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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Characteristic birds of the 



upper austral zone which breed in 



York are : 





Con us ossifragus 



fish crow 



Cardinalis cardinalis 



cardinal 



Am?nodramus mariHmus 



seaside sparrow 



Piranga rubra 



summer tanager 



Helmitherus vermivorus 



worm-eating warbler 



Helminthophila pinus 



blue-winged warbler 



Seiurus motacilla 



Louisiana water-thrush 



Geothlypis formosa 



Kentucky warbler 



Icteria virens 



yellow-breasted chat 



Wilso?iia ?nitrata 



Wilson's warbler 



Mimus polyglottos 



mocking bird 



Thryothorus ludovicianus 



Carolina wren 



Par us bicolor 



tufted titmouse 



Among the flowering plants of the upper austral zone are 



characteristic species. Some of those that occur in New York are 



Pi?ius virginiana 



Jersey pine 



Pinus echinata 



yellow pine 



A ndropogon glomeratus 



bushy beard-grass 



Commelina communis 



Asiatic day-flower 



Commelina virginica 



Virginia day-flower 



Tradescantia virginiana 



spiderwort 



Heteranthera reniformis 



mud plantain 



Helonias bullata 



swamp pink 



Chrosperma ?nuscaetoxicum 



fly-poison 



Muscari raccmosa 



starch grape-hyacinth 



Gemmingia chmensis 



blackberry lily 



Listera australis 



southern twayblade 



Saururus cernuus 



lizard's tail 



Quercus digit ata 



Spanish oak 



Quercus marylandica 



barren oak 



Quercus phellos ' 



willow oak 



Broussonetia papyri/era 



paper mulberry 



Nelumbo lute a 



American lotus 



Magnolia acuminata 



cucumber-tree 



Asifnina triloba 



North American papaw 



Capnoides flavulum 



pale corydalis 



1 All of these are recorded by Day ('82) Britton ('88) or Brltton and Brown ('26, '97 and '98). 



