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hands , very closely reproduces the prominent characters of 
Regulus calendula and R. satrap a; the Carbonated Warbler 
similarly combines the black crown, streaked back and double 
wing-bands of Dendroeca striata with the general coloring 
of Perisoglossa tigrina , and possesses no individual characters 
which might not have been derived from such a parentage ; 
BEgiothus brewsteri is very nearly intermediate between BE. 
linaria and Chrysomitris pinus ; and there are still others 
among the doubtful or u lost” species which show strong traces 
of a hybrid origin. But for the present we rest the case here : 
the bars are down ; the gate stands open; “he who runs may 
read.” 
PRELIMINARY LIST OF BIRDS ASCERTAINED TO 
OCCUR IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION, NORTH- 
EASTERN NEW YORK. 
BY C. HART MERRIAM, M.D. 
The present “ List” includes only such species as are positively 
known to occur within the limits of the region of which it ti'eats. 
It is of necessity incomplete, and many species, especially among 
the Waders and Swimmers, will be hereafter added to it. One 
object of its publication at this time is to call forth supplemental 
information, and the author hopes that any one knowing of the 
occurrence of a species not herein mentioned, in the Adirondack 
region, will communicate the fact to him at once in order that it 
may be incorporated in a more complete paper which will appear 
at no distant day. 
One point in the present list requires explanation. The terms 
“ common,” “abundant,” etc., do not have the same signification 
as in a treatise on the birds of Southern New England for example. 
Birds of all kinds are rare in the dense evergreen forests of the 
Canadian Fauna. One may travel hours, and sometimes a whole 
day, among these lonely mountains and scarcely see a single 
bird. Therefore these terms, as here employed, have a relative 
significance only. They have the same meaning that they must 
