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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 Bulletin 135 





LIFE HISTORIES OF 

 NORTH AMERICAN MARSH BIRDS 



ORDERS ODONTOGLOSSAE, HERODIONES 

 AND PALUDICOLAE 



BY 



ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT 



Of Taunton, Massachusetts 



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WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1926 



