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logue, and gives no specific records or dates, while including a 

 number of species whose occurrence in the vicinity is much to 

 be doubted. The plan of mapping and studying the local 

 fauna is, however, a most commendable one and well merits 

 further extension. Beyond the few occasional notices or short 

 articles dealing with New Hampshire birds, published in the 

 Auk and other journals or books, the most important of recent 

 contributions to the ornithological literature of the State are 

 mainly in the way of local lists. Chief among these are Mr. 

 Ned Dearborn's Peliminary List of the Birds of Belknap and 

 Merrimack Counties, in 1898, and the Preliminary List of Birds 

 Observed in the Vicinity of Manchester, by Messrs. F. W. 

 Batchelder and E. H. Fogg, in 1900. The former of these in- 

 cludes 191 species, is well annotated, and forms a most welcome 

 contribution. A number of the less common species are includ- 

 ed on the authority of Mr. C. F. Goodhue, of Webster, a care- 

 ful and trustworthy observer. The Manchester list, though 

 meager in its annotation, is, in the main, reliable, and evidences 

 care in preparation. Neither list attempts to give exact dates 

 of migration or of special records in most cases. A. still more 

 recent contribution to the knowledge of the birds of central 

 New Hampshire is a list of birds observed about Newfound 

 Lake, prepared by Mr. R. H. Howe, Junior, in 1901. A few 

 other short local lists, published here and there by amateurs, 

 attest to the increasing interest in the study of 'birds, though 

 the beginner's eagerness to make a " record," or his too hasty 

 and often erroneous identifications frequently detract much from 

 the value of such contributions. 



At the end of the present list is given a bibliography includ- 

 ing such references only as have been found of value for the 

 purposes of the present paper. These, however, are believed 

 to include practically all articles of importance in this connec- 

 tion, though a number of minor titles are omitted. It has 

 not been possible, however, to consult, in this connection, 

 the "Hawks of New Hampshire" {Manchester Unio7i), 1893, 

 and the " Museum Bulletin " (Weirs), 1886, of whose existence 

 the writer knows only at second hand. 



