IV INTRODUCTORY. 



these, 161 are known to breed in the State; and as the rapid settlement 

 with its cultivation and tree planting, especially in the western portion, 

 will increase its present bird life and make it a natural and inviting home 

 for new species, and its location so favorable to catch migrants from both 

 the eastern and western faunal provinces, and winter visitants from the 

 resident birds north, and mountains west, and summer visitants from the 

 resident birds south, it will ever remain an expectant and interesting 

 field for the ornithologist one unsurpassed by any of the inland States. 

 With high respect, I am, 



Sincerely yours, 



N. S. GOSS. 



