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IDEP^RTJyLEISrT OW THE INTERIOR. Zn « * 



UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVlEY OF THE TERRITORIES^ 



F. V. HAYDEN, U. S. Geologist-in-Chakge. 



MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS— No. 3. 



^9 e X ^'O' rj 



BIRDS OF THE NORTHWES'^T: 



A HAND BOOK 



OF 



THE ORNITHOLOGY 



OF THE 



REGION DRAINED BY THE MISSOURI RIVER 

 AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 



By ELLIOTT COUES. 



GAPTAIX AND ASSISTANT SURGEON U. S. AKMY. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT P HINTING OFFICE. 

 1874. 



