﻿New 
  York 
  State 
  Education 
  Department 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

  

  Memoir 
  12 
  

  

  BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  ELON 
  HOWARD 
  EATON 
  

  

  Part 
  I 
  

   INTRODUCTORY 
  CHAPTERS; 
  WATER 
  BIRDS 
  AND 
  GAME 
  BIRDS 
  

  

  Preface 
  -.-... 
  

  

  Illustrator's 
  note 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   avifauna 
  ------ 
  

  

  Life 
  zones 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   The 
  Mt 
  Marcy 
  region 
  - 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Increase 
  and 
  decrease 
  of 
  species 
  - 
  

   Suggestions 
  to 
  bird 
  students 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  5 
  

   9 
  

  

  II 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  42 
  

  

  50 
  

   58 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  Bird 
  migration 
  .... 
  65 
  

  

  Spring 
  arrivals 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  72 
  

  

  Published 
  local 
  lists 
  . 
  - 
  - 
  yg 
  

  

  County 
  schedules 
  . 
  . 
  - 
  - 
  80 
  

  

  Classification 
  ----- 
  88 
  

  

  Descriptions 
  of 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  - 
  91 
  

  

  Explanation 
  of 
  plates 
  . 
  - 
  - 
  391 
  

  

  Index 
  475 
  

  

  ALBANY 
  

  

  UNIVERSITY 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

   I9IO 
  

  

  