HANDBOOK 



OF 



FIELD AND GENERAL 



OKNITHOLOGY 



A MANUAL OF THE STEUCTUEE AXD 



CLASSIFICATIOX OF BIEDS f'/. / y - o 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR 



COLLECTING AND PKESERVING SPECIMENS 



BY 



PEOFESSOE ELLIOTT COUES, M.A., M.D., etc. 



VICE-PRESIDENT AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION ; FOREIGN MEMBER BRITISH 

 ornithologists' UNION ; CORRESPONDING MEMBER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, ETC. 



ILLUSTRATED 



ILoutiou 

 MACMILLAN AND CO. 



1890 



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