

A 



MANUAL 



OF 



ORNITHOLOGY/ 



BY 



WINFRID A. STEARNS. 



Being a Preliminary Study of the Classes, Or- 

 ders, Families, Sub-Families, with an enu- 

 meration OF THE Genera and prin- 

 cipal Species, of the Birds 

 OF North America. 

 Together with a Brief Synopsis of the Special 

 Features of General Ornithology, 

 designed for the student and all lovers of this 

 most fascinating branch of science, suitable also 



AS A simple, preliminary INTRODUCTION TO ANY OF 

 OUR PRESENT WORKS UPON THIS SUBJECT. 



2-*-: 



1895. 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 



AT THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY PRINTING OFFICE, 



ATLANTA, GA. 



