﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  4/ 
  

  

  The 
  group 
  of 
  black 
  bear 
  has 
  been 
  received, 
  but 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   played 
  until 
  such 
  accessories 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  as 
  seem 
  desirable 
  

   to 
  make 
  the 
  scene 
  as 
  attractive 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Three 
  more 
  bird 
  groups 
  have 
  been 
  put 
  on 
  exhibition. 
  One 
  shows 
  

   a 
  sora 
  rail 
  with 
  nest 
  and 
  young; 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  are 
  winter 
  scenes. 
  

   the 
  first 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  three 
  snow 
  buntings 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  Canadian 
  

   nuthatches 
  and 
  American 
  goldfinches 
  in 
  their 
  winter 
  plumage. 
  

  

  The 
  taxidermist 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  constructing, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   above 
  mentioned 
  fish 
  group, 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  mink 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  white- 
  

   footed 
  mice. 
  These 
  should 
  all 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  exhibition 
  by 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  Birds 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  In 
  1844 
  this 
  State 
  published 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  and 
  

   finely 
  illustrated 
  treatise 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  

   eminent 
  ornithologist, 
  James 
  E. 
  De 
  Kay. 
  Since 
  its 
  date 
  of 
  issue 
  

   this 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  fundamental 
  value 
  to 
  all 
  students 
  of 
  the 
  

   birds 
  and 
  may 
  justly 
  be 
  regarded 
  as, 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  degree, 
  the 
  primary 
  

   inspiration 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  widespread 
  interest 
  among 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  in 
  the 
  science 
  of 
  ornithology. 
  

  

  In 
  1904, 
  60 
  years 
  from 
  its 
  publication, 
  I 
  urgently 
  recommended 
  

   to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Education 
  that 
  a 
  restudy 
  of 
  this 
  field 
  was 
  

   desirable 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  bring 
  together 
  increments 
  to 
  knowledge 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  long 
  period 
  which 
  had 
  elapsed 
  without 
  interest 
  therein 
  on 
  

   the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  very 
  general 
  and 
  lively 
  con- 
  

   cern 
  in 
  the 
  subject 
  among 
  our 
  citizens. 
  

  

  Consequent 
  on 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  this 
  recommendation 
  the 
  prepara- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  monographic 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   Prof. 
  E. 
  Howard 
  Eaton. 
  The 
  undertaking 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  one, 
  in- 
  

   volving 
  great 
  labor, 
  accurate 
  knowledge 
  and 
  painstaking 
  devotion. 
  

   But 
  it 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  carried 
  so 
  far 
  that 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  

   is 
  in 
  sight 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  quarto 
  volumes 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  

   delivered 
  from 
  the 
  press. 
  This 
  volume 
  i 
  will 
  carry 
  something 
  over 
  

   300 
  pages 
  and 
  42 
  plates 
  in 
  color 
  with 
  various 
  distribution 
  tables 
  and 
  

   numerous 
  cuts. 
  

  

  A 
  synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  volume 
  is 
  here 
  appended 
  : 
  

  

  Preface 
  

  

  Illustrator's 
  note 
  

   Summary 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   Avifauna 
  

   I 
  Residents 
  

   II 
  Summer 
  residents 
  

  

  BIRDS 
  OF 
  XEW 
  YORK. 
  VOLUME 
  I 
  

  

  III 
  Transients 
  

  

  IV 
  Winter 
  visitants 
  

  

  V 
  Summer 
  visitants 
  

   VI 
  Accidental 
  visitants 
  

   Life 
  zones 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

  

  