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  An 
  immense 
  volume 
  of 
  literature 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   State 
  has 
  accumulated 
  during 
  the 
  300 
  years 
  which 
  have 
  elapsed 
  since 
  

   Hudson 
  sailed 
  into 
  New 
  York 
  harbor. 
  Casual 
  references 
  in 
  the 
  notes 
  of 
  

   earlv 
  travelers 
  and 
  colonial 
  writers; 
  definite 
  records 
  in 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  Wilson, 
  

   Audubon, 
  Nuttall 
  and 
  other 
  early 
  ornithologists; 
  niimerous 
  statements 
  in 
  

   the 
  works 
  of 
  Baird, 
  Brewer, 
  Ridgw^ay, 
  Coues 
  and 
  a 
  host 
  of 
  modern 
  writers 
  

   in 
  America 
  and 
  some 
  in 
  Europe; 
  many 
  incidental 
  records 
  or 
  bits 
  of 
  life 
  

   histories 
  in 
  scientific 
  and 
  popular 
  magazines, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  American 
  Naturalist, 
  

   Science, 
  Scribner's, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  and 
  others; 
  frequent 
  accounts 
  

   of 
  local 
  or 
  general 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  numberless 
  newspapers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  

   adjacent 
  territory, 
  numerous 
  references 
  in 
  government 
  and 
  museum 
  reports 
  

   and 
  bulletins; 
  and 
  finalh- 
  records 
  in 
  the 
  Auk, 
  Osprey, 
  Wilson 
  Bulletin, 
  

   Ornithologist 
  and 
  Oologist, 
  and 
  other 
  ornithological 
  publications, 
  all 
  have 
  

   contributed 
  to 
  the 
  distribution, 
  migration 
  and 
  habits 
  of 
  our 
  birds 
  as 
  reported 
  

   in 
  the 
  present 
  volume. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  completing 
  the 
  history 
  and 
  biblio- 
  

   graphy 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  ornithology 
  has 
  proved 
  a 
  task 
  so 
  seemingly 
  endless, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  its 
  publication 
  is 
  deferred 
  for 
  the 
  present. 
  The 
  author 
  has 
  

   found 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  assert 
  with 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  certaint}' 
  who 
  first 
  added 
  

   the 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  birds 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  our 
  avifauna. 
  It 
  is 
  

   evident 
  from 
  the 
  writings 
  of 
  Wilson 
  and 
  Audubon 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  

   birds 
  were 
  v/ell 
  known 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  during 
  their 
  time, 
  and 
  frequent 
  

   references 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  their 
  works 
  to 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  water 
  birds 
  

   occurring 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  bird 
  students 
  we 
  have 
  deemed 
  it 
  advisable 
  to 
  

   ptiblish 
  a 
  comparative 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  bird 
  lists 
  referring 
  

   specially 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  fauna, 
  beginning 
  with 
  Giraud 
  and 
  DeKay. 
  

  

  The 
  Birds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  by 
  J. 
  P. 
  Giraud 
  jr, 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  1844, 
  

   by 
  Wiley 
  and 
  Putnam, 
  161 
  Broadwa}^ 
  N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  octavo 
  volume 
  of 
  

   397 
  pages, 
  with 
  descriptions 
  and 
  annotations 
  of 
  286 
  species. 
  Only 
  about 
  

   200 
  copies 
  of 
  this 
  book 
  were 
  printed. 
  The 
  author 
  includes 
  the 
  Crested 
  

  

  