SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



NORTH AMERICAN 



OOLOGY; 



BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIRDS OF NORTH 



AMERICA DURING THEIR BREEDING SEASON; WITH FIGURES AND 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR EGGS. 



BY 



THOMAS M. BREWER, M.D. 



PART I. 



WASHINGTON CITY. 

 PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



1S57. 

 NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO. 









