LIST OF 



PRINCIPAL PAPERS RELATING TO THE BIRDS 

 OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY. 



1S44. De Kay, J. E. Zoology of New York, or the New York 

 Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals 

 hitherto observed within the State of New York, with brief 

 notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and 

 accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part II, Birds. 

 Albany: 1 Vol , 4to, pp. xii, 380, pi 1. col'd, 141. 



Treats of 308 species. " Though still constantly quoted — and properly 

 to be referred to — it has ceased to be regarded as an authority " (Coues). 



1S44. Giraud, J. P., Jr. The Birds of Long Island .... Xew 

 York : published by Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway. . . . 

 1 Vol., 8vo., pp. i-xxiv, 1-397. 



Treats of 2S6 species, giving descriptions and extended annotations. 

 Only 200 copies of this work are supposed to have been placed in circulation. 



1866. Lawrence, G. X. Catalogue of Birds observed on Xew 

 York, Long, and Staten Island and the adjacent parts of 

 Xew Jersey. Ann Lye. Xat. Hist., Xew York, VIII, pp. 

 279-300. 



A partially annotated list of 327 species. 



1868. Abbott, C. C. Catalogue of Yertebrate Animals of Xew 

 Jersey. Cooke's Geology of Xew Jersey. Appendix E. 

 Birds, pp. 761-798. 



An annotated list of 301 species, abounding in errors and only to be 

 used with discrimination. 



1876. Bicknell, E. P. Field Notes at Riverdale. Forest and 

 Stream, VI, p. 2^', also pp. 133, 148, 386, 402. 

 Winter and spring notes on numerous species. 



