KEY TO THE BIRDS. 



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. 283 



Section I. Land Birds (Song-Birds, etc.) 



Section II. Birds of Prey (Hawks and Owls) . 296 



Section III. Game, Shore, and Water Birds . . 299 



(The descriptions in this key are of the male bird in 

 spring plumage, except in the case of those birds that 

 we see only in winter. The variations of the female 

 are noted in the detailed biographies.) 



