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The following list aims to include all species of birds known to 

 have occurred in New England within historic times. Those only 

 whose occurrence is believed to be natural are given a serial number, 

 while introduced, escaped, or hj^othetical species are given in a 

 separate hst. The nomenclature is that adopted by the American 

 ornithologists' union, including the changes of the 14th supplement 

 to the Check-List, July, 1908. Of the vernacular names, the first 

 given is in each case that of the Check-List, and those following are 

 local names current for the most part in New England. Unless 

 otherwise stated, the term "migrant" means that the species oc- 

 curs in both the spring and the fall migrations; "summer resident'* 

 implies that the species breeds; "resident," that individual birds 

 remain the entire year in the State. The migration and nesting 

 dates given, are almost wholly those available from published 

 sources and are hence in many cases, somewhat meager. Un- 

 usual dates are enclosed within parentheses. If the records for 

 the presence of a given species within any State do not exceed 

 three, the place and date of each are given if known. 



For brevity of citation, references to figures of eggs in the works 

 of Bendire, Capen, and Seebohm are given by the name of the author 

 followed by the date, plate, and figure. The titles of these works 

 follow : — 



Bendire, C. Life histories of North American birds with special 

 reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Special bull. no. 1, 

 U. S. nat. mus., 1892, viii+446 p., 12 pis.; special bull. no. 3, 

 U. S. nat. mus., 1895, ix-|-518 pp., 7 pis. 



Capen, Elwin A. Oology of New England : a description of the 

 eggs, nests, and breeding habits of the birds known to breed in 

 New England, with colored illustrations of their eggs. Boston, 

 1886, 4to, 116 pp., 25 pis. 



Seebohm, Henry. Coloured figures of the eggs of British birds, 

 with descriptive notices. Sheffield, xxiv-f304 pp., pis. 



