THE BIRDS OF WASHINGTON 



A COMPLETE. SCIENTIFIC AND 



POPLXAR ACCorXT OF THE ^72 SPECIES OF lURDS 



FOUND IN THE STATE 



WILLIAM LEON DAWSON, A. M., B. D., of Seattle 



AUTHOR OF "THE BIRDS OF OHIO" _ , ,, _ 



ASSISTED BY 



JOHN HOOPER BOWLES, of Tacoma 



ILLUSTRATED BY MORE THAN 3OO ORIGINAL HALF-TONES OF BIRDS IN LIFE, NESTS, 



EGGS. AND FAVORITE HAUNTS, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE 



AUTHOR AM) OTHERS. 



TOGETHER WITH 40 DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT AND A SERIES OF 

 FULL-PAGE COLOR-PLATES. 



ALLAN BROOKS 



ORIGINATE EDITIOK 



PRINTED ONLY FOR .\D\AXCE SUBSCRIBERS. 



VOLUME I 



SEATTLE 

 THE OCCIDENTAL PUBLISHING CO. 



1909 



^LL RIGHTS RESERVED 



