﻿SUMMARY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  AVIFAUNA 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  there 
  are 
  411 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   recorded 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  Sixty-four 
  years 
  ago, 
  whenDeKay's 
  

   Ornithology 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  appeared, 
  301 
  species 
  were 
  known. 
  By 
  referring 
  

   to 
  the 
  tables 
  of 
  local 
  lists, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  several 
  species 
  well 
  known 
  

   at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  were 
  unknown 
  to 
  Dr 
  DeKay: 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Alder 
  fly- 
  

   catcher, 
  Prairie 
  horned 
  lark, 
  Rough 
  -winged 
  swallow. 
  Migrant 
  shrike, 
  

   Louisiana 
  water-thrush, 
  Connecticut 
  warbler, 
  Hudsonian 
  chickadee 
  and 
  

   Gray-cheeked 
  thrush. 
  But 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  100 
  species 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  list 
  are 
  uncommon 
  or 
  accidental 
  visitants 
  

   to 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  group 
  New 
  York 
  birds 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  mode 
  of 
  

   occurrence 
  into 
  sharply 
  defined 
  classes, 
  but 
  the 
  following 
  summary 
  may 
  

   be 
  useful. 
  For 
  a 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  each 
  species, 
  however, 
  

   the 
  reader 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  schedules 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  lists, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  specific 
  

   descriptions. 
  

  

  I 
  Residents 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  at 
  all 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  and 
  breed 
  within 
  its 
  borders. 
  

  

  A 
  Species 
  occurring 
  throughout 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  all, 
  or 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  State. 
  Some 
  of 
  these, 
  like 
  the 
  Red-headed 
  woodpecker, 
  are 
  occasion- 
  

   ally 
  migratory, 
  and 
  others, 
  like 
  the 
  Crow, 
  are 
  rarely 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  highlands 
  

   or 
  colder 
  districts 
  during 
  .midwinter. 
  

  

  Ruffed 
  grouse 
  Red-headed 
  woodpecker 
  

  

  Bald 
  eagle 
  Blue 
  jay 
  

  

  American 
  long-eared 
  owl 
  American 
  crow 
  

  

  Short-eared 
  owl 
  ' 
  House 
  sparrow 
  

  

  Barred 
  owl 
  American 
  goldfinch 
  

  

  Screech 
  owl 
  Cedar 
  waxwing 
  

  

  Great 
  horned 
  owl 
  White-breasted 
  nuthatch 
  

  

  Hairy 
  woodpecker 
  Chickadee 
  

   Downy 
  woodpecker 
  

  

  