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UMTED STATES GEOLOGICAL LXrLOllATlU.\ OF THE FORTIETH I'ALALLI 

 CLARENCE KING, GEOI.CGIST-IN-CHARGE. 



PART I. 



PALAEONTOLOGY. 



F. B. MEEK. 



1*ART II. 



PA_L^^OTsrTOLO&Y 



JAMES HALE AND R. P. WHITFIELD. 



PART II r. 



ORNITHOLOGY 



i;v 



ROBERT RIDGWAY. 



SUCMIITEll TO TUK ClIIEI' OV ENGINEEIIS AND PUDLISllEIi l:Y OUDEK OF THE SErilETAIiY OF 

 WAU UNDER AUTIIOIUTY OF CONGllESS. 



ILLfSTKATED BY XXIV I'LATES. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVEENMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1877. 



