Introduction. 



In placing this modest list before the public, I do 

 not claim to have brought it to perfection or even to 

 have approached it. I have simply arranged a'nd 

 combined such notes as I possessed and could procure, 

 with the hope that by bringing the subject before 

 other Ornithologists of this section we might some day 

 bring it to completion. I am greatly indebted to the 

 following persons, viz: Frank H. Lattin, Neil F. Pos- 

 son, and Leslie V. Case, for notes and all other help 

 in their power, and to them I tender my sincere 

 thanks. 



I only regret its incompleteness, owing chiefly 

 to the poor facilities of those interested, to make 

 a thorough study of the water birds, especially during 

 migrations. This, in a measure, accounts for the 

 large proportion of breeders over migrants as com- 

 pared with other lists, as I feel certain that a number 

 of species of water birds occur here during migrations 

 that I can find no record of. 



The classification is that of the A. O. U. Check- 

 list. The Author. 



