THE BIRDS 



OF 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



BY GIvOVER MORRILL ALLEN. 



INTRODUCTION. 



In the following pages an attempt has been made to bring to- 

 gether a list of the species of birds known to have occurred with- 

 in the State of New Hampshire during historic times, together 

 with a general account of their distribution, faunal position, times 

 of migration, and, in case of the rarer species, a detailed list of 

 the known instance of occurrence. The present list can be at 

 best only preliminary, and there remains much yet to be done 

 in the way of obtaining more complete information as to the de- 

 tails of distribution and migration, and particularly so in the case 

 of the water birds. 



In addition to much that has been already recorded in many 

 books and periodicals, a considerable body of unpublished facts 

 relative to the birds of the State is here included, based not only 

 on the writer's personal observations, but also on those of a num- 

 ber of ornithologists who have contributed most generously of 

 their notes, and to whom due acknowledgment is made. 



The sequence of names and their spelling are strictly those of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union, instead of those used by Mr. 

 R. H. Howe, Jr., and myself in the " Birds of Massachusetts, " 

 since it is believed that the use of the order more commonly 

 adopted will make the list more convenient as a working basis 

 for more complete catalogues. ' The distribution of the breeding 



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