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none of them do breed in the county is certain, and it may be that the plac- 

 ing of stars opposite them was purely a printer's error. With the excep- 

 tion of the last two they do not even breed in the State : White-throated 

 Sparrow, Tree Sparrow. Myrtle Warbler, Black-poll Warbler, Yellow- 

 palm Warbler, Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Golden-winged Warbler 

 and Black-throated Green Warbler. There are interesting references to 

 birds in the historic chapter by Dr. Maurice Beesley. . 



1857. LEWIS, ELISHA J. The American Sportsman. Containing 

 hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, the habits of the game 

 birds and wild fowl of North America. Phila. 



Refers to birds of New Jersey coast. 



1858. BAIRD, SPENCER F.; CASSIN, JOHN, and LAWRENCE, GEO. X. 

 Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Missis- 

 sippi River to the Pacific coast. Vol. IX., Birds. Washington, 

 pp. i.-lvi. and 1-1005. 



In the catalogue of specimens a number of New Jersey specimens are 

 listed. 



1866. LAWRENCE, GEO. X. Catalogue of birds observed in New York, 

 Long and Staten Islands and adjacent parts of New Jersey. 

 Ann. Lye., New York, VIII., pp. 279-300. 



Several important New Jersey records: Dri/obates borealis, Mini us 

 polyglottos, Piranf/a rubra and Scolopax rusticola. 



1868. TRIPPE, T. M. The Dwarf Thrush. Amer. Nat., II., p. 380. 

 Records of Hermit (?) Thrush and Bohemian Waxwing at Orange 



N. J. 



1868. ABBOTT, C. C. Catalogue of vertebrate .animals of New Jersey. 

 Cook's Geology of New Jersey, App. E., pp. 751-830. 



This publication is noteworthy as being the first general list of New 

 Jersey birds. No less than 301 species are given, but unfortunately the 

 data accompanying the records of rare species are very incomplete and 

 unsatisfactory, while many statements about the time of occurrence of 

 species in the State, especially as regards the breeding season, are wholly 

 at variance with the experience of all other ornithologists who have since 

 studied the birds of New Jersey. 



The following species are mentioned as breeding or as occurring through- 

 out the summer in New Jersey, although no one else has been able to 

 verify Dr. Abbott's statements, and unfortunately the latter are not sup- 

 ported by any exact dates or localities or by any specimens : Pigeon 

 Hawk, Hermit Thrush. Olive-backed Thrush. Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren, Red-bellied Nuthatch, Brown 

 Creeper, Blackburnian Warbler, Northern Shrike, Fox Sparrow, Rusty 



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