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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 



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DEC 31 W 



LD STATES 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 WASHINGTON 

 1927 



