. Webster his sincere appreciation of much indispensable 

 assistance in the preparation of this report. Thanks are also due to Mr. 

 Joseph Housekeeper, of Wooster, for information in regard to some of the 

 water birds; to Mr, Ellsworth Freeman, of Orrville, as well as to the other 

 gentlemen who have kindly permitted the writer to examine birds in 

 their possession, and whose names appear in the following pages. 



Wayne County is situated in the northeastern portion of Ohio, about 

 thirty-five miles from Lake Erie and about fifty-five miles west of the State 

 line of Pennsylvania. The forty-first parallel of north latitude forms its 

 northern boundary. It is in shape nearly square, being twenty- five miles 

 from east to west, and about twenty-three miles in north and south 

 extent, with an area of 535 square miles. The towns mentioned in the 

 ensuing pages are situated as follows : Wooster lies about three or four 



1 These are : Meleagris gallopavo, Pandion haliaetus carolinensis, Ceophlcew pilealus and 

 Acanthis linaria. 



