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THE AMERICAN ROBIN—ONE OF THE GROUPS OF LOCAL BIRDS 
WEST CORRIDOR 
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 1s 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 
each month. In the next case on the left come first a panel of accidental 
visittors—stragglers from other parts of the country and from other 
countries which have been taken within our limits—then the General 
Collection of all birds found within this area, arranged according to the 
current American system of classification, beginning with the Grebes 
and continuing around the hall to end with the Thrushes by the south- 
west window. | 
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