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January 30, 1902. Yol. if, pp. 5-23- 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO 
NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
BY 
REGINALD 1 IEBER HOWE, Junior, 
Longwood, Massachusetts. 
A REVIEW OF PROF. GEORGE H. PERKINS’ '* A PRE¬ 
LIMINARY LIST OF THE BIRDS FOUND 
IN VERMONT.” * 
Introduction. 
Having had in view the ultimate publication of a list of the 
birds of Vermont, I have collected and compiled all the available 
data, and here beg leave to present my results in the form of a 
review of Prof. Perkins’ “A Preliminary List of the Birds Found 
in Vermont.” 
Prof. Perkins’ List is hardly as complete or careful a one as we 
to-day look for in like works, and it contains unfortunately many 
noticeable errors. Prof. Perkins does not pretend to be an ornith¬ 
ologist, and acknowledges the shortcomings of his work. He 
undertook its publication only at the request of the . State Board 
of Agriculture, and the list will, I fear, encumber the bibliography 
of Vermont ornithological literature, rather than prove of value in 
a needed place. It is on account of its inadequateness that I ven¬ 
ture to add what I can to correct and amplify his List,— though 
the avi-faunaof Vermont as yet is little known, and Prof. Perkins’ 
List and this Review must be accepted only as a basis for future 
investigation. 
*A Preliminary List | of the | Birds Found in Vermont. | By | George H. 
Perkins, Ph. D., | Professor of Natural History, University of Vermont. | 
Assisted by | Clifton D. Howe, M. S., | Assistant in Biology, University of 
Vermont_| New York and Albany | 1901 | Separate, pp. 1-34, published 
Dec. 24, 1901. Also published Jan 15, 1902, in the Twenty-first Annual Report 
State Board of Agriculture for 1901, pp. 85-118. 
