Pacific Coast Avifauna Number Some Birds of the Fresno District, California, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Pacific Coast Avifauna Number Some Birds of the Fresno District, California, Vol. 9 In presenting this list of the birds of tho Fresno district the author is aware of its incompleteness. In this connection it might be well to state that some fifty success of birds reported from various sources have been omitted entirely for the reason that nothing definite could he recorded in regard to their habits and distribution, or because some doubt existed as to their being correctly identified. More than ten years have elapsed since the first notes for this work were jotted down and in view of the mass of data available it seemed worth while to put on record the result of these years of observation in a region that has been nil but neglected by ornithologists. In looking over such literature as was available the writer has frequently been impressed with the lack of definite dates and other information regarding many of our most common birds. In many eases only two or three nesting or migration dates have been available from the entire State and these from widely separated points. It was the desire to place on record the many apparently obvious hut hard-to-find facts pertaining to the birds of central California that, more than anything else perhaps, induced me to hasten the completion of (h>N work. Efforts were made to communicate with several persons who were known to have worked in this field previous to the advent of those who are now interested in bird study, with a thought of incorporating in the present paper such information as they might furnish: hut the project was finally abandoned, as it proved to be an impossible task to learn the addresses of one or two. while the few replies that were received did not contain a sufficient amount of the desired information to he of distinct value. The present paper, then, is simply a compilation of the knowledge of the present day workers in this part of the State, and should he regarded more as a vantage point from which we may lie in anew a series of better and more thorough observations, than as a final review of all that is to lie learned of the birds of Fresno County. My only regret is that so little time has been available for bird study: hut should my readers succeed in gleaning here and there from these pages some few grains of information that will tend to make them better acquainted with our feathered friends, or that will add a few facts to the general knowledge concerning the birds of this region, then the author's labors will not have been in vain. The real mission of this work will have been fulfilled, however, only when someone, more fortunately equipped with time and opportunities than the writer has ever been, is lead to see. not the little that has been done but rather the wonderful field for original research that exists in Fresno County, and is persuaded to take up and complete this work that has ever been so fascinating. 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.