XV. 



The birds belong to the people, not to a clique or a coterie, but to all the 

 people as heirs and stewards of the good things of God. 



As to the manner of treatment I need not speak further, save to say 

 that the recent publication of Jones' catalogue of the Birds of Ohio^, excuses 

 me from the necessity of making a precise or complete enumeration of the 

 records of any bird's occurrei^ice — altho as matter of interest I have done 

 so in a few cases. The reader is referred also to Mr. Jones' excellent list 

 for a more particular account of the distribution of each species throughout 

 the state, and for information as to food habits, not extensively given in this 

 volume. 



To mention all the books which have been of service in the preparation 

 of this one would be to -give a catalo'gue O'f the author's library, supplemented 

 by those of friends — evidently an uncalled-for task. A few of the principal 

 works, however, require to be mentioned. The published results of Dr. J. 

 M. Wheaton's work^ have been largely assumed in this book, or used as a 

 basis of comparison and point of departure. Without his painstaking fidelity 

 ma:ny state records would have been lost to sight, and we are all under the 

 deepest obligation to him for a wealth of accumulated material well arranged. 

 Dr. Howard Jones generously placed the contents of his monumental work 

 on the Nests and Eggs of Ohio Birds' at our disposal, and we only regret 

 that the limits of this volume forbade our drawing more largely upon its 

 treasures. Mr. Oliver Davie's "Nests and Eggs of North American Birds" 

 (Eifth Edition) has been consulted, and its pages furnish several records 

 for Ohio. Besides these, Ohio pamphlets and local lists too numerous to 

 mention have contributed their share to the result. 



Of the catalogues and lists published in adjacent states that of Prof. 

 Amos W. Butler on the "Birds of Indiana" has proved most valuable, both 

 because of the similarity which exists between Ohio and her sister on the 

 w^est, and for the unusually abundant data which Prof. Butler's enthusiastic 

 labors have provided. Others which deserve mention are Mcllwraith's 

 "Birds of Ontario" ; Ridgway and Forbes' Ornithology of Illinois" ; A. J. 

 Cook's "Birds of Michigan" and Warren's "Birds of Pennsylvania." 



Of general works the compendious volumes of Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 

 way, entitled "The Birds of North America", have been most frequently 

 consulted. The first two volumes of Robert Ridgway's "Birds of North 

 and Middle America" have been at hand, and these easily surpass all other 

 purely technical works in importance. Chapman's "Handbook of the Birds 



1 Ohio State Academy of Science, Special Papers No. 6. The Birds of Ohio, A Revised Catalogue, by 

 I,ynd3 Jones, M. Sc. Oct. is, 1903. PP 241- 



2 As embodied in his "Report on the Birds of Ohio", appearing in Vol. IV of the State Geological 

 Survey, pp 187-628. A limited number of the Author's separates still exist, and may be had of the Wheaton 

 Publishing Company. 



3 "Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio." Published at Circlcvillc in 24 parts: 

 Elephant folio: Hand-colored plates: July,i88o-Dec. 1886. Text by Howard E. Jones. Art work by 

 Genevieve E. Jones, Eliza J. Schulze, Mrs. N. H. Jones, and others. A magnificent work, second only 

 to Audubon. Edition limited to 68 hand-colored copies, of which four still remain unsold, and may be 

 had of the Wheaton Publishing Company. 



