THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



agent for the sale of the check-list, and for the sale 

 of " The Auk," a quarterly journal of ornithology, 

 published as the organ of the " A. O. II." Students 

 of ornithology, and others interested in the study of 

 birds, should obtain these publications, as they are 

 standard works on the subject in North America. 



It is desirable to have only one common name in 

 general use for each species of North American 

 birds, as adopted by the " A. O. II.," so as to ob- 

 viate the confusion caused in ib* way of identifi- 

 cation by the numerous local names that birds have 

 in different places ; but, in order to enable non-mem- 

 bers of the " A. O. U." to recognize the species in 

 the list, I have given in " parenthesis " other com- 

 mon names used locally when we are speaking of 

 or writing about them. 



In closing this introduction, my thanks are due 

 to those companions who have accompanied and 

 assisted me in my ornithological rambles in the 

 vicinity of Montreal, and likewise 'to other friends 

 for valuable notes on the birds contained in the list. 



ERNEST D. WINTLE 



MONTREAL, August, 



