SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



—840 



LIFE HISTORIES 



OK 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 



WITH SPKCIAL REFEKENCE TO 



THEIR BREEDING HABITS AND EGGS, 



Wll'H 



TWELVE LITHUURAPHIC PLATES. 



BY 



CHARLES BENDIRE, Captain, F. S. Army (bktired), 



Monorail/ Ciiruiiir of the Dipailmiiil nf Oiiluijii. V. S. Xutioiuil Miineum, 

 Member of the American (Jrnithologisti' Union. 



WASHINGTON: 



(JOVKRNMENT PRINTINCi OFFICE. 



