Excerpt from The Birds of New Jersey

The number of birds in New Jersey, which either re main here all the year or whose visits are more or less prolonged during certain seasons, is very large and a com prehensive treatise on all of them would make a ponder ous volume. The endeavor of the author in the present work has been to deal with them in accordance with their importance; the transient visitor who merely straggles in to the state from adjoining territory or who remains only long enough to secure rest and food to supply strength for further travel, has not been considered worthy of the attention to be devoted to him who remains with us at all seasons or whose sojourn is long enough to awaken in us either an interest in his habits or a desire for his return.

Few facts hitherto unpublished will be found in this volume. The study of American Ornithology dates back to almost the date of the discovery of this continent and ever since that time have admirers of nature studied the habits of our birds. The foundation was laid by Alexander Wilson and he has been followed by hundreds, each of whom has contributed his quota, either large or small, un til the structure of American Ornithology was brought to its present state of almost completion. The work of Wil son has been used as the foundation for the present treat ise, supplemented by the works of Witmer Stone, Frank M. Chapman, D. G. Elliot and others. The main facts in relation to the breeding location and range have been taken from Mr. Witmer Stone's Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The author is also indebted to Mr. Stone for a painstaking revision of this work before it went to press.

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