﻿NEW 
  YORK 
  BI] 
  

  

  aD=abundant; 
  ac=accidental 
  ; 
  av=accidental 
  visitant; 
  c=coinmon; 
  fc=fairly 
  common; 
  irreg=irregular 
  ; 
  oc=occasional; 
  reg=regular; 
  rcs=; 
  

  

  In 
  columns 
  headed 
  "Resident 
  or 
  transient" 
  and 
  "Common 
  or 
  rare," 
  where 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  abbreviations 
  occur, 
  the 
  first, 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  abbreviations 
  respectively 
  i 
  

   ri!' 
  very 
  ab, 
  fc, 
  should 
  be 
  read 
  "transient 
  visitant, 
  very 
  abundant; 
  resident, 
  fairly 
  common." 
  When 
  two 
  abbreviations 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  column 
  and 
  but 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  ci 
  

   lairly 
  common; 
  transient 
  visitant, 
  fairly 
  common." 
  

  

  

  GIRAUD, 
  LONG 
  ISLAND, 
  1844 
  

  

  DE 
  KAY, 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE, 
  1844 
  

  

  SPECIES 
  RECORDED 
  

  

  Resident 
  

  

  or 
  

   transient 
  

  

  Common 
  

  

  or 
  

  

  rare 
  

  

  Leaves 
  

  

  for 
  

   north 
  

  

  Returns 
  

   from 
  

   north 
  

  

  Breeds 
  

  

  Resident 
  or 
  transient 
  

  

  T-Trtlhnell 
  prebe 
  .... 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  wv, 
  tv. 
  . 
  , 
  

   sr 
  

  

  oc 
  

  

  

  (Reported 
  as 
  Podiceps 
  cristatus 
  & 
  rubricollis). 
  Rare 
  in 
  winter. 
  . 
  

  

  

  f 
  c 
  

  

  ' 
  

  

  PipH-billed 
  erebe 
  

  

  c 
  ........:.:..! 
  ::::.:.. 
  

  

  

  

  Common 
  late 
  summer 
  & 
  autumn. 
  Breeds 
  far 
  north 
  . 
  .... 
  

  

  

  wv 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  Resident. 
  Breeds, 
  Lake 
  Raquet 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  wv 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  oc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Comparatively 
  rare 
  

  

  PufBn 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Occasionally 
  in 
  winter 
  on 
  coast 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  wv 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  

  

  oc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Uncommon 
  in 
  winter 
  on 
  coast 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  very 
  rare 
  

  

  

  

  

  wv. 
  Not 
  uncommon 
  

  

  

  

  unc 
  

  

  

  

  

  wv. 
  Four 
  specimens. 
  (Lestris 
  richardsonii) 
  

  

  Once. 
  (Lestris 
  buifoni) 
  

  

  T^nnc-tailed 
  icEfzer 
  

  

  

  once 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  unc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Rare 
  south 
  of 
  N. 
  Y 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  wv 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Great 
  black-backed 
  gull. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  f 
  c 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  c 
  

  

  

  

  

  Autumn, 
  winter 
  & 
  spring 
  on 
  coast 
  & 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  

  

  

  tv 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  sr 
  

  

  

  

  , 
  . 
  

  

  

  Coast 
  & 
  Great 
  Lakes. 
  Breeds 
  

  

  

  unc. 
  young 
  cirreg 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  I>ittle 
  i?uU 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  once^ 
  Tulv 
  '^7... 
  . 
  

  

  

  

  

  Rarely 
  observed 
  . 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  sv 
  

  

  unc 
  

  

  

  

  

  (Cayenne 
  tern). 
  Sparingly 
  on 
  coast 
  

  

  

  ac. 
  v 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Trudeau 
  tern 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Little 
  noticed 
  on 
  our 
  coast. 
  Occurs 
  in 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  sr 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Great 
  numbers 
  on 
  coast 
  & 
  inland 
  lakes. 
  Arrives 
  Apr. 
  15. 
  Breeds 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  unc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Not 
  common 
  on 
  this 
  coast 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  fc 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  sv 
  .■;■.:::" 
  

  

  unc 
  

  

  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  1 
  

  

  

  Cx)mmon 
  Summer 
  visitor 
  

  

  Corv 
  shearwater 
  

  

  

  

  [ 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Audubon 
  shearwater 
  

  

  straci'lpr. 
  

  

  oc 
  

  

  

  

  (Little 
  sheanvater). 
  Northwardly 
  to 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Straggler.. 
  

  

  oc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Commonlv 
  aloner 
  our 
  coast 
  

  

  Yellow-billed 
  tropic-bird. 
  , 
  , 
  . 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  wv 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Dniihle-crested 
  cormorant.. 
  . 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  More 
  frequently 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  . 
  ... 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Formerly 
  numerous 
  on 
  Hudson, 
  has 
  now 
  disappeared 
  

  

  One 
  taken 
  off 
  Sandv 
  Hook. 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  American 
  merganser 
  

  

  Red-breasted 
  merganser. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  wv 
  

  

  ab 
  

  

  spring 
  

  

  fall, 
  late.. 
  

  

  

  On 
  coast 
  in 
  autumn, 
  some 
  remain 
  through 
  winter. 
  Breeds 
  throughout 
  interior 
  

  

  Breeds 
  in 
  interior 
  of 
  State 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  unc 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Less 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  preceding. 
  Breeds 
  in 
  interior 
  

  

  Mallard 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Black 
  dvick 
  

  

  sr, 
  wv. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  f 
  c 
  , 
  c 
  

  

  

  

  May 
  19.. 
  . 
  

  

  Very 
  abundant 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  Breeds. 
  . 
  

  

  Gadwall 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  unc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Spring 
  & 
  autumn. 
  Breeds. 
  Not 
  common 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  tv 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  ab 
  

  

  

  Oct., 
  late 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  Common 
  Breeds 
  on 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  

  

  Blue-winj'^ed 
  teal 
  

  

  

  

  Sept 
  

  

  yes 
  

  

  Abundant 
  on 
  Hudson 
  in 
  Sept. 
  Breeds, 
  L. 
  I 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  unc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Not 
  abundant. 
  W^inter 
  & 
  sprin*^ 
  

  

  pintail 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  During 
  summer 
  only 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Redhead 
  

  

  

  fc 
  

  

  Mar.,early 
  

  

  

  

  

  Canvasback 
  

  

  

  fc 
  

  

  Mnv_ 
  T 
  . 
  

  

  

  Sparin'^'ly 
  on 
  Hudson 
  & 
  coast 
  

  

  American 
  scaup 
  duck 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  

  . 
  . 
  I'dct. 
  10-20 
  

  

  

  

  ab 
  .... 
  1 
  

  

  

  

  Very 
  common 
  on 
  coast 
  Prefers 
  lesser 
  streams 
  of 
  interior 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  American 
  golden-eye 
  

  

  Barrow 
  golden-eye 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Buffle-head 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  

  Apr., 
  late. 
  

  

  Oct 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  American 
  eider 
  

  

  

  oc 
  

  

  

  

  

  In 
  very 
  severe 
  winters 
  along 
  shores 
  of 
  State 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  * 
  * 
  

  

  

  American 
  scoter 
  

  

  

  c 
  

  

  

  

  

  By 
  no 
  means 
  as 
  common 
  as 
  surf 
  scoter 
  

  

  

  wr 
  

  

  wr 
  

  

  ab 
  

  

  

  Oct. 
  15 
  

  

  

  

  Surf 
  scoter 
  , 
  ... 
  

  

  ab 
  

  

  Apr. 
  15.. 
  . 
  

  

  Oct 
  IS 
  

  

  

  

  Ruddv 
  duck 
  

  

  rare 
  

  

  

  

  Rather 
  rare 
  on 
  this 
  coast 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Blue 
  goose 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  (Confused 
  with 
  the 
  preceding) 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Canada 
  goose 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  c 
  

  

  Apr. 
  .early 
  

  

  fall 
  late 
  

  

  

  Large 
  flocks 
  in 
  autumn 
  till 
  bays 
  are 
  frozen. 
  Returns 
  in 
  early 
  spring 
  

  

  

  

  f 
  c 
  

  

  

  

  White- 
  bellied 
  brant 
  

  

  tv 
  

  

  ab 
  

  

  May» 
  late. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  i";.. 
  . 
  

  

  

  In 
  great 
  numbers 
  on 
  coast, 
  early 
  Oct. 
  till 
  Dec, 
  again 
  in 
  Apr. 
  & 
  May 
  

  

  Black 
  brant 
  

  

  

  

  

  Barnacle 
  goose 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Whistling 
  swan 
  

  

  

  oc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Remains 
  during 
  whole 
  year 
  in 
  Hamilton 
  & 
  Herkimer 
  co 
  

  

  Trumpeter 
  swan 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  White 
  ibis 
  

  

  

  twice 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Glossy 
  ibis 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  White-faced 
  glossy 
  ibis. 
  ... 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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