BULLETIN 



OF THE 



ESSEX IlsTSTITUTE. 



Vol. 26. Salem: Jan., Feb., Mar., 1894. Nos. 1, 2, 3. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE VERTEBRATE 

 ANIMALS OF KENTUCKY. 



By H. Garman, Lexington, Ky. 



This list is based upon collections and observations made 

 since July, 1889, in various parts of Kentucky from points 

 near the eastern limit of the State to Hickman on the Mis- 

 sissippi river. The original list, as thus prepared, has beeil 

 extended by including species observed by Audubon, by 

 Beckham in Spencer County, and very considerably by 

 the use of the publications of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission. Since the days of Audubon the bird fauna of the 

 State has changed greatly, and bis Statements concerning 

 the abundance of species are not in all cases to be ac- 

 cepted as applying at the present time. A fevv species 

 which he observed here will probably not again be seen 

 in Kentucky. Others which he recorded as occurring in 

 great numbers are scarce. Some species, known to be 



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