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On the following pages the figures in the left-hand column cor¬ 
respond to the numbers in the A. O. U. Check-List, while those in 
the right are the consecutive numbers of this list. After the generic 
and specific names are the numbers allotted to the bird in Ridgway’s 
(Smithsonian) Check-List of 1880, and Coues’ Check-List of 1882. 
On the second line is placed the vernacular name, followed on 
the third by a brief description of the degree of abundance, the 
character of the bird’s sojourn, and when the writer is (wholly or in 
part) unable to speak from personal experience, the name of the 
observer upon whose statement the bird was admitted. This state¬ 
ment, and the name of its enunciator, are italicized. 
The writer is deeply indebted to an early teacher, and esteemed 
friend, the late Charles Linden, both for an exhaustive list of local 
birds, and for many invaluable observations. For lists, suggestions 
and observations thanks are due to E. M. Husted, E. M. Chamot, 
Eben Dorr, A. H. Alberger, Geo. E. Harris, Jas. Savage and 
Miss T. M. Schlegel. It is proper to emphasize a reminder, that 
the writer will, at all times, be pleased to learn of any errors which 
are found in this list and any additions that can be made to it. 
Correspondence with any who are interested in the Ornithology of 
Western New York is solicited. 
W. H. B. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1888. 
