Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Birds of the Kansas City Region
There has been no list of the birds of the Kansas City region which local students of birds could consult. It is hoped that the present summary of an extensive study of the avifauna of Jackson County, Missouri, and vicinity, will be of service to local nature-study classes, and to bird students in general. It is hoped also that it may stimulate that scientific interest in bird-study which is an active and powerful incentive to the growing movement for bird protection.
No attempt has been made to furnish a means of identifying birds, since so many standard works covering this ground are available. A list of desirable books is given in the text. The nomenclature used is that of the American Or'nithologists' Union Che-ck List.
The total number of species and subspecies listed is 343. This number includes 8 species that have become extinct in this region, and 17 that occur here only as wanderers out of their ranges. The summer residents - that is breeders - number 117, of which 12 are very rare. The 9 species and subspecies indi cated in the text by brackets, have not yet been authenticated, but they should occur here and are included to call the atten tion of local students to the possibility of establishing their presence in this vicinity.
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