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New York State Education Department 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Memoir 12 



BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



BY 



ELON HOWARD EATON 



Part I 

 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS; WATER BIRDS AND GAME BIRDS 



PAGE 



Preface - - ■ - - - - 5 



Illustrator's note - . - - 9 

 Summary of the New York State 



avifauna - - - - - -'ii 



Life zones of New York State - 19 



The Mt Marcy region - - - 42 



Increase and decrease of species - 50 



Suggestions to bird students - - 58 



Bird migration . . - - 65 



Spring arrivals 7* 



Published local lists ... 75 



County schedules . - - - 80 



Classification ----- 88 



Descriptions of genera and species - 91 



Explanation of plates - - - 391 



Index 475 



ALBANY 



UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

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