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those not familiar with the food habits of the species, and also to serve 

 as a possible stimulus for further interest along the line of bird protec- 

 tion. 



For a detailed statement of the food of our common birds, 

 reference is made to the bulletins of the Biological Survey, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. 



INCOMPLETE RECORDS. 



Some of the species recorded in this list as occurring in Western 

 New York are entered on the authority of persons who have been 

 unable to furnish definite data regarding the time of capture. None of 

 these records seem improbable, and in some instances the specimen 

 upon which the record is founded is still in existence. Under this 

 head should be placed the following : 



Laughing gull, Prothonotary warbler, 



Arctic tern, Magpie, 



Harlequin duck, Dickcissel, 



Greater snow goose, Summer tanager, 



American white-fronted goose, Carolina chickadee. 



Trumpeter swan, Whooping crane, 



Snowy heron, Sandhill crane, 



Yellow-crowned night heron, Clapper rail, 



American avocet, Purple gallinule. 



The records for laughing gull, snowy heron, yellow-crowned 

 night heron, clapper rail, magpie, dickcissel, summer tanager and 

 Carolina chickadee, may possibly be due to error in observation, since 

 in the case of these species we have found either no trace of the speci- 

 mens or that they have been recorded only as having been seen. 

 From our present knowledge, we should especially question the 

 records of the night heron, clapper rail, magpie and Carolina chick- 

 adee. 



In the case of Bullock's oriole, while the record of time and place 

 is definite and reliable, the specimen itself has apparently disappeared. 

 This species and the cinnamon teal are here reported for the first time 

 as New York species. 



