iHcmoirs of tlje iEuscum of Coinparatitic xoolocjg 



AT HARVARD COLLEGE. 



Vol. XII. 



THE 



WAT ER BIRDS 



OF 



NORTH AMERICA. 



BY 



S. F. BAIRD, T. M. BREWER, 



AND 



R. RIDGWAY. 



ISSUED IN CONTINUATION OF THE 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA. 



J. D. WHITNEY, State Geologist. 



Volume I. 



BOSTON: 

 LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 



1884. 



