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LOCAL BIRDS 



THE AMERICAN ROBIN FIRST OF THE GROUPS OF LOCAL BIRDS 



West Corridok 

 LOCAL BIRDS 



Adjoining the South Pavilion is the West Corridor, which contains the 

 collections of local birds. 



In this room are specimens of all the species of birds which have been 

 known to occur within fifty miles of New York City. As far as possible 

 each species is shown in all its different plumages. In the wall-case next 

 the windows on the visitor's left is the Seasonal Collection containing 

 the birds which may be expected to occur in this region during a part 

 or the whole of the current month; in its left-hand two panels are the 

 permanent residents, which are never changed, and in the right-hand two 

 are the migrants, which are changed as necessary about the first of 



