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FEB 22 1889 
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PREFACE. 
It is earnestly hoped that the List hereby submitted to the 
(t Buffalo Naturalists’ Field Club of the B. S. N. S.,” for publication, 
will become a permanent link in the chain of the Club’s contributions 
to the biology of Buffalo and vicinity. The present purpose is to 
record the name of every bird known to occur or to have occurred in 
this locality. 
In 1885, the writer contributed a list of the birds of Buffalo, as 
a part of his work as a collaborator to the Committee on Bird 
Migration of the American Ornithologists’ Union. That list, the 
result of several years’ study of local Ornithology, together with the 
contributions of interested friends and many observations made 
since, is embodied in the following recount. The present enumera¬ 
tion amounts to two hundred and thirty-three species and sub-species. 
The names of no species have been admitted when the least 
shade of doubt existed as to the authenticity of their occurrence. In 
order to be authentic a bird must either have been taken and iden¬ 
tified by competent persons, or if seen alive and not taken, must 
have been of such easy recognition as to exclude the slightest uncer¬ 
tainty regarding its determination. It is deemed desirable to adopt 
the order and nomenclature of the American Ornithologists’ Union, 
as promulgated in its Code and Check-List. 
