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THE 



LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS 



NEW ENGLAND 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 

 THEIR HABITS AND NOTES. 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY 



H. D. MINOT. 



" To him who in the love of Nature holds 



" Communion with her visible fonns, she speaks 



" A various language;" 



BRTANT'3 THANATOPSIS. 



SALEM, MASS. 



NATUEALISTS' AGENCY 



Boston : Estes & Lauriat. 

 1877. 



