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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  known 
  to 
  breed. 
  It 
  mentions 
  the 
  relative 
  abundance 
  and 
  time 
  of 
  arrival 
  

   of 
  the 
  different 
  birds. 
  Stars 
  in 
  this 
  list 
  refer 
  to 
  William 
  R. 
  Maxon's 
  review 
  

   of 
  Embody's 
  publication, 
  Auk, 
  20, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  262-66. 
  

  

  A 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  by 
  William 
  C. 
  Braislin, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Linnaean 
  Society 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  

   March 
  1907. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  known 
  by 
  Dr 
  Braislin 
  to 
  

   occur 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  including 
  364 
  species 
  and 
  giving 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  

   migration 
  dates 
  and 
  records 
  of 
  accidental 
  visitants. 
  

  

  COUNTY 
  SCHEDULES 
  

  

  These 
  tables 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  to 
  show 
  in 
  condensed 
  form 
  the 
  status 
  

   of 
  our 
  knowledge 
  concerning 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  each 
  county 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

   The 
  information 
  has 
  been 
  gathered 
  from 
  schedules 
  and 
  bulletins 
  sent 
  

   out 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  by 
  Dr 
  Farr 
  in 
  1900, 
  and 
  subsequently 
  

   returned 
  by 
  numerous 
  observers 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  also 
  from 
  

   migration 
  schedules 
  and 
  correspondence 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  author 
  in 
  1905, 
  

   1906 
  and 
  1907. 
  The 
  author's 
  personal 
  notes 
  are 
  largely 
  embodied 
  in 
  the 
  

   lists 
  of 
  Erie, 
  Ontario, 
  Monroe 
  and 
  Essex 
  counties, 
  his 
  observations, 
  

   begun 
  at 
  Springville 
  in 
  1880, 
  having 
  been 
  principally 
  confined 
  to 
  western 
  

   New 
  York, 
  but 
  in 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  southeastern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  All 
  reports 
  received 
  from 
  any 
  source 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  due 
  

   consideration, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  seemed 
  advisable 
  to 
  omit 
  numerous 
  records 
  

   of 
  unusual 
  birds 
  because 
  the 
  reports 
  were 
  based 
  on 
  hearsay 
  evidence 
  

   or 
  merely 
  from 
  having 
  been 
  seen, 
  no 
  absolute 
  confirmation 
  of 
  the 
  record 
  

   being 
  obtainable. 
  Numerous 
  records 
  also, 
  which 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  print, 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  included, 
  because 
  after 
  careful 
  investigation 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  

   to 
  refer 
  to 
  some 
  other 
  species 
  than 
  that 
  originally 
  reported. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  

   time, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  some 
  reports 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  omitted 
  from 
  these 
  

   tables 
  were 
  of 
  actual 
  occurrences 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  named, 
  but 
  since 
  they 
  were 
  

   of 
  such 
  an 
  unusual 
  nature 
  it 
  has 
  seemed 
  best 
  to 
  omit 
  them 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  

   not 
  substantiated 
  by 
  specimens 
  or 
  subsequent 
  observations. 
  

  

  