X BIRDS OF AMERICA 



United States by Florence Merriam Bailey, quotations from the Works of John Burroughs, 

 quotations from the Works of Bradford Torrey, and quotations from Guide to the Birds of 

 New England and Eastern New York by Ralph Hoffman; The John Lane Co. for quotations 

 from Birds by Sea and Land by John Maclair Boarston; the Macmillan Co. for quota- 

 tions from the Works of Mabel Osgood Wright; Elizabeth C. T. Miller for quotations from 

 Birds oj Ohio by William Leon Dawson; G. P. Putnam's Sons for quotations from Field 

 Book of Wild Birds and their Music by F. Schuyler Mathews; T. Y. Crowell Co., for quo- 

 tation from Feathered Game of the Northeast by Walter H. Rich; and Charles Scribner's Sons 

 for quotations from the Works of H. E. Parkhurst. 



To the United States Department of Agriculture and the members of the Biological 

 vSurvey, to the New York State Museum and its director Dr. John M. Clarke, and to the 

 American Museum of Natural History and its director Dr. Frederic A. Lucas and the 

 members of its scientific staff are due special thanks for the material and pictures supplied 

 by them. 



The careful workmanship of The J. B. Lyon Company of Albany, the Phoenix Engrav- 

 ing Company, of New York City, and the Zeese-Wilkinson Company, of New York City, 

 have made possible the mechanical perfection of these volumes. 



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