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Range (Paragraphs under this heading)

The paragraphs under this heading have been prepared with special reference to the bird's distribution in eastern North America. They are supplemented by a concise statement of the bird's manner of occurrence and the usual times of migration of the nonresident species at three or four localities. This information is the best it is possible to obtain, and has not been previously published. Each locality is treated by a recognized authority on its bird-life from notes based on observations extending over many years.

The data from Washington, D. C., were supplied by Mr. C. W. Richmond, of the Smithsonian Institution.

Not only has Mr. Richmond given years to field work in the District of Columbia, but he has had access to the notes of the numerous ornithologists who have observed in the same region. 1 5 3 FIG. 4. Inches and tenths. 4 2 LOCAL BIRD-LISTS.

The water-birds of Long Island are treated by Mr. William Dutcher, of New York city, who has for years made our coast birds a subject of especial investigation. Sportsmen, lighthouse-keepers, and ornithologists have all aided him in acquiring an unrivaled series of observations upon the movements of waterfowl and bay birds. Dr. A. K. Fisher, of the Division of Ornithology in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, has supplied the notes from Sing Sing, N. Y. This locality formed the field of his ornithological labors for fifteen years. Within the limits of the town of Ossining Dr. Fisher has observed no less than two hundred and thirty-six species of birds. Probably no area of similar extent in the United States has been more carefully studied or yielded better results.

Cambridge, Mass., is historic ground in the annals of ornithology. From the time of Nuttall it has never lacked for earnest students of its bird-life. Nevertheless, no list of Cambridge birds has ever appeared. It is with unusual pleasure, therefore, that I include annotations on the birds of this region by Mr. William Brewster, who has made a lifelong study of New England birds, and particularly of those found in the vicinity of his home at Cambridge.* The value of their contributions renders it evident that I am under deep obligations to these gentlemen, and I thank them most sincerely for their generous assistance.