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In the following pages I have made free use of the writings of several 
authorities. The descriptions of species are almost without exception or 
alteration from Dr. Elliott.Coues’ Key to North American Birds,*, The 
Keys to the Genera are from Prof. D. S. Jordan’s Manual of Vertebrates, + 
the definitions of the higher groups are by Dr. Coues, and taken from 
the introductory chapter of North American Birds.{ 
The nomenclature adopted is that of Dr. Coues in his Check List of 
North American Birds,|| with such modifications as changes, made since 
its publication, require. This is followed by references to all writers, 
whether general or local, who have mentioned that species as Ohioan. 
This is followed in most cases by such synonyms as will enable changes 
in the nomenclature to be traced. Following the description, I give, as 
briefly as possible, an account of its general and breeding habits, 
together with such biographical observations as seem to me interesting 
or valuable. 
In the appendix I have inserted a list of the birds, with the dates of 
their appearance and disappearance, as observed by me in this vicinity ; 
a list of the birds identified by me in my garden in this city; a Biblo- 
graphy of Ohio Ornithology, and a Glossary of such scientific words as 
require definition. 
* Key to North American Birds, containing a concise acconnt of every species of liv- 
ing and fossil Bird at present known from the Continent North of the Mexican and 
United States Boundary. Illustrated by six steel piates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. 
By Elliott Coues, Assistant Surgeon United States Army. Salem: Naturalists’ Agency, 
1872. 
t Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States, including the district 
east of the Mississippi River, and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of 
marine species. By David Starr Jordan, Ph. D., M.D. Professor of Natural History in 
Butler Universty. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Chicago: Jansen, McClarg 
& Co., 1878. ; 
t A History of North American Birds, by S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway. 
Land Birds. Illustrated by 64 plates and 593 woodcuts. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 
1874. 
| Field Ornithology, comprising a Manual of Instruction for procuring, preparing, 
and preserving Birds, and a Check List of North American Birds. By Elliott Coues, 
United States Army. Salem: Naturalists’ Agency, 1874. 
