Lanterna Rally

Author: Harry S. Swarth

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-06-17

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780282240462

Excerpt from A Distributional List of the Birds of Arizona The beginning of this list of the birds of Arizona dates back about eleven years, to a time when the author was engaged in field work in that state. A hasty compilation was made of a few local lists, and the manuscript carried in the field as a guide and aid in making observations and collections. This beginning proved an incentive to the gathering of further data, and shortly after, the opportunity presenting itself for visiting more extensive libraries than had hitherto been available, a careful and systematic search was made through the literature deal ing with the ornithology of Arizona. The resulting information was filed away and added to as chance offered, but more pressing work and other interests inter fered to prevent the whole from being put into shape for publication. Further more it soon became evident that while a fairly long list of species could be com piled as occurring within the state. The published information concerning a large proportion of them was scanty and fragmentary. The writer had hoped to be in a position to continue field work in certain little known sections of the state, where undoubtedly there is much to be added to our knowledge of the birds, but this contingency became more and more improbable, and under the circumstances it seemed advisable to publish the list as it now stands. It is hoped that as far as it goes this list will be found to be fairly accurate. Pertinent literature has been gone' over with care, and it is doubtful if any im portant publication has been overlooked. At the same time it can hardly be doubted but that there are in collections specimens whose existence will modify many of the statements made here, and it is also highly probable that there are active collectors who have many unpublished records in their notes which would also occasion changes. Available collections and collectors' notes, however, have been made use of wherever possible. The aim of the present publication is to give a list of the species of birds oc curring in Arizona, with a synonymy of the names applied, as regards their oc currence within the state, and a brief but comprehensive outline of the manner of occurrence. The latter, it is hoped, is in each case as clear and accurate as the present state of our knowledge permits. An effort has been made to give a gen eral statement outlining the range and manner of occurrence, supplemented by the citation of authorities for extreme or unusual instances. Exact dates have been given only for the rarest species, those of which but a few specimens have been recorded. The synonymy consists of those names by which the species has been known in literature pertaining to Arizona ornithology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.