Annual report . ? i8 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM B Western species which hve mostly beyond the Mississippi riverand casually wander to New York Cinnamon tealLesser snow gooseBlack brantTrumpeter swan ?Whooping crane (formerly)Sandhill craneAmerican avocetBlack-necked stiltSwainson hawkBurrowing owlArkansas kingbirdHoyt horned larkYellow-headed blackbird during their migrations. Bullock orioleChestnut-collared longspurBaird sparrowLeconte sparrowLark sparrowGambel sparrowLark buntingLouisiana tanagerPlumbeous vireoGrinnell water-thrushTownsend solitaireVaried thrush C Northern species which have reac
Annual report . ? i8 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM B Western species which hve mostly beyond the Mississippi riverand casually wander to New York Cinnamon tealLesser snow gooseBlack brantTrumpeter swan ?Whooping crane (formerly)Sandhill craneAmerican avocetBlack-necked stiltSwainson hawkBurrowing owlArkansas kingbirdHoyt horned larkYellow-headed blackbird during their migrations. Bullock orioleChestnut-collared longspurBaird sparrowLeconte sparrowLark sparrowGambel sparrowLark buntingLouisiana tanagerPlumbeous vireoGrinnell water-thrushTownsend solitaireVaried thrush C Northern species which have reached our territory on only one or two occasions but might be regarded as rare winter visitants. Black-throated loon Willow ptarmigan Black guillemot White gyrfalcon ? Skua Hoary redpoll ?Ivory gull D European species Little gullManx shearwater ?Stormy petrel ?WidgeonEuropean tealRufous-crested duckBarnacle gooseCorn crake Dunlin Curlew sandpiper Ruff European curlew Lapwing European linnet? Green finch? Wheatear. LtPE Zones op Nbw York State Carolinian Faunal Area of the Austral Zone, in red. AUeghanian Faunal Area of theTransition Zone, in blue. Canadian Faunal Area of the Boreal Zone, in green. Admixture of Carolinian forms occurs in the lowlands and warmer valleys; of Boreal formsin the cooler uplands, swamps and gulUes. The darker shading shows the increase of altitude from below 500 feet m the Hudson valleyand Ontario lowland to over 4000 feet in the Adirondacks and Catskills. LIFE ZONES OF NEW YORK STATE With reference to the distribution of plant and animal life in NorthAmerica, Dr C. Hart Merriam has proposed to divide the continent intoBoreal, Austral and Tropical regions^ of which the first two are representedin New York. He has further divided these regions into zones ;? the Borealregion into the Arctic, Hudsonian and Canadian zones; and the Australregion into the Transition, Upper Austral, and Lower Austral zones. Thesezones of the Austral region are again divided in
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