SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 Bulletin 142 



LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN 

 SHORE BIRDS 



ORDER LIMICOLAE (Part 1) 



BY 

 ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT 



Of Taunton, Massachusetts 





UNITED STATES 



GO ERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



WASHINGTON 



1927 



ISSUED DEC 3 1 J927 



3L1UW 





