INTRODUCTION. 
It seems desirable that an Annotated Catalogue of the Birds 
which occur within the limits of this Province should be issued for 
the information of our people, as well as for the use of students 
who may desire to trace the geographical distribution of species, 
as the only complete list of New Brunswick Birds which has been 
previously published is one that appears in the Appendix to 
“ Field and Forest Rambles,”* by Dr. Adams, a book that is but 
little known, and the list of Birds in it contains very meagre infor- 
mation, being little more than a mere recital of the names of two 
hundred and forty-eight species. 
“A Partial Catalogue of the Birds of Grand Manan,” by Mr. 
Harold Herrick, is published in the Bulletin of the Essex 
Institute^ for 1873, and contains some interesting and valuable 
notes on one hundred and ninety-four species. 
There is a report of the Birds of an adjacent region, based on 
the observations of Mr. George A. Boardman, published by 
Prof Verrill in the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Nat- 
ural History, vol. ix., 1862, entitled, “A Catalogue of the Birds 
found in the vicinity of Calais, Maine, and about the Islands of the 
Bay of Fundy.” This catalogue has been accepted by Ornitholo- 
gists as an authentic record for Eastern Maine, and although, 
from their geographical relation, the fauna of the two regions 
must necessarily be somewhat similar, yet even between Calais 
and Saint John many interesting differences have been noted, and 
in a large number of cases the report for Eastern Maine will not 
apply to New Brunswick. 
But, apart from the reasons already stated, neither Mr. 
Boardman’s catalogue nor Dr. Adams’ fully meet the require- 
ments of the present day, for both are written in a system of 
Field and Forest Rambles,” with notes and observations on the Natural History of 
Eastern Canada, by A. Leith Adams, M.A., M. B., F. R.S., F.G. S., Staff-Surgeon-Major; 
London : Henry S. King & Co,, 1873. Dr. Adams was stationed in New Brunswick in 1867-8, 
attached to the 22nd Regiment. 
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