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  XKW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  .MUSEUM 
  

  

  grebe, 
  Manx 
  shearwater 
  and" 
  Little 
  storm\' 
  petrel, 
  which 
  are 
  European 
  

   species 
  with 
  no 
  definite 
  records 
  for 
  New 
  York, 
  though 
  cited 
  b}- 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   carlv 
  writers. 
  His 
  records 
  of 
  L 
  e 
  s 
  t 
  r 
  i 
  s 
  parasiticus 
  and 
  L. 
  r 
  i 
  c 
  h 
  - 
  

   a 
  r 
  d 
  s 
  o 
  n 
  i 
  probably 
  both 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  Parasitic 
  jaeger. 
  His 
  Canadian 
  

   woodpecker 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  Northern 
  hair\- 
  woodpecker, 
  subspecies 
  1 
  e 
  u 
  c 
  o 
  m 
  e- 
  

   1 
  a 
  s, 
  but 
  no 
  recent 
  records 
  or 
  specimens 
  are 
  known. 
  The 
  Wood 
  wren 
  is 
  

   now 
  regarded 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  House 
  wren. 
  Thus 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  Giraud 
  

   treated 
  2 
  So 
  of 
  our 
  present 
  list 
  as 
  occurring 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  TJic 
  Zoology 
  of 
  Xc'lv 
  York, 
  Part 
  2, 
  Birds, 
  In- 
  James 
  E. 
  DeKay, 
  also 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  1S44, 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  This 
  large 
  quarto 
  work 
  

   includes 
  353 
  pages 
  of 
  text, 
  with 
  descriptions 
  and 
  brief 
  histories, 
  and 
  141 
  

   plates, 
  showing 
  358 
  figures 
  of 
  native 
  birds 
  in 
  colors. 
  DeKay 
  describes 
  309 
  

   species 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  or, 
  like 
  the 
  Carolina 
  paroquet, 
  as 
  having 
  

   occurred 
  here. 
  Some 
  species 
  like 
  the 
  Magpie, 
  Carolina 
  titmouse, 
  and 
  AVhist- 
  

   ling 
  warbler 
  are 
  admitted 
  on 
  supposition 
  or 
  hearsay 
  evidence. 
  The 
  Wood 
  

   wren 
  and 
  Hemlock 
  warbler 
  are 
  not 
  A'alid 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  Crested 
  grebe 
  is 
  

   European. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  account 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  birds, 
  although 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  evident 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  that 
  important 
  additions 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  

   to 
  bring 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  our 
  ornitholog}' 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  In 
  the 
  

   64 
  vears 
  which 
  have 
  elapsed 
  since 
  DeKay's 
  report, 
  about 
  100 
  species 
  have 
  

   been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  list. 
  

  

  George 
  N. 
  Lawrence's 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Xcic 
  York 
  and 
  Yiciiiity, 
  

   which 
  appeared 
  in 
  1866 
  in 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Linnaean 
  Society 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  enumerates 
  327 
  species, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  annotated. 
  The 
  Crested 
  

   grebe, 
  Common 
  murre, 
  Manx 
  shearwater, 
  Little 
  stormy 
  petrel, 
  Tropical 
  

   fulmar 
  and 
  Cfirolina 
  chickadee 
  appear 
  without 
  definite 
  records 
  and 
  no 
  

   New 
  York 
  specimens 
  haA'e 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Lawrence 
  collection. 
  The 
  

   European 
  woodcock 
  and 
  Red-cockaded 
  woodpecker 
  were 
  entered 
  as 
  ha\"ing 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  neighboring 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  the 
  Hutchins 
  gull, 
  Green- 
  

   backed 
  mallard, 
  Cooper 
  sandpi|)er 
  and 
  Wood 
  wren 
  are 
  not 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   valid 
  species. 
  Thus 
  Lawrence 
  included 
  315 
  of 
  our 
  present 
  list 
  as 
  New 
  York 
  

   species. 
  

  

  