Pror. J. 5S. NEWBERRY, Chief Geologist : 
DEAR Siz: I have the honor to submit herewith report on the Birds of Ohio. During 
the six years it has been in preparation, I have collected in this vicinity more than two- 
thirds of the birds here enumerated. No species has been admitted to the list which 
has not been personally identified, except on unimpeachable authority. 
In the preparation of this report I have received valuable assistance from yourself, 
Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.; Messrs. Frank W. Langdon, Cincinnati; 
R. K. Winslow, Cleveland; M.C. Read, Hudson; and others, to whom acknowledgments 
are made in the following pages. 
Very repectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. M. WHEATON.. 
Columbus, Ohio, November 1, 1879. 
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