PREFACE 



In collecting material for this volume the author 

 acknowledges special indebtedness for the publica- 

 tions of the State Conservation Commission of 

 New York, the Board of Game Commissioners of 

 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of 

 Massachusetts, and the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. He here desires to thank Dr. 

 William T. Hornaday, director of the New York 

 Zoological Park, and Lee S. Crandal, curator of 

 birds at the same institution, for their personal 

 interest and aid in his work. 



G. Inness Hartley. 



Southampton, Long Island, July 1, 1922. 



