THE BIRDS 



OF 



EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 



KNOWN TO OCCUR EAST OF THE NINETIETH MERIDIAN 



KEY TO THE FAMILIES AND SPECIES 



BY 



CHARLES B. CORY 



Curator of the Department of Ornithology in the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago; Vice- President of 



the American Ornithologists' Union ; Fellow of the Limitzan and Zoological Societies of London ; 



Member of the British Ornithologists' Union; Honorary Member of the California 



Academy of Sciences ; Cor. Member New York Academy of Sciences, etc., etc. 



AUTHOR OK "THE BEAUTIFUL AND CURIOUS BIRDS OF THE WORLD," "THE BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA 



ISLANDS," "THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO," " THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES," 



" A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS," " HUNTING AND FISHING 



IN FLORIDA," " KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA," " How TO 



KNOW THE SHORE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA," " How TO 



KNOW THE DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS," ETC., ETC. 



COPY 



SPECIAL EDITION PRINTED FOR THE 



FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM, CHICAGO, ILL. 



1899 



