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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  WESTCHESTER 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  L. 
  V. 
  Case, 
  Bedford 
  Dr 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Gerald 
  H. 
  Thayer, 
  Monadnock, 
  N. 
  H. 
  

  

  WYOMING 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Rev. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Warren, 
  Pike 
  

  

  YATES 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Verdi 
  Burtch, 
  Branchport 
  Rev. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Hull, 
  Dresden 
  

  

  Clarence 
  N. 
  Davis, 
  Branchport 
  Louise 
  Sumner, 
  Crosby 
  

  

  C. 
  F. 
  vStone, 
  Branchport 
  

  

  The 
  abbreviations 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  column 
  of 
  each 
  county 
  Hst 
  classify 
  

   the 
  birds 
  under 
  the 
  following 
  heads. 
  Residents 
  (res) 
  are 
  those 
  species 
  

   which 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  all 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  breed 
  within 
  the 
  county. 
  

   Summer 
  residents 
  (sr) 
  spend 
  only 
  the 
  wanner 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  county, 
  

   coming 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  returning 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  to 
  pass 
  the 
  winter. 
  

   Transient 
  visitants 
  (tv) 
  are 
  species 
  which 
  merely 
  pass 
  through 
  the 
  county 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  or 
  fall, 
  or 
  both, 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  their 
  breeding 
  grounds. 
  Winter 
  

   visitants 
  (wv) 
  arc 
  those 
  which 
  come 
  from 
  their 
  homes 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  to 
  pass 
  

   the 
  winter 
  with 
  us. 
  Summer 
  visitants 
  (sv) 
  are 
  species 
  which 
  breed 
  farther 
  

   south 
  but 
  visit 
  us 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  after 
  the 
  breed- 
  

   ing 
  season 
  is 
  over. 
  Accidental 
  visitants 
  (av) 
  are 
  species 
  which 
  live 
  so 
  far 
  

   fromi 
  our 
  borders, 
  and 
  are 
  found 
  here 
  so 
  rarely, 
  that 
  their 
  occurrence 
  may 
  

   be 
  regarded 
  as 
  accidental. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  second 
  column 
  the 
  relative 
  abundance 
  of 
  species 
  is 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  the 
  terms 
  Abundant 
  (ab), 
  applied 
  to 
  such 
  birds 
  as 
  the 
  Robin 
  and 
  Song 
  

   sparrow, 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  locality. 
  Common 
  (c) 
  indicating 
  

   a 
  less 
  degree 
  of 
  abundance. 
  Fairly 
  common 
  (fc) 
  birds 
  are 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  found 
  

   in 
  limited 
  numbers 
  at 
  the 
  proper 
  place 
  and 
  season, 
  like 
  the 
  Scarlet 
  tanager, 
  

   or 
  Migrant 
  shrike 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York. 
  Uncommon 
  (unc) 
  birds 
  are 
  such 
  as 
  

   can 
  not 
  be 
  called 
  rare 
  and 
  yet 
  are 
  of 
  unusual 
  occurrence. 
  Birds 
  of 
  Occasional 
  

   occurrence 
  (oc) 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  observed 
  each 
  season 
  but 
  appear 
  at 
  

   intervals 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  years. 
  A 
  rare 
  bird 
  is 
  one 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  only 
  

   a 
  few 
  times 
  and 
  yet 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  accidental. 
  We 
  have 
  also 
  

   found 
  it 
  convenient 
  in 
  these 
  tables 
  to 
  use 
  such 
  expressions 
  as 
  local, 
  referring 
  

  

  