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1900

PREFACE

This list was originally prepared for use in collecting data for a
bulletin on the birds of New York, but, inasmuch as no check list
of the birds of the entire state is available for the student of our
avi-fauna, it has been thought advisable to publish it in this form,
hoping that it may be of some use to students in ornithology and
serve as a convenient means of keeping notes on the various species.

My purpose has been to include all the birds known to occur or
to have occurred in our state, and only those forms have been
admitted that have actually been taken in New York. Thus the
list contains not orily our regular summer and winter residents and
migrants, but also those that occur as irregular visitants or strag-
glers. A number of the species recorded have been taken only once
or twice in the state and this is in nearly every case indicated in
a foot note with the proper reference. It is believed that nearly,
if not quite all the birds of our state, that have been recorded, are
included; but for any corrections or additions the author will be
grateful.

The list is divided into two parts, the first containing those birds
that have actually been taken in New York, the second including
those of which we have no satisfactory state records, but which,
having been taken in adjoining states, may be looked for in New
York.

Strict adherence is given to the nomenclature of the American
ornithologists union check list of 1895 and the supplements of
January 1897 and 1899. The number of the species in this list is
followed by the American ornithologists union number in paren-
theses or brackets, and as the pamphlet is designed for the use of
students rather than advanced workers, the common name is given
first.

My obligations are due to Dr F. J. H. Merrill, whose kind aid
and criticism have been a source of inspiration in my work. Also
to Dr J. A. Allen and Mr William Dutcher of New York, Dr
William Brewster of Cambridge, and Dr A. W. Butler of Indian-
apolis, who have been so kind as to give me notes and suggestions

on several species.
Marcus S. FARR

New York state museum Assistant zoologist
& Feb, 1900

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

The demand for this bulletin having necessitated a new edition,
all the former records have been verified and several new species
for the first time recorded. Richardson’s owl and the yellow-
headed blackbird have not hitherto been reported from our state.
The total number of birds of which we have satisfactory state
records is 391.

That the check list may be of more value to bird students, the
name of each bird known to breed, or to have bred within our
limits has been marked with an asterisk. A few species that for-
merly bred do not do so at present, others have been known to
breed only in a few instances, while serveral forms breed in New
York only in the highest parts of the Catskills and Adirondacks.
In any given locality the breeding forms are the summer residents
as the presence of a species during the nesting season is prima facie
evidence that it nests. Some breeding forms may have been inad-
vertently omitted, but of all the forms marked nesting records have
been reported on good authority. The author will appreciate in-
formation on the breeding of any additional species in the state.

In the work of revision I have been materially assisted by Mr
W. E. D. Scott, curator of ornithology in Princeton university.

Marcus S. Farr
New York state museum .
26 Nov. 1900

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PART I

Order Pygopodes Diving birds
Family PODICIPIDAE Grebes
1 (2) Holboell’s grebe
Colymbus holboellii (Reinh.)

2 (3) *Horned grebe*
Colymbus auritus Linn.

3 (6) *Pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.)

Family GAVIIDAE Loons
4 (7) *Loon

Gavia imber (Gunn.)

1Rare summer resident, breeding near Buffalo. Oltomar Reinecke. Reported by Mr
E. Howard Haton, Rochester N. Y.

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9 (31) Briinnich’s murre
Uria lomvia (Linn.)

10 (32) Razor-billed auk
Alca torda Linn.

11 (34) Dovekie
Alle alle (Linn.)

Order Longipennes Long-winged swimmers
Family STERCORARIIDAE Skuas and jaegers
12 (35) Skua?
Megalestris skua (Briinn.)

1Long Island record, Auk, 3:432-33. Niagara river, spring of 1886. See Auk, 6:3381;
Bergtold’s List of the birds of Buffalo and vicinity, p. 8.

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13 (36) Pomarine jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus (Temm.)

14 (37) Parasitic jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus (Linn.)

15 (38) Long-tailed jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus Vieill.

Family LARIDAE Gulls and terns

16 (39) Ivory gull!
Pagophila alba (Gunn.)

10ne Long Island record. See Auk, 12:290-91.

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17 (40) Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla (Linn.)

18 (42) Glaucous gull
Larus glaucus Brinn.

19 (43) Iceland gull!
Larus leucopterus Faber

20 (45) Kumlien’s gull?
Larus kumlieni Brewst.

1The status of this form in our state is not well understood, and as Dr William
Brewster writes me “it, with many of the young birds recorded from New England
under the same name, may in the end prove to be young kumlent.””

2There is one specimen of this bird in the Park collection of the museum. It was
taken in the Mohawk river, near Green Island, 27 Jan, 1884, and was identified by
Dr Brewster.

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2t (47) Great black-backed gull
Larus marinus Linn.

22 (51) Herring gull!
Larus argentatus Briinn.

23 (51a) *American herring gull
Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues

24 (54) Ring-billed gull
Larus delawarensis Ord

1Dr J. A. Allen writes me that this species is occasional in winter in Long Island
sound and adjacent waters, and that several specimens taken in that locality and
referable to this form have come under his observation.

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25 (58) *Laughing gull
Larus atricilla Linn.

26 (60) Bonaparte’s gull
Larus philadelphia (Ord)

27 [60.1] Little gull!

Larus minutus Pall.

28 (62) Sabine’s gull?
Xema sabinii (Sab.)

1There is one American record of the occurrence of this European species. It was
taken at Fire Island, Long Island. See Ault, 5:172.

2An arctic form. Two Long Island records. See Giraud’s Birds of Long Island, 1844,
p. 363; Baird, Brewer & Ridgway’s Water birds, 2:272; Auk, 17:63.

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29 (63) Gull-billed tern
Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselq.)

30 (64) Caspian tern
Sterna caspia Pallas

31 (65) Royal tern
Sterna maxima Bodd.

32 (67) Cabot’s tern?
Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (Cabot)

1Recordedfrom Long Island by Lawrence. See also Stearn’s New England bird life,
ed. by Hlliott Coues, 2:354. There are several New England records,

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33 [68] Trudeau’s ternt
Sterna trudeaui Aud,

34 (69) Forster’s tern
Sterna forsteri Nutt.

35 (70) *Common tern
Sterna hirundo Linn.

36 (71) Arctic tern
Sterna paradisaea Briinn.

1One representative of this South American bird has been recorded from Long Island.
See Aud. Orn. biog. 5:125; Aud. Syn. birds N. A., p. 319; Giraud’s Birds of Long Island,
p. 354; Baird, Brewer & Ridgway’s Water birds, 2:291.

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37 (72) *Roseate tern
Sterna dougalli Montag.

38 (74) *Least tern
Sterna antillarum (Less.)

39 (75) Sooty tern
Sterna fuliginosa Gmel.

40 (77) Black tern’
Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.)

1Said to breed on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Haton.

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Family RYNCHOPIDAE Skimmers

41 (80) Black skimmer
Rynchops nigra Linn.

Order Tubinares Tube-nosed swimmers

Family PROCELLARIIDAE Shearwaters and petrels

42 (88) Cory’s shearwater
Puffinus borealis Cory

43 (89) Greater shearwater
Puffinus gravis (O’Reilly)

44 (92) Audubon’s shearwater
Puffinus auduboni Finsch

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45 (94) Sooty shearwater
Puffinus fuliginosus Strickland

46 [98] Black-capped petrelt
Aestrelata hasitata (Kuhl)

47 [99] Scaled petrel?
Aestrelata scalaris Brewst.

48 (106) Leach’s petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.)

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1Long Island record, Ann. lyc, nat. hist. N. Y., 5:220. Also Oneida lake and Ulster

county records, Auk, 11:162-63; 12:179.

2The single specimen taken in Livingston county in 1880 is unique, as it has not been

taken elsewhere. See Bul. Nutt. orn, club, 6:91-97; Auk, 11:389-93.

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49 (109) Wilson’s petrel
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl)

Order Steganopodes Totipalmate swimmers

Family PHAETHONTIDAE Tropic birds

50 (112) Yellow-billed tropic bird
Phaéthon americanus Grant

Family SULIDAE Gannets
51 (115) Booby?
Sula sula (Linn.)

52 (117) Gannet
Sula bassana (Linn.)

1This tropical form has once been taken at Knowlesville, Orleans co. See Bul. Nutt.
orn. club, 5:68; Short’s Birds of western New York; Langille’s Our birds in their haunts,
p. 615. One other state record. See Maynard's Birds of eastern North America, 1881,
p. 474.

2Accidental on Moriches bay, Long Island. See Auk, 10:271.

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Family PHALACROCORACIDAB Cormorants

53 (119) Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.)

54 (120) Double-crested cormorant
Phalacrocorax dilophus (Swain.)

Family PELECANIDAE Pelicans

55 (125) American white pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel.

56 (126) Brown pelican
Pelecanus fuscus (Linn.)

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1DeKay gives one record. See Birds, p. 294,

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Family FREGATIDAH Man-o’-war birds

57 (128) Man-o’-war bird4
Fregata aquila Linn.

Order Anseres Lamellirostral swimmers
Family ANATIDAE Ducks, geese and swans

58 (129) *American merganser
Merganser americanus (Cass.)

59 (130) *Red-breasted merganser
Merganser serrator (Linn.)

60 (131) *Hooded merganser
: Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.)

1There are two Long Island records. See American naturalist, 9:470; Auk, 5:173.

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61 (132) *Mallard
Anas boschas Linn.

62 (133) *Black duck
Anas obscura Gmel.

63 (135) Gadwall
Chaulelasmus streperus (Linn.)

64 (136) Widgeon
Mareca penelope (Linn.)

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65 (137) Baldpate
Mareca americana (Gmel.)

66 (139) Green-winged teal
Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.)

67 (140) *Blue-winged teal
Querquedula discors (Linn.)

68 (142) Shoveller
Spatula clypeata (Linn.)

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69 (143) Pintail
Dafila acuta (Linn.)

70 (144) *Wood duck
Aix sponsa (Linn.)

71 [145] Rufous-crested duck!
Netta rufina (Pall.)

72 (146) Redhead
Aythya americana (Eyt.)

1This European species is known in the United States only by one specimen found
in Fulton market, New York, and supposed to have been shot on Long Island. See
Bul. Nutt. orn. club, 6:173; also Proc. U. &. nat. mus. 1881, p. 22-24,

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73 (147) Canvas-back
Aythya vallisneria (Wils.)

74 (148) American scaup duck
Aythya marila (Linn.)

75 (149) Lesser scaup duck
Aythya affinis (Eyt.)

76 (150) Ring-necked duck
Aythya collaris (Donov.)

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77 (151) *American golden-eye
Clangula clangula americana Faxon

78 (152) Barrow’s golden-eye
Clangula islandica (Gmel.)

79 (153) Buffle-head
Charitonetta albeola (Linn.)

80 (154) Old-squaw
Harelda hyemalis (Linn.)

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81 (155) Harlequin duck
Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.)

82 (156). Labrador duck?
Camptolaimus labradorius (Gmel.)

83 (160) American eider
Somateria dresseri Sharpe

84 (162) King eider
Somateria spectabilis (Linn.)

1Formerly a winter visitant to Long Island from the arctic regions. Now supposed
to be extinct.

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85 (163) American scoter
Oidemia americana Swains.

86 (165) White-winged scoter
Oidemia deglandi Bonap.

87 (166) Surf scoter
Oidemia perspicillata (Linn.)

88 (167) Ruddy duck
Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.)

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89 (169a) Greater snow goose
Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forst.)

go (169.1) Blue goose
Chen caerulescens (Linn.)

gi (171a) American white-fronted goose
Anser albifrons gambeli (Hartl.)

g2 (172) Canada goose
Branta canadensis (Linn.)

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93 (172a) Hutchins’s goose
Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.)

94 (173) Brant
Branta bernicla (Linn.)

95 (174) Black brant
Branta nigricans (Lawr.)

96 [175] Barnacle goose!
Branta leucopsis (Bechst.)

1Qne Long Island record of this European species. See Bul. Nutt. orn. club, 2:18.

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97 (180) *Whistling swan!
Olor columbianus (Ord)

Order Herodiones Herons, ibises, etc.

Family IBIDIDAE Ibises
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98 (184) White ibis
Guara alba (Linn.)

99 (186) Glossy ibis
Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.)

100 (187) White-faced glossy ibis?
Plegadis guarauna (Linn.)

‘Formerly bred in Hamilton and Herkimer counties. See DeKay’s Birds, 1844, p. 353.

?There is @ specimen (no. 205) of this species in the New York state museum, taken
on Grand island, Niagara river, August 1844. See 8d an, rep’t N. Y. state muscum, 1849,
p. 22; also Auk, 3:263-54.

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Family CICONIIDAE Storks and wood ibises

101 (188) Wood ibis
Tantalus loculator Linn.

Family ARDEIDAE Jerons, bitterns, ete.

102 (190) *American bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.)

103, (191) *Least bittern
Ardetta exilis (Gmel.)

104 (194) *Great blue heron
Ardea herodias Linn.

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105 (196) American egret
Ardea egretta Gmel.

106 (197) *Snowy heron!
Ardea candidissima Gmel.

107 (199) Louisiana heron?
Ardea tricolor ruficollis (Gosse)

108 (200) Little blue heron
Ardea caerulea Linn.

1Formerly an uncommon summer resident and evidently bred. See Giraud’s Birds of
Long Island, 1844, p. 284. A pair of these birds may possibly have nested near Sayville,
Long Island, in 1885. See Auk, 3:435. :

?One Long Island record. See DeKay’s Birds, 1844, p, 223. See also Giraud’s Birds of
Long Island, 1844, p. 281-82.

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109 (201) *Green heron «
Ardea virescens Linn.

110 (202) *Black-crowned night heron
Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.)

III (203) Yellow-crowned night heron
Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.)

Order Paludicolae Cranes, rails, etc.
Family GRUIDAH Cranes

112 (204) Whooping crane?
Grus americana (Linn.)

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1Historic in New York.

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113 (206) Sandhill crane!
Grus mexicana (Mill.)

Family RALLIDAE Rails, gallinules and coots

114 (208) *King rail
Rallus elegans Aud.

115 (211) *Clapper rail
Rallus crepitans Gmel.

116 (212) *Virginia rail
Rallus virginianus Linn.

1The most recent occurrence of this species in our state seems to be that of a male
bird taken at Brockport, 15 Oct. 1885, by Mr Mark Cook. For this record I am indebted
to Mr David Bruce, of Brockport.

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117 (214) *Sora
Porzana carolina (Linn.)

118 (215) Yellow rail
Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel.)

119 (216) Black rail!
Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.)

120 [217] Corn crake
Crex crex (Linn.)

Doubtless breeds within our limits, as it has been taken on Long Island during the
breeding season and nests have been found at Saybrook (Ct).

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121 (218) Purple gallinule
Ionornis martinica (Linn.)

122 (219) *Florida gallinule
Gallinula galeata (Licht.)

123 (221) *American coot
Fulica americana Gmel.

Order Limicolae Shore birds
Family PHALAROPODIDAE Phalaropes

124 (222) Red phalarope
Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.)

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125 (223) Northern phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.)

126 (224) Wilson’s phalarope
Steganopus tricolor Vieill.

Family RECURVIROSTRIDAE Avocets and stilis

127 (225) American avocet
Recurvirostra americana Gmel.

128 (226) Black-necked stilt
Himantopus mexicanus (Miull.)

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Family SCOLOPACIDAE Snipes, sandpipers, etc.

129 (228) *American woodcock
Philohela minor (Gmel.)

130 (230) *Wilson’s snipe
Gallinago delicata (Ord)

131 (231) Dowitcher
Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.)

132 (232) Long-billed dowitcher
Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say)

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133 (233) Stilt sandpiper
Micropalma himantopus (Bonap.)

134 (234) Knot
Tringa canutus Linn.

135 (235) Purple sandpiper
Tringa maritima Brinn.

136 (239) Pectoral sandpiper
Tringa maculata Vieill.

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137 (240) White-rumped sandpiper
Tringa fuscicollis Vieill.

138 (241) Baird’s sandpiper
Tringa bairdii (Coues)

139 (242) Least sandpiper
Tringa minutilla Vieill.

140 [243] Dunlin!
Tringa alpina Linn.

1QOne Long Island record. See Auk, 10:78.

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141 (243a) Red-backed sandpiper
Tringa alpina pacifica (Coues)

142 (244) Curlew sandpiper!
Tringa ferruginea Briinn.

143 (246) Semipalmated sandpiper
Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.)

144 (247) Western sandpiper
Ereunetes occidentalis Lawr.

1 See Stearn’s New England bird life, ed. by Elliott Coues, 2:227; Auk, 1:32-83.

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145 (248) Sanderling
Calidris arenaria (Linn.)

146 (249) Marbled godwit
Limosa fedoa (Linn.)

147 (251) Hudsonian godwit
Limosa haemastica (Linn.)

148 (254) Greater yellow-legs
Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.)

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149 (255) *Yellow-legs
Totanus flavipes (Gmel.)

150 (256) *Solitary sandpiper
Helodromas solitarius (Wils.)

151 (258) Willet
Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.)

152 [260] Ruff!
Pavoncella pugnax (Linn.)

1Long Island records. See An. lyc. nat. hist. N. Y. 5:220.

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153 (261) *Bartramian sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.)

154 (262) buff-breasted sandpiper
Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.)

155 (263) *Spotted sandpiper
Actitis macularia (Linn.)

156 (264) Long-billed curlew
. Numenius longirostris Wils.

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157 (265) Hudsonian curlew
Numenius hudsonicus Lath.

158 (266) Eskimo curlew
Numenius borealis (Forst.)

159 (H.L11.1) European curlew!
Numenius arquatus (Linn.)

Family CHARADRIIDAE Plovers

160 [269] Lapwing?
Vanellus vanellus (Linn.)

1There is in the New York state museum (no. 324 in coll.) one individual of this
species believed to have been taken on Long Island in 1853 and we think the evidence
is sufficient to warrant its being included~fn the list of birds actually taken in New
York. See Auk, 9:390-92.

2One specimen of this European form has been taken on Long Island. See Auk, 3:438.

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161 (270) Black-bellied plover
Squatarola squatarola (Linn.)

162 (272) American golden plover
Charadrius dominicus Mill.

163 (273) *Killdeer
Aegialitis vocifera (Linn.)

164 (274) Semipalmated plover
Aegialitis semipalmata Bonap.

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165 (277) *Piping plover
Aegialitis meloda (Ord)

166 (277a) Belted piping plover
Aegialitis meloda circumcincta Ridgw.

167 (280) Wilson’s plover
Aegialitis wilsonia (Ord)

Family APHRIZIDAE Surf birds and turnstones

168 (283) Turnstone
Arenaria interpres (Linn.)

Laboratory Of Ornithology
(159 Sapsticker Woods Roao
Comell University

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Family HAEMATOPODIDAL Oyster-catchers

169 (286) American oyster-catcher!
Haematopus palliatus Temm.

Order Gallinae Gallinaccous birds

Family TETRAONIDAE Grouse, partridges, ete.

170 (289) *Bob-white
Colinus virginianus (Linn.)

171 (298) *Canada grouse
Canachites canadensis (Linn.)

172 (300) *Ruffed grouse
Bonasa umbellus (Linn.)

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1Breeds as far north as southern New Jersey. Probably bred in our state formerly.
217.

See DeKay’s /irds, 1844, p.

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173 (300a) *Canadian ruffed grouse
Bonasa umbellus togata (Linn.)

174. (301) Willow ptarmigan!
Lagopus lagopus (Linn.)

175 (306) *Heath hen?
Tympanuchus cupido (Linn.)

Family PHASIANIDAE Pheasants, etc.

176 (310a) *Wild turkey?
Meleagris gallopavo fera (Vieill.)

1Watson, Lewis co. record. See Bul. Nutt. orn, club, 3:41; 6:233.

2Formerly occurred locally in wooded districts throughout the middle states, and
was found on Long Island till about 1835, but is now extinct except on the island of
Marthas Vineyard.

3In the early part of the century this bird was abundant and bred, but is now extinct
in the state.

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Order Columbae Pigeons
Family COLUMBIDAE Pigeons

177 (315) *Passenger pigeon!
Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.)

178 (316) *Mourning dove
Zenaidura macroura (Linn.)

Order Raptores Birds of prey
Family CATHARTIDAE American vultures

179 (325) Turkey vulture
Cathartes aura (Linn.)

180 (326) Black vulture
Catharista urubu (Vicill.)

1In the oological collection of Princeton university there is an egg of this species
taken on Moose river 20 miles east of Brownsville (N. Y.) 18 May 1878. A small colony
bred in Eastern Ontario in 1898. See Nash’s Birds of Ontario, 1900, p. 27.

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Family FALCONIDAE Falcons, hawks, eagles, ete.

181 (327) Swallow-tailed kite
Elanoides forficatus (Linn.)

182 (331) *Marsh hawk
Circus hudsonius (Linn.)

183 (332) *Sharp-shinned hawk
Accipiter velox (Wils.)

184 (333) *Cooper’s hawk
Accipiter cooperii (Bonap.)

-4It seems probable that a pair of these interesting birds bred in Rensselaer county
in 1886. See Auk, 3:484-85.

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185 (334) *American goshawk
Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.)

186 (337) *Red-tailed hawk
Buteo borealis (Gmel.)

187 (339) *Red-shouldered hawk
Buteo lineatus (Gmel.)

188 (342) Swainson’s hawk!
Buteo swainsoni Bonap.

1Gornwall (N. Y.) record. See Auk, 10:83-84.

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189 (343) *Broad-winged hawk
Buteo latissimus (Wils.)

190 (347a) American rough-legged hawk
Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmel.)

191 (349) *Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaétos (Linn.)

192 (352) *Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linn.)

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193 (353) White gyrfalcon!
Falco islandus Briinn.

194 (354a) Gyrfalcon?
Falco rusticolus gyrfalco (Linn.)

195 (354b) Black gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus obsoletus (Gmel.)

196 (356) *Duck hawk
Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.)

1Qne taken on Long Island in 1856. See Auk, 10:274-75; An. lyc. nat. hist. N. Y. 8:280.
2Long Island, fall of 1875. Lawrence.

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197 (357) *Pigeon hawk
Falco columbarius Linn.

198 (360) *American sparrow hawk
Falco sparverius Linn.

199 (364) *American osprey
Pandion haliaétus carolinensis (Gmel.)

Family STRIGIDAE Barn owls

200 (365) *American barn owl
Strix pratincola Bonap.

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Family BUBONIDALE Horned owls, ete.

201 (366) *American long-eared owl
Asio wilsonianus (Less.)

202 (367) *Short-eared owl
Asio accipitrinus (Pall.)

203 (368) *Barred owl
Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.)

204 (370) Great gray owl
Scotiaptex cinerea (Gmel.)

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205 (371) Richardson’s owl?
Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonap.)

206 (372) *Saw-whet owl
Nyctala acadica (Gmel.)

207 (373) *Screech owl
Megascops asio (Linn.)

208 (375) *Great horned owl
Bubo virginianus (Gmel.)

1Two individuals of this species have been taken in New York. The first of these
taken by Mr Albert Robson at Lowell, Oneida co., in February 1893, was very kindly
presented to the New York state museum by Mr J. S. Allwood of Hecla Works. The
second record, for which I am indebted to Mr Louis Agassiz Fuertes of Ithaca, is that
of an individual taken by Mr Ezra Cornell in the township of North Elba, Essex co.,
15 Dec. 1896. This bird is now in the collection of Mr Abbott Thayer of Searboro.
These are the first state records, though the species should occur regularly in the
Adirondacks in winter.

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209 (376) Snowy owl
Nyctea nyctea (Linn.)

210 (377a) American hawk owl
Surnia ulula caparoch (Mill.)

211 (378) Burrowing owl!
Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonap.)

Order Psittaci Parrots, etc.
Family PSITTACIDAE Parrots

212 (382) Carolina paroquet?
Conurus carolinensis (Linn.)

1One New York record, See Forest and stream, 12 Aug. 1875, 6:4.
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Order Coceyges Cuckoos, etc.
Family CUCULIDAE Cuckoos, ete.

213 (387) *Yellow-billed cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus (Linn.)

214 (388) *Black-billed cuckoo
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.)

Family ALCEDINIDAE Kingfishers

215 (390) *Belted kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon (Linn.)

Order Pici Woodpeckers, etc.
Family PICIDAE Woodpeckers

216 (393) *Hairy woodpecker
Dryobates villosus (Linn.)

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217 (394c) *Downy woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swains.)

218 (400) *Arctic three-toed woodpecker
Picoides arcticus (Swains.)

21g (401) *American three-toed woodpecker
Picoides americanus Brehm

220 (402) *Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.)

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221 (405a) *Northern pileated woodpecker
Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola Bangs

222 (406) *Red-headed woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.)

223, (409) *Red-bellied woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.)

224 (412a) *Northern flicker
Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs

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Order Machrochires Goatsuckers, swifts, etc.
Family CAPRIMULGIDAE Goatsuckers, ete.

225 (417) *Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.)

226 (420) *Nighthawk
Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.)

Family MICROPODIDAE Swifts

227 (423) *Chimney swift
Chaetura pelagica (Linn.)

Family TROCHILIDAE Hummingbirds

228 (428) *Ruby-throated hummingbird
Trochilus colubris Linn.

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Order Passeres Perching birds
Family TYRANNIDAE Tyrant flycatchers

229 (444) *Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.)

230 (445) Gray kingbird!
Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmel.)

231 (447) Arkansas kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis Say

232 (452) *Crested flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.)

1Qne state record. See Forest and stream, 23 July 1874, p. 373.

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233 (456) *Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe (Lath.)

234 (459) *Olive-sided flycatcher
Contopus borealis (Swains.)

235 (461) *Wood pewee
Contopus virens (Linn.)

236 (463) *Yellow-bellied flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventris Baird

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237 (465) *Green-crested flycatcher
Empidonax virescens (Vieill.)

238 (466a) *Alder flycatcher
Empidonax traillii alnorum Brewst.

239 (467) *Least flycatcher
Empidonax minimus Baird *

Family ALAUDIDAE Larks

240 (474) Horned lark
Otocoris alpestris (Linn.)

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241 (474b) *Prairie horned lark
Otocoris alpestris praticola Hensh.

Family CORVIDAE Crows, jays, magpies, ete.

242 (477) *Blue jay
Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.)

243 (484) *Canada jay
Perisoreus canadensis (Linn.)

244 (486a) *Northern raven
Corvus corax principalis Ridgw.

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245 (488) *American crow
Corvus americanus Aud.

246 (490) *Fish crow
Corvus ossifragus Wils.

Family ICTERIDAE Blackbirds, oriolés, etc.

247 (494) *Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.)

248 (495) *Cowbird
Molothrus ater (Bodd.)

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249 (497) Yellow-headed blackbird!
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap.)

250 (498) *Red-winged blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.)

251 (501) *Meadowlark
Sturnella magna (Linn.)

252 (506) *Orchard oriole
Icterus spurius (Linn.)

1Mr David Bruce of Brockport has recently donated to the New York state museum
a beautiful male of this species, taken at East Rochester 15 Sep. 1898, by Mr S. W.
Werden of Rochester. This is the first state record for the species.

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253 (507) *Baltimore oriole
Icterus galbula (Linn.)

254 (508) Bullock’s oriole!
Icterus bullocki (Swains.)

25s (sog) *Rusty blackbird
Scolecophagus carolinus (Miuill.)

256 (511) *Purple grackle
Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.)

1Mr David Bruce of Brockport has kindly sent me a report on the birds of Onondaga
county, prepared by the late J. D. Dakin of Syracuse. A record is here given of an
individual of this species taken at Onondaga Valley 17 May, 1879. This bird was in
some way lost from Mr Dakin’s collection after his death, but his standing as an
ornithologist is sufficient guarantee for the authenticity of the record.

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257 (511b) *Bronzed grackle
Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Ridgw.)

Family FRINGILLIDAE Jinches, sparrows, etc.

258 (514) Evening grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus (Coop.)

259 (515) Pine grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator canadensis (Cab.)

260 (517) *Purple finch
Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.)

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261 (521) *American crossbill
Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm)

262 (522) *White-winged crossbill
Loxia leucoptera Gmel.

263 (528) Redpoll
Acanthis linaria (Linn.)

264 (528b) Greater redpoll
Acanthis linaria rostrata (Coues)

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265 —-— European linnet!
Acanthis cannabina (Linn.)

266 (529) *American goldfinch
Astragalinus tristis (Linn.)

267 (533) *Pine siskin
Spinus pinus (Wils.)

268 (534) Snowflake
Passerina nivalis (Linn.)

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1S8ee Auk, 17:388-89.

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269 (536) Lapland longspur
Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.)

270 (538) Chestnut-collared longspur!
Calcarius ornatus (Towns.)

271 (540) *Vesper sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus (Gmel.)

272 (541) Ipswich sparrow
Ammodramus princeps (Mayn.)

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1Long Island record. See Auk, 6:190.

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273 (542a) *Savanna sparrow
Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.)

274 (545) Baird’s sparrow!
Ammodramus bairdii (Aud.)

275 (546) *Grasshopper sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.)

276 (547) Henslow’s sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii (Aud.)

1See Auk, 17:296.

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277 (548) Leconte’s sparrow!
* Ammodramus leconteii (Aud.)

278 (549) *Sharp-tailed sparrow ‘
Ammodramus caudacutus (Gmel.)

279 (549.1) Nelson’s sparrow
Ammodramus nelsoni (Allen)

280 (549.1a) Acadian sharp-tailed sparrow
Ammodramus nelsoni subvirgatus (Dwight)

‘This is included on the authority of Mr Louis Agassiz Fuertes, who reports the
capture of a young bird of this species at Ithaca, 11 Oct. 1897. See Auk, 15:188-89.

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281 (550) *Seaside sparrow
Ammodramus maritimus (Wils.)

282 (552) Lark sparrow!
Chondestes grammacus (Say)

283 (554) White-crowned sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.)

284 (558) *White-throated sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.)

1On Long Island. See Bul. Nuit. orn. club, 6:58. Also Auk, 17:296.

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285 (559) Tree sparrow
Spizella monticola (Gmel.)

286 (560) *Chipping sparrow
Spizella socialis (Wils.)

287 (563) *Field sparrow
Spizella pusilla (Wils.)

288 (567) *Slate-colored junco
Junco hyemalis (Linn.)

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289 (581) *Song sparrow
Melospiza fasciata (Gmel.)}

290 (583) *Lincoln’s sparrow ;
Melospiza lincolnii (Aud.)

291 (584) *Swamp sparrow
Melospiza georgiana (Lath.)

292 (585) Fox sparrow
Passerella iliaca (Merr.)

1Qberholser has recently showp that the species name fasciata is untenable for this
form and that melodia should be adopted. See Auk, 16:182-83,

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293 (587) *Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.)

294 (593) *Cardinal :
Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.)

295 (595) *Rose-breasted grosbeak
Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.)

296 (597) Blue grosbeakt
Guiraca caerulea (Linn.)

1S8ee DeKay’s Birds, 1844, p. 146; Bul. Nutt. orn, club, 3:182; Auk, 10:276.

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297 (598) *Indigo bunting
Cyanospiza cyanea (Linn.)

298 (601) Painted bunting!
Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.)

299 (604) *Dickcissel?
Spiza americana (Gmel.)

300 (605) Lark bunting?
Calamospiza melanocorys Stejn.

1See Bul. Nutt. orn. club, 3:132; Forest and stream, 1884, p. 424.

’Formerly not uncommon on Long Island where it nested. See Giraud’s Birds of
Long Island, 1844, p. 100. Now rare, but few recent records.

’This western species has twice been taken on Long Island. See Auk, 6:192. Mr A. H.
Helme reports a second specimen taken at Millerplace, Sep. 11, 1896,

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Family TANAGRIDAH Tanagers

301 (607) Louisiana tanager!
Piranga ludoviciana (Wils.)

302 (608) *Scarlet tanager
Piranga erythromelas Vieill.

303 (610) Summer tanager
Piranga rubra (Linn.)

Family HIRUNDINIDAE Swallows

304 (611) *Purple martin
Progne subis (Linn.)

10ne New York record. See Auk, 7:55.

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305 (612) *Cliff swallow
Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say)

306 (613) *Barn swallow
Hirundo erythrogaster Bodd.,

307 (614) *Tree swallow
Tachycineta bicolor (Vieill.)

308 (616) *Bank swallow
Clivicola riparia (Linn.)

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309 (617) *Rough-winged swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.)

Family AMPELIDAE Waewings, etc.

310 (618) Bohemian waxwing
Ampelis garrulus Linn.

311 (619) *Cedar waxwing
Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.)

Family LANIIDAE! Shrikes

312 (621) Northern shrike
Lanius borealis Vieill.

1Three species of shrikes have been recognized in New York state, but the status of
the forms is not well understood, it often being a matter of difficulty to assign indiyidual
specimens to their proper species. William Palmer, after an examination of 176 speci-
mens, proposes to ‘‘ relegate excubitorides to the plains region west of the immediate
Mississippi wooded drainage area, ludovicianus to the south Atlantic and gulf coasts,
and Florida, and to recognize a new form (L. I. migrans) as occupying much of the
remaining region of the east.’’ The acceptance of his views has been deferred by the
American ornithologists union for lack of material, and so it seems best for the
present to let the species stand as follows. See Auk, 15:244-58; also 16:133.

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313 (622) *Loggerhead shrike
Lanius ludovicianus Linn.

314 (622a) *White-rumped shrike
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Swains.)

Family VIREONIDAE Vireos

315 (624) *Red-eyed vireo
Vireo olivaceus (Linn.)

316 (626) Philadelphia vireo
Vireo philadelphicus (Cass.)

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317 (627) *Warbling vireo
Vireo gilvus (Vieill.)

318 (628) *Yellow-throated vireo
Vireo flavifrons Vieill.

319 (629) *Blue-headed vireo
Vireo solitarius (Wils.)

320 (629b) Plumbeous vireo?
Vireo solitarius plumbeus (Coues)

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1Qne New York record. See Auk, 11:79.

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321 (631) *White-eyed vireo
Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.)

Family MNIOTILTIDAE Wood warblers

322 (636) *Black and white warbler
Mniotilta varia (Linn.)

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323 (637) Prothonotary warbler
Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.)

324 (639) *Worm-eating warbler
Helmitherus vermivorus (Gmel.)

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325 (641) *Blue-winged warbler
Helminthophila pinus (Linn.)

326 (642) *Golden-winged warbler
Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.)

327 (H.L.20) Lawrence’s warbler?
Helminthophila lawrencei (Herrick)

328 (H.L.21) *Brewster’s warbler!
Helminthophila leucobronchialis (Brewst.)

1These forms are included in the hypothetic list of the American ornithologists union
check list, as they are supposed to be hybrids between H. pinus and H. chrysoptera.
Both have been taken im New York, and are here included to learn more of their
abundance and status in our state. See Auk, 5:427; Bul. Nutt. orn. club, 4:234; Auk,

9:306.

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329 (645) *Nashville warbler
Helminthophila rubricapilla (Wils.)

330 (646) Orange-crowned warbler
Helminthophila celata (Say)

331 (647) *Tennessee warbler
Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.)

332 (648a) *Northern parula warbler ’
Compsothlypis americana usneae Brewst.

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333 (650) Cape May warbler
Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.)

334 (652) *Yellow warbler
Dendroica aestiva (Gmel.)

335 (654) *Black-throated blue warbler
Dendroica caerulescens (Gmel.)

336 (655) *Myrtle warbler
Dendroica coronata (Linn.)

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337 (657) *Magnolia warbler
Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.)

338 (658) *Cerulean warbler
Dendroica rara Wils.

339 (659) *Chestnut-sided warbler
Dendroica pensylvanica (Linn.)

340 (660) Bay-breasted warbler
Dendroica castanea (Wils.)

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341 (661) Black-poll warbler
Dendroica striata (Forst.)

342 (662) *Blackburnian warbler
Dendroica blackburniae (Gmel.)

343 (663) Yellow-throated warbler
Dendroica dominica (Linn.)

344 (667) *Black-throated green warbler
Dendroica virens (Gmel.)

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345 (671) *Pine warbler
Dendroica vigorsii (Aud.)

346 (672) Palm warbler
Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.)

347 (672a) Yellow palm warbler
Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea Ridgw.

348 (673) *Prairie warbler
Dendroica discolor (Vieill.)

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349 (674) *Oven-bird
Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.)

350 (675) *Water-thrush
Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.)

351 (675a) Grinnell’s water-thrush!
Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis (Ridgw.)

352 (676) *Louisiana water-thrush
Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.)

‘Mr Arthur H. Helme of Millerplace writes me as follows:.‘‘I have taken a typical
specimen of this species on Long Island and I believe this form will be found to occur
more or less frequently during the fall migrations.”

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353 (677) *Kentucky warbler
Geothlypis formosa (Wils.)

354 (678) Connecticut warbler
Geothlypis agilis (Wils.)

355 (679) *Mourning warbler
Geothlypis philadelphia (Wils.)

356 (681) *Maryland yellow-throat
Geothlypis trichas (Linn.)

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357 (683) *Yellow-breasted chat
Icteria virens (Linn.)

358 (684) *Hooded warbler
Wilsonia mitrata (Gmel.)

359 (685) Wilson’s warbler
Wilsonia pusilla (Wils.)

360 (686) *Canadian warbler
Wilsonia canadensis (L.inn.)

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361 (687) *American redstart
Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.)

Family MOTACILLIDAR Wagtails

362 (697) American pipit
Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.)

Family TROGLODYTIDAE Wrens, thrashers, etc.+

363 (703) *Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos (Linn.)

364 (704) *Catbird
Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.)

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365 (705) *Brown thrasher
Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.)

366 (718) *Carolina wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus (Lath.)

367 (721) *House wren
Troglodytes aédon Vieill.

368 (722) *Winter wren
Anorthura hiemalis (Vieill.)

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369 (724) *Short-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus stellaris (Licht.)

370 (725) *Long-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus palustris (Wils.)

Family CERTHIIDAE Orecepers

371 (726) *Brown creeper
Certhia familiaris fusca (Barton)!

Family PARIDAE Nuthatches and tits

372 (727) *White-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis Lath.

1Qberholser has recently shown that this name is untenable and that the former
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“373 (728) *Red-breasted nuthatch
Sitta canadensis Linn.

374 (729) Brown-headed nuthatch!
Sitta pusilla Lath.

375 (731) *Tufted titmouse
Parus bicolor Linn.

376 (735) *Chickadee
Parus atricapillus Linn.

1One New York record. See Awhk, 5:432.

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377 (736) Carolina chickadee1
Parus carolinensis Aud.

378 (740) *Hudsonian chickadee?
Parus hudsonicus Forst.

Family SYLVIIDAE Warblers, kinglets, gnatcatchers

379 (748) *Golden-crowned kinglet
Regulus satrapa Licht.

380 (749) Ruby-crowned kinglet
Regulus calendula (Linn.)

1Rockland county record. See DeKay’s Birds, 1884, p. 61. Princeton (N. J.) is now
usually considered its northern limit. See Scott’s The country, 1878, 1:334.
?Has been known to breed in the Adirondacks.

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381 (751) *Blue-gray gnatcatchert
Polioptila caerulea (Linn.)

Family TURDIDAE Thrushes, stone-chats, blue-birds, ete.

382 (755) *Wood thrush
Hylocichla mustelina (Gmel.)

383 (756) *Wilson’s thrush
Hylocichla fuscescens (Steph.)

384 (757) Gray-cheeked thrush
Hylocichla aliciae (Baird)

1A pair reared their young near Coldwater, Monroe co. during the summer of 1890.
See Short’s Birds of western New York, p. 20.

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385 (7574) *Bicknell’s thrush
Hylocichla aliciae bicknelli Ridgw.

386 (758a) *Olive-backed thrush
Hylocichla ustulata swainsonii (Cab.)

387 (759b) *Hermit thrush
Hylocichla aonalaschkae pallasii (Cab.)

388 (761) *American robin
Merula migratoria (Linn.)

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389 (763) Varied thrush?
Hesperocichla naevia (Gmel.)

390 (765) Wheatear?
Saxicola oenanthe (Linn.)

391 (766) *Bluebird
Sialia sialis (Linn.)

INTRODUCED SPECIES!
Family ALAUDIDAH Larks

392 [473] Skylark*
Alauda arvensis Linn.

1 There are no less than three valid records for this species near New York city.”
See Dwight, Auk, 12:70; Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist. 1848, 3:17; Ann. lyc. nat. hist. N. Y.
1867, 8:281; Coues’s Birds Colorado valley, 1878, p. 19; Baird Brewer & Ridgway’s Birds,
1874, 1:29.

? Long Island records. See Auk, 3:490; also 10:277; Ann. lyc. nat. hist. N. Y. 8:282,1867.

‘exclusive of game birds,

4This European form is accidental im Greenland and Bermuda. Has been introduced
in this country and in 1887 was found breeding at Flatbush (L. I.). See Auk, 6:180;.
12:390,

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Family STURNIDAE Starlings

393 [493] Starling?
Sturnus vulgaris Linn.

Family FRINGILLIDAE Finches, sparrows, ete.

394 European goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis (Linn.)

395 House sparrow
Passer domesticus (Linn.)

‘See Auk, 15:55-56.

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PART 2

HYPOTHETIC LIST

Including those forms of which we have no satisfactory record, but which, having
been taken in adjoining states, may be looked for in New York.

1 (28) Mandt’s guillemot
Cepphus mandtii (Licht.)

Arctic regions...south...in winter, to Massachusetts. Check list Amer-
ican ornithologists union

2 (30) Murre
Uria troile (Linn.)
Southward on the coast of North America, in winter, to southern New
England. Check list American ornithologists union

This species has been reported frem our state, but it seems probable that
the specimens taken were immature individuals of U. lwmme.

3 (86) Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.)

North Atlantic, south on the American side to the coast of Massa-
chusetts, casually to New Jersey. Check list American ornithologists union
Accidental in northern New Jersey. Chapman

4 (86a) Lesser fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis minor (Kjaerboelling)
North Atlantic, south on American side to coast of Massachusetts.
Check tist American ornithologists union

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5 [138] European teal
Nettion crecca (Linn.)

Occasional in eastern North America. Check list American ornithologists
union

New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts records. Abbot, Geology of
New Jersey p, 792; Treat, Auk, 8:112; Mackay, Auk, 7: 204

6 (141) Cinnamon teal
Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieill.)
Accidental east of the Mississippi.

7 [168] Masked duck
Nomonyx dominicus (Linn.)

This tropical form has occurred accidentally in Massachusetts, Wiscon-
sin and on Lake Champlain. This latter record would seem to entitle
it to a place in our avifauna but it is placed in the hypothetic list as the
bird is said to have been secured on the Vermont side of the lake.

8 (173a) White-bellied brant
Branta bernicla glaucogastra (Brehm)
This subspecies has been recognized in America by Coues. See Auk,

14:207-8. This form may be looked for in our state, though I can find
no records as yet.

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g (191.1) Cory’s least bittern
Ardetta neoxena Cory

Michigan and Ontario records. Will undoubtedly be found in our state.

10 (H.L. 11) Cooper’s sandpiper
Tringa (Actodromas) cooperi Baird

Known only from the single specimen from which the species was
originally described, taken on Long Island, in May 1833, and still extant
in the national museum, Check list American ornithologists union

This form is placed in the hypothetic list because its status as a species
.is in doubt.

11 [227] European woodcock
Scolopax rusticola (Linn.)

Accidental in the United States. There are New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Rhode Island records; and we may expect to find this form in New
York,

12 (258a) Western willet
Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewst.

This western form has been taken on the New Jersey coast and we
may expect to find stragglers on Long Island in company with the willet.

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13 (393a) Northern hairy woodpecker
Dryobates villosus leucomelas (Bodd.)

This species should occur in the Adirondacks as a winter visitant.

14 (395) Red-cockaded woodpecker
Dryobates borealis (Vieill.)

“A southern United States form has been taken as far north as
Hoboken, New Jersey.” See Lawrence, Ann. lyc. nat, hist. N. Y., 8: 291.

15 (402a) Red-naped sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird

Mr W. E. D. Scott informs me that he has taken this bird in Massa-
chusetts and New Jersey. It may accordingly be‘looked for in our state.

16 (443) Scissor-tailed flycatcher
Milvulus forficatus (Gmel.)

A southwestern United States form that has occurred accidentally in
New Jersey and New England.

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17 (475) American magpie.
Pica pica hudsonica (Sab.)

DeKay (1844) mentions it as having occurred in the northwestern part
of the state near Niagara, but does not give any records.

INDEX

The superior figures tell the exact place on the page in ninths; e. g. 201

means page 201 beginning in the third ninth of the page, i. e. about one

third of the way down.

Acanthis cannabina, 329°
linaria, 327°
rostrata, 327°

Accipiter atricapillus, 289°

cooperii, 287°
velox, 287°

Actitis macularia, 273°

Actodromas cooperi, 399°

Aegialitis meloda, 279°
circumcincta, 279°

semipalmata, 277°
vocifera, 277°
wilsonia, 279°

Aestrelata hasitata, 219°

scalaris, 219°

Agelaius phoeniceus, 321°

Aix sponsa, 231°

Alauda arvensis, 391°

Alaudidae, 3157-177, 391°

Alca torda, 201° ©

Alcedinidae, 303°

Alcidae, 199°-201°

Alle alle, 201°

Ammodramus bairdii, 333°

caudacutus, 335°
henslowii, 333"
leconteii, 335°
maritimus, 337*
nelsoni, 335°
subvirgatus, 335°
princeps, 331"
sandwichensis savanna, 333°
savannarum passerinus, 333°

Ampelidae, 351°

Ampelis cedrorum, 351°

garrulus, 351°

Anas boschas, 227"

obscura, 227°
Anatidae, 225°-457
Anorthura hiemalis, 379°
Anser albifrons gambeli, 241°
Anseres, 225°-45°
Anthus pensilvanicus, 377°
Antrostomus vociferus, 302”
Aphrizidae, 279°

Aquila chrysaétos, 291°

Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis,
291°
Ardea caerulea, 249°
candidissima, 249°
egretta, 249°
herodias, 247°
tricolor ruficollis, 249°
virescens, 251"
Ardeidae, 247°-51°
Ardetta exilis, 247°
neoxena, 399°
Arenaria interpres, 279°
Asio accipitrinus, 297*
wilsonianus, 2977
Astragalinus tristis, 320°
Auk, razor-billed, 201°
Avocet, American, 259°
Aythya affinis, 233°
americana, 231°
collaris, 233°
marila, 233°
vallisneria, 233°

Baldpate, 229'
Bartramia longicauda, 273'
Birds of prey, 285°-301°

INDEX TO CHECK LIST

Bittern, American, 247°
Cory’s least, 399°
least, 247°

Blackbird, red-winged, 321°
rusty, 323°
yellow-headed, 321°

Bluebird, 391*

Bobolink, 319°

Bob-white, 281‘ \

Bonasa umbellus, 281°

togata, 283°

Booby, 221°

Botaurus lentiginosus, 247°

Brant, 243°
black, 243°
white-bellied, 397°

Branta bernicla, 243°

glaucogastra, 397°
canadensis, 241°
leucopsis, 243°

hutchinsii, 243*
nigracans, 243°

Bubo virginianus, 299'

Bubonidae, 297*-301°

Buffle-head, 235°

Bunting, indigo, 345°
lark, 345°
painted, 345°

Buteo borealis, 289°
latissimus, 291*
lineatus, 289°
swainsoni, 289°

Calamospiza melanocorys, 345°

Calcarius lapponicus, 331°
ornatus, 331°

Calidris arenaria, 269*

Camptolaimus labradorius, 237°

Canachites canadensis, 281°

Canvas-back, 2337

Caprimulgidae, 309'

Cardinal, 343°

Cardinalis cardinalis, 343°

Cardeulis cardeulis, 393*

Carpodacus purpureus, 325°

Catbird, 377°

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Catharista urubu, 285°
Cathartes aura, 285°
Cathartidae, 285° .
Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola, 307°
Cepphus grylle, 199°
mandtii, 395°
Certhia familiaris fusca, 381°
Certhiidae, 381°
Ceryle alcyon, 303°
Chaetura pelagica, 309°
Charadriidae, 275’-790°
Charadrius dominicus, 277°
Charitonetta albeola, 235°
Chat, yellow-breasted, 375°
Chaulelasmus streperus, 227°
Chen caerulescens, 241°
hyperborea nivalis, 241°
Chickadee, 383°
Carolina, 385°
Hudsonian, 385°
Chondestes grammacus, 337"
Chordeiles virginianus, 309"
Ciconiidae, 247*
Circus hudsonius, 287°
Cistothorus palustris, 381°
stellaris, 381°
Clangula clangula americana, 235+
islandica, 235°
Clivicola riparia, 340°
Coccothraustes vespertinus, 325°
Coccyges, 303*
Coccyzus americanus, 303°
erythrophthalmus, 303'
Colaptes auratus luteus, 3077
Colinus virginianus, 281'
Columbae, 285°
Columbidae, 285°
Colymbus auritus, 197*
holboellii, 197*
Compsothlypis
361°
Contopus borealis, 313°
virens, 313°
Conurus carolinensis, 3017

americana usneae,

Coot, American, 257°

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Cormorant, 223°
double-crested, 223°

Corvidae, 317-19"

Corvus americanus, 319°
corax principalis, 317°
ossifragus, 310°

Cowbird, 319°

Crake, corn, 255’

Crane, sandhill, 253*
whooping, 251°

Creeper, brown, 381°

Crex crex, 255"

Crossbill, American, 327*
‘white-winged, 327°

Crow, American, 319°
fish, 319°

Crymophilus fulicarius, 257°

Cuckoo, black-billed, 303°
yellow-billed, 303°

Cuculidae, 303°

Curlew, Eskimo, 275°
European, 275°
Hudsonian, 275*
long-billed, 273°

Cyanocitta cristata, 317°

Cyanospiza ciris, 345°
cyanea, 345°

Dafila acuta, 231°
Dendroica aestiva, 363°
blackburniae, 367°
caerulescens, 363°
castanea, 365°
coronata, 363°
discolor, 360°
dominica, 367°
maculosa, 365°
palmarum, 369°
hypochrysea, 369°
pensylvanica, 365°
rara, 365°
striata, 367*
tigrina, 363°
Dendroica vigorsii, 369°
virens, 367°
Dickcissel, 345°

Diving birds, 197°-201°
Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 319°
Dove, mourning, 285°
Dovekie, 201°
Dowitcher, 261°
long-billed, 261"
Dryobates borealis, 4o1°
pubescens medianus, 305'
villosus, 303° :
leucomelas, 401°
Duck, American scaup, 233°
black, 227°
canvas-back, 233°
harlequin, 237*
Labrador, 237°
lesser scaup, 233°
masked, 397°
ring-necked, 233°
ruddy, 239°
rufous-crested, 231°
wood, 231°
Dunlin, 265°

Eagle, bald, 291°
golden, 291°
Ectopistes migratorius, 285°
Egret, American, 249*
Eider, American, 237°
king, 2377
Elanoides forficatus, 287'
Empidonax flaviventris, 313°
minimus, 315°
traillii alnorum, 315°
virescens, 315*
Ereunetes occidentalis, 2678
pusillus, 267°
Erismatura jamaicensis, 239°

Falco columbarius, 295°
islandus, 293"
peregrinus anatum, 293°
tusticolus gyrfalco, 293°

obsoletus, 293°
sparverius, 295°

Falconidae, 287'-95°

Finch, purple, 325°

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Flicker, northern, 3077
Flycatcher, alder, 315°
crested, 311°
green-crested, 315+
least, 315°
olive-sided, 313°
scissor-tailed, 4o1°
yellow-bellied, 313°
Fratercula arctica, 199°
Fregata aquila, 225°
Fregatidae, 225°
Fringillidae, 325°-45°, 303°
Fulica americana, 257°
Fulmar, 395°
lesser, 305°
Fulmarus glacialis, 395°
minor, 395°

Gadwall, 227°
Galeoscoptes carolinensis, 377°
Gallinae, 281°-83°
Gallinago delicata, 261°
Gallinula galeata, 257°
Gallinule, Florida, 257°
purple, 257*
Gannet, 221"
Gavia arctica, 199"
imber, 197°
lumme, 199°
Gaviidae, 197°-99°
Gelochelidon nilotica, 211°
Geothlypis agilis, 373°
formosa, 373°
philadelphia, 373°
trichas, 373°
Gnatcatcher, blue-gray, 387"
Godwit, Hudsonian, 269°
marbled, 269°
Golden-eye, American, 235°
Barrow’s, 235°
Goldfinch, American, 320°
European, 393*
Goose,
241
barnacle, 243°
blue, 241°

American
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white-fronted,

Goose (continued)
Canada, 241°

Goose, greater snow, 241*
Hutchins’s, 243"

Goshawk, American, 289°

Grackle, bronzed, 325+
purple, 323"

Grebe, Holboell’s, 197°
horned, 197*
pied-billed, 197°

Grosbeak, blue, 3437
evening, 325°
pine, 325°
rose-breasted, 343°

Grouse, Canada, 281°
Canadian ruffed, 283°
ruffed, 281°

Gruidae, 2517-537

Grus americana, 251°
mexicana, 253*

Guara alba, 245*

Guillemot, black, 199°
Mandt’s, 395°

Guiraca caerulea, 343°

Gull, American herring, 207°
Bonaparte’s, 209°
glaucous, 205°
great black-backed, 207°
herring, 207°
Iceland, 205°
ivory, 203°
Kumlien’s, 205°
laughing, 209'
little, 209°
ring-billed, 207"
Sabine’s, 209°

Gyrfalcon, 293°
black, 293°
white, 293"

Haematopodidae, 281'
Haematopus palliatus, 281*
Haliaeetus leucocephalus, 291°
Harelda hyemalis, 235°
Harporhynchus rufus, 379°

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Hawk, American rough-legged, 291°
American sparrow, 295°
broad-winged, 291°
Cooper’s, 2877
duck, 293°
marsh, 287°
pigeon, 295*
red-shouldered, 289°
red-tailed, 289°
sharp-shinned, 287°
Swainson’s, 289°

Helminthophila celata, 361°
chrysoptera, 359°
lawrencei, 359°
leucobronchialis, 359°
peregrina, 361°
pinus, 359°
rubricapilla, 361°

Helmitherus vermivorus, 357°

Helodromas solitarius, 271°

Hen, heath, 283°

Herodiones, 245°-51°

Heron, black-crowned night, 251°
great blue, 247°
green, 251°
little blue, 249"

Louisiana, 249°
snowy, 249°
yellow-crowned night, 251°

Hesperocichla naevia, 391°

Himantopus mexicanus, 259°

Hirundinidae, 347"-51”

Hirundo erythrogaster, 349°

Histrionicus histrionicus, 237*

Hummingbird, ruby-throated, 309°

Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis,

215°

Hylocichla aliciae, 387°

bicknelli, 389°
aonalaschkae pallasii, 389°
fuscescens, 387°
mustelina, 387‘
ustulata swainsonii, 380°
Hypothetic list, 395'-4037

Ibididae, 245°

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Ibis, glossy, 245°
v.hite, 245%
white-faced glossy, 245’
wood, 247*
Icteria virens, 375"
Icteridae, 319°-25?
Icterus bullocki, 323°
galbula, 323°
spurius, 321°
Introduced species, 391°-93°
Tonornis martinica, 257*

Jaeger, long-tailed, 203°
parasitic, 203°
pomarine, 203*

Jay, blue, 317°
Canada, 317°

Junco, slate-colored, 339°

Junco hyemalis, 339°

Killdeer, 277°
Kingbird, 311°
Arkansas, 311°
gray, 311°
Kingfisher, belted, 303°
Kinglet, golden-crowned, 385°
ruby-crowned, 385°
Kite, swallow-tailed, 287'
Kittiwake, 2057
Knot, 263°

Lagopus lagopus, 283°
Laniidae, 351°-53°
Lanius borealis, 3517
ludovicianus, 353°
excubitorides, 353°
Lapwing, 275°
Laridae, 2037-15°
Lark, horned, 315°
prairie horned, 317°
Larus argentatus, 207°
-smithsonianus, 207°
atricilla, 209"
delawarensis, 2077
glaucus, 205°
kumilieni, 205’

INDEX TO CHECK LIST

Larus (confinuecd)
leucopterus, 203"
marinus, 207’
minutus, 200°
philadelphia, 209"

Limicolae, 257'-81°

Limosa fedoa, 269°
haemastica, 269°

Linnet, European, 329°

Longipennes, 201'-17°

Longspur, chestnut-collared, 331°

Lapland, 331°
Loon, 197°
black-throated, 199°
red-throated, 199°
Lophodytes cucullatus, 2257
Loxia curvirostra minor, 327*
leucoptera, 327°

Machrochires, 309'

Macrorhamphus griseus, 261°
scolopaceus, 2617

Magpie, American, 403'

Mallard, 227*

Man-o’-war bird, 225+

Mareca americana, 229°
penelope, 227°

Martin, purple, 347°

Meadowlark, 321°

Megalestris skua, 2017

Megascops asio, 299°

Melanerpes carolinus, 307°
erythrocephalus, 307°

Meleagris gallopavo fera, 283’

Melospiza fasciata, 341°
georgiana, 341°
lincolnii, 341°

Merganser, American, 225‘
hooded, 225"
red-breasted, 225°

Merganser americanus, 2254
serrator, 225°

Merula migratoria, 389°

Micropalma himantopus, 263'

Micropodidae, 300°

Milvulus forficatus, 401°

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Mimus polyglottos, 377°
Mniotilta varia, 357°
Mniotiltidae, 357°-77°
Mockingbird, 377°
Molothrus ater, 319°
Motacillidae, 377°
Murre, 395*

Brtinnich’s, 201*
Myiarchus crinitus, 311°

Netta rufina, 231°
Nettion carolinensis, 229°
crecca, 397"
Nighthawk, 300°
Nomomyx dominicus, 397°
Numenius arquatus, 275°
borealis, 275°
hudsonicus, 275*
longirostris, 273°°
Nuthatch, brown-headed, 383”
red-breasted, 383*
white-breasted, 381°
Nyctala acadica, 299°

tengmalmi richardsoni, 299'

Nyctea nyctea, 301°

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Nycticorax nycticorax naevius, 251°

violaceus, 251°

Oceanites oceanicus, 221'

Oceanodroma leucorhoa, 219"

Oidemia americana, 239'
deglandi, 239°
perspicillata, 239°

Old-squaw, 235°

Olor columbianus, 245+

Oriole, Baltimore, 323*
Bullock’s, 323°
orchard, 321°

Osprey, American, 295°

Otocoris alpestris, 315°

praticola, 317°

Oven-bird, 371°

Owl, American barn, 2957
American hawk, 301°
American long-eared, 297*
barred, 297°

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Owl (continued)
burrowing, 301°
great gray, 207°
great horned, 299'
Richardson’s, 299°
saw-whet, 299°
screech, 299°
short-eared, 297*
snowy, 301°
Oyster-catcher, American, 281°

Pagophila alba, 203’
Paludicolae, 2517-57°
Pandion haliaétus carolinensis, 295°
Paridae, 3817-85°

Paroquet, Carolina, 301"

Parrots, 301"

Parus atricapillus, 383°
bicolor, 383°
carolinensis, 385°
hudsonicus, 385°

Passer domesticus, 393°

Passerella iliaca, 341°

Passeres, 311'-91°

Passerina nivalis, 329°

Pavoncella pugnax, 271°

Pelecanidae, 223°

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 223°
fuscus, 2237

Pelican, American white, 223°
brown, 2237

Perching birds, 311'-91°

Perisoreus canadensis, 317°

Petrel, black-capped, 219°
Leach’s, 219"
scaled, 219°
Wilson’s, 221*

Petrochelidon lunifrons, 349°

Pewee, wood, 313°

Phaéthon americanus, 221°

Phaéthontidae, 221°

Phalacrocoracidae, 223'

Phalacrocorax carbo, 223'
dilophus, 223°

Phalarope, northern, 250°

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Phalarope (continued)
red, 257°
Wilson’s, 259°
Phalaropodidae, 257°-59°
Phalaropus lobatus, 259°
Phasianidae, 283°
Philohela minor, 261°
Phoebe, 313°
Pica pica hudsonica, 403*
Pici, 303°-7°
Picidae, 303°-7°
Picoides americanus, 305°
arcticus, 305°
Pigeon, passenger, 285”
Pinicola enucleator canadensis, 325°
Pintail, 2317
Pipilo erythrophthalmus, 343°
Pipit, American, 377°

‘Piranga erythromelas, 347°

ludoviciana, 347*
rubra, 347°
Plegadis autumnalis, 245°
guarauna, 245°
Plover, American golden, 277°
belted piping, 270°
black-bellied, 2777
piping, 279°
semipalmated, 277°
Wilson’s, 279°
Podicipidae, 197°
Podilymbus podiceps, 197°
Polioptila caerulea, 387*
Pooecetes gramineus, 331°
Porzana carolina, 255*
jamaicensis, 255°
noveboracensis, 255°
Procellariidae, 217°-21?
Progne subis, 347°
Protonotaria citrea, 357°
Psittaci, 3017
Psittacidae, 301°
Ptarmigan, willow, 283°
Puffin, 199°
Puffinus auduboni, 217°
borealis, 217*

INDEX TO CHECK LIST

Puffinus (continued)
fuliginosus, 219!
gravis, 217°

Pygopodes, 197°-201°

Querquedula cyanoptera, 397°
discors, 229°
Quiscalus quiscula, 323°
aeneus, 325°

Rail, black, 255°
clapper, 253°
king, 253°
Virginia, 253°
yellow, 255°
Rallidae, 253°-57°
Rallus crepitans, 253°
elegans, 253°
virginianus, 2537
Raptores, 285°-301°
Raven, northern, 317°
Recurvirostra americana, 259°
Recurvirostridae, 259°
Redhead, 2317
Redpoll, 327°
greater, 327°
Redstart, American, 377*
Regulus calendula, 385°
satrapa, 385°
Rissa tridactyla, 205°
Robin, American, 380°
Ruff, 271°
Rynchopidae, 217*
Rynchops nigra, 217*

Sanderling, 269'

Sandpiper, Baird’s, 265°
Bartramian, 273°
buff-breasted, 273°
Cooper’s, 399°
curlew, 267°
least, 265°
pectoral, 263°
purple, 263°
red-backed, 267*
semipalmated, 267°

OF NEW YORK BIRDS Ail

Sandpiper (continued)
solitary, 271°
spotted, 273°
stilt, 263°
western, 267°
white-rumped, 265+

Sapsucker, red-naped, 4o1°
yellow-bellied, 305°

Saxicola oenanthe, 391°

Sayornis phoebe, 313'

Scolecophagus carolinus, 323°

Scolopacidae, 261'-75°

Scolopax rusticola, 399°

Scoter, American, 239°
surf, 239°
white-winged, 239°

Scotiaptex cinerea, 297°

Seiurus aurocapillus, 371°
motacilla, 371°
noveboracensis, 371°

notabilis, 371°

Setophaga ruticilla, 3777

Shearwater, Audubon’s, 217°
Cory’s, 2174

Shearwater, greater, 217°
sooty, 219*

Shore birds, 2577-81?

Shoveller, 229°

Shrike, loggerhead, 353'
northern, 351°
white-rumped, 353°

Sialia sialis, 391°

Siskin, pine, 329°

Sitta canadensis, 383'
carolinensis, 381°
pusilla, 383°

Skimmer, black, 2177

Skua, 201°

Skylark, 3917

Snipe, Wilson’s, 261°

Snowflake, 3297

Somateria dresseri, 237°
spectabilis, 2377

Sora, 2557

Sparrow, Acadian sharp-tailed, 3357
Baird’s, 333°

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Sparrow (continued) Sterna (continued)
chipping, 339° paradisaea, 213°
field, 330° sandvicensis acuflavida, 211"
fox, 341° , trudeaui, 213+
grasshopper, 333° Stilt, black-necked, 250°
Henslow’s, 333" Strigidae, 295°
house, 393° Strix pratincola, 295°
Ipswich, 331’ Sturnella magna, 321°
lark, 337° Sturnidae, 393°
Leconte’s, 335° Sturnus vulgaris, 393*
Lincoln’s, 341° Sula bassana, 221°
Nelson’s, 335° sula, 221°
Savanna, 333° Sulidae, 221°
seaside, 337° Surf birds, 279°
sharp-tailed, 335° Surnia ulula caparoch, 301°
song, 341° Swallow, bank, 340°
swamp, 341° barn, 349°
tree, 330° cliff, 349°
vesper, 331° rough-winged, 351°
white-crowned, 337° tree, 349°
white-throated, 337° Swan, whistling, 2457
Spatula slypeata, 229° Swift, chimney, 309°
Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea, 301° Swimmers, lamellirostral, 225°-45°
Sphyrapicus varius, 305° long-winged, 2017-15°
nuchalis, 4o1°: totipalmate, 221°-25"
Spinus pinus, 320° | tube-nosed, 217°-217
Spiza americana, 345° Sylviidae, 385°-87°
Spizella monticola, 339° | Symphemia semipalmata, 271°
pusilla, 330° inornata, 399°
socialis, 330° Syrnium nebulosum, 297°
Squatarola squatarola, 277*
Starling, 393° Tachycineta bicolor, 349°
Steganopodes, 221°-257 Tanager, Louisiana, 347*
Steganopus tricolor, 259° scarlet, 347°
Stelgidopteryx serripennis, 351° summer, 347°
Stercorariidae, 2017-3" Tanagridae, 3477
Stercorarius longicaudus, 203° Tantalus loculator, 247*
parasiticus, 203° Teal, blue-winged, 229°
pomarinus, 203* “cinnamon, 397°
Sterna antillarum, 215° European, 397"
caspia, 211° green-winged, 229°
dougalli, 215* Tern, arctic, 2137
forsteri, 213° black, 215°
fuliginosa, 215° Cabot’s, 211"
hirundo, 213° Caspian, 211°
maxima, 211° common, 213°

INDEX TO CIIECK

Term (continued)
Forster’s, 213°
gull-billed, 211°
least, 215°
roseate, 215'
royal, 211°
sooty, 215°
Trudeaw’s, 213'

Tetraonidae, 281*-83°

Fhrasher, brown, 379°

Thrush, Bicknell’s, 389"
gray-cheeked, 387°
hermit, 389°
olive-backed, 389°
varied, 391°
Wilson’s, 387°
wood, 387*

Thryothorus ludovicianus, 379°

Titmouse, tufted, 383°

Totanus flavipes, 271°
melanoleucus, 269°

Towhee, 3437

Tringa alpina, 265°

pacifica, 267°
bairdii, 265°
canutus, 263°
cooperi, 399°
ferruginea, 267°
fuscicollis, 265*
maculata, 263°
maritima, 263°
minutilla, 265°

Trochilidae, 309°

Trochilus colubris, 309°

Troglodytes aédon, 370°

Troglodytidae, 377°-81°

Tropic bird, yellow-billed, 221°

Tryngites subruficollis, 273°

Tubinares, 217*-21?

Turdidae, 387°-g1°

Turkey, wild, 283"

Turnstone, 279°

Tympanuchus cupido, 283°

Tyrannidae, 3117-15°

LIST

OF NEW YORK BIRDS

Tyrannus dominicensis, 311°
tyrannus, 311°
verticalis, 311°

Uria lomvia, 201*
troile, 395°

Vanellus yanellus, 2757
Vireo, blue-headed, 355°
Philadelphia, 353°
plumbeous, 3557

red-eyed, 353°
warbling, 355'
white-eyed, 357'
yellow-throated, 355°

Vireo flavifrons, 355°
gilvus, 355*
noveboracensis, 357°
olivaceus, 353°
philadelphicus, 353°
solitarius, 355°

plumbeus, 3557

Vireonidae, 353°-57"

Vulture, black, 285°
turkey, 285°

Warbler, bay-breasted, 365°
black and white, 357°
Blackburnian, 367?
black poll, 367*
black-throated blue, 363°
black-throated green, 367°
blue-winged, 359°
Brewster’s, 359’
Canadian, 375°
Cape May, 363°
cerulean, 365°
chestnut-sided, 365°
Connecticut, 373°
golden-winged, 350°
hooded, 375°
Kentucky, 373°
Lawrence’s, 359°
magnolia, 365*
mourning, 373°

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Warbler (continued)
myrtle, 363°
Nashville, 361°
northern parula, 361°
orange-crowned, 361°
palm, 369°
pine, 369°
prairie, 369°
prothonotary, 357°
Tennessee, 361°
Wilson’s, 375°
worm-eating, 357°
yellow, 363°
yellow palm, 369°
yellow-throated, 367°

Water-thrush, 371°
Grinnell’s, 371°
Louisiana, 371°

Waxwing, Bohemian, 351
cedar, 351°

Wheatear, 391°

Whip-poor-will, 309°

Widgeon, 227°

Willet, 271°
western, 399°

Wilsonia canadensis, 375°
mitrata, 375°
pusilla, 375°

Wood warblers, 357°-77”

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Woodcock, American, 261'
European, 399°

Woodpecker, American three-toed,

305°

arctic three-toed, 305°
downy, 305"
hairy, 303°
northern hairy, 4o1*
northern pileated, 307°
red-bellied, 307°
red-cockaded, qgor®
red-headed, 307°

Wren, Carolina, 379°
house, 370°
long-billed marsh, 381°
short-billed marsh, 381'
winter, 379°

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus,
321°
Xema sabinii, 209"

Yellow-legs, 271'
greater, 269°
Yellow-throat, Maryland, 373°

Zamelodia ludoviciana, 343°

Zenaidura macroura, 285°

Zonotrichia albicollis, 3377
leucophrys, 337°

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