8 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



page 1 6. This list, for it hardly amounts to anything more 

 than that, mentions forty-two species. Mr. Howe published 

 in the Bristol Phoenix for April loth, 1896, an annotated list 

 of the birds of that township, observed by him. This article, 

 called "A List of the Birds of Bristol, R. I., and Adjacent 

 Localities," contains, beside annotations on sixty-seven species, 

 a short account of the topography of Bristol, with a map showing 

 wooded areas. In a book by the same author, entitled " On the 

 Bird's Highway," 1899, there is in the appendix, an unannotated 

 list of the birds observed at Bristol, R. I. A series of articles 

 were published in the Providence Journal entitled " Birds during 

 January" and "February," issue of February 7, 1884, and 

 "Birds during March" and "April," issue of April 7, 1884, by 

 Mr. F. T. Jencks. An article called " Rhode Island Birds," 

 by Mr. J. M. Southwick, was published in the same paper on 

 February 28, 1892, and another article, under the same title, by 

 Mr. N. W. Wright, on September 25, 1898. These, papers 

 cover the special literature on the birds of Rhode Island except 

 for the minor records which have appeared from time to time 

 in The Auk, Nuttall Bulletin, Random Notes, etc., of which 

 there are exceptionally few. 1 



COLLECTIONS. 



There are a number of well known ornithological collections 

 within the State containing birds taken in Rhode Island. The 

 best no doubt is the one at Roger Williams Park, Providence, 

 under the curatorship of Mr. J. M. Southwick. This has been 

 assembled by Mr. C. H. Smith of Providence, and presented by 

 him to the city. During the summer of 1899, this collection'was 

 installed with other Rhode Island State collections of Zoology 

 and Mineralogy. The collection of some three hundred and 

 fifty specimens is intended to represent all species known to have 

 occurred within the State, and contains many of the rare Rhode 

 Island captures, reference to which are given in the annotated list. 



1 See Bibliography. 



