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  OF 
  XEW 
  YORK 
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  TJic 
  Siinniicr 
  Birds 
  of 
  tJic 
  Adirondacks 
  in 
  Franklin 
  County, 
  New 
  York, 
  

   bv 
  Theodore 
  Roosevelt 
  jr, 
  and 
  H. 
  D. 
  Minot, 
  1877, 
  is 
  a 
  brief 
  but 
  satisfactorily 
  

   annotated 
  list 
  of 
  97 
  species 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  Adirondacks 
  in 
  the 
  

   summer 
  time. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  definite 
  stud}' 
  of 
  our 
  Adirondack 
  avifauna. 
  

  

  .4 
  List 
  of 
  tlic 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  Highlands 
  ivith 
  Annotations, 
  by 
  Dr 
  

   Edgar 
  A. 
  Mearns 
  appeared 
  iti 
  the 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  Essex 
  Institute, 
  Salem, 
  

   Mass., 
  beginning 
  in 
  volmiie 
  10, 
  1878, 
  and 
  concluded 
  in 
  volume 
  13, 
  1882, 
  

   with 
  an 
  addendum 
  of 
  four 
  species 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Auk, 
  1890. 
  This 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  our 
  verv 
  best 
  lists, 
  including 
  records 
  of 
  migration, 
  relative 
  abundance, 
  

   and 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  species, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  measurements 
  

   of 
  birds 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  These 
  dimensions 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  constant 
  source 
  

   of 
  authoritv 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  volume. 
  It 
  includes 
  213 
  

   species, 
  99 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  recorded 
  as 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands. 
  

  

  A 
  Revised 
  List 
  of 
  Birds 
  of 
  Central 
  Xeiv 
  York, 
  from 
  the 
  obser\'ations 
  of 
  

   Frank 
  R. 
  Rathbun, 
  Gilbert 
  Fowler, 
  Frank 
  S. 
  Wright 
  and 
  Samuel 
  F. 
  Rath- 
  

   bun, 
  published 
  at 
  Auburn, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  in 
  1879, 
  is 
  an 
  admirable 
  list 
  of 
  236 
  species, 
  

   of 
  which 
  83 
  are 
  reported 
  as 
  breeding 
  in 
  central 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  birds 
  

   named 
  in 
  this 
  list 
  are 
  all 
  admitted 
  as 
  New 
  York 
  species 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  

   time. 
  

  

  A 
  Preliminary 
  List 
  of 
  Birds 
  Ascertained 
  to 
  Occnr 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   Region, 
  Xorth 
  Eastern 
  Xeiu 
  York, 
  by 
  C. 
  Hart 
  Merriam 
  M.D., 
  published 
  in 
  

   the 
  Ank, 
  1881, 
  with 
  addenda 
  in 
  1882-84, 
  is 
  a 
  briefl}^ 
  annotated 
  list 
  of 
  211 
  

   species, 
  ^^■lth 
  valuable 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  fauna 
  and 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  region. 
  This 
  

   list, 
  together 
  with 
  Dr 
  Merriam's 
  notes 
  on 
  Lewis 
  county 
  birds, 
  published 
  in 
  

   the 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  Nuttall 
  Ornithological 
  Club, 
  1878 
  and 
  1879, 
  constitutes 
  

   the 
  best 
  account 
  we 
  have 
  of 
  the 
  ornitholog}- 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  much 
  that 
  is 
  interesting 
  on 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  

  

  native 
  birds. 
  

  

  A 
  Revieii' 
  of 
  the 
  Summer 
  Birds 
  of 
  a 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  ^Mountains, 
  

   luith 
  Prefatory 
  Remarks 
  on 
  the 
  Faunal 
  and 
  Floral 
  Features 
  of 
  the 
  Region, 
  

   by 
  Eugene 
  Pintard 
  Bicknell, 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Linnaean 
  

   Society 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  in 
  1882, 
  is 
  another 
  A'aluable 
  faunal 
  list 
  treating 
  of 
  

  

  