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The University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Memoir 12 



BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



ELON HOWARD EATON 



Part 2 

 GENERAL CHAPTERS; LAND BIRDS 



Introductory note 



Bird ecology 



The economic value of birds 



The status of our bird laws 



3 



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46 



51 



Special measures for increasing bird life 5 2 

 Bird refuges - - 58 



Private preserves - - 59 



Description of genera and species 61 



Addendum: New York bird history 



since igio - 542 



Explanations of plates - 545 



Index - - - - - 673 



ALBANY 



THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

 1914 



