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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 

 VOL. 4, PP. i-64. FEBRUARY 15. 1901. 



BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 



BY ELON HOWARD EATON. 

 {Read before the Academy, March /^, 1899.} 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introductory i 



Region represented i 



Faunal areas 2 



Season of occurrence 3 



Relative abundance 4 



Migration 5 



Habitat 5 



Nesting dates 5 



Economic value 5 



Incomplete records 6 



Summary of species 7 



Acknowledgments 7 



Bibliography, explanations 7 



Migration and residence tables 9 



Annotated check-list 16 



Hypothetical List 59 



Index 63 



INTRODUCTORY. 

 REGION REPRESENTED. 



The territory covered by this list is the western portion of New 

 York State, extending eastward through the " Finger Lake" region. 

 It will be seen upon inspecting a contour map of the state that this is 

 a natural division consisting of three east and west belts. The south- 

 ernmost of these is the northern extremity of the Alleghany Plateau, 

 ranging from 1,500 to 2,000 feet in elevation, and drained southward 

 principally by the Allegheny and Susquehana rivers. The high, roll- 

 ing plains of the middle belt have a gentle slope toward the north, 

 their lowest elevation of 1,000 feet being along an irregular line from 

 Buffalo to Syracuse. These elevated plains are much cut up by the 

 north and south valleys of ancient drainage channels, many of which 



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