Bird 5 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



SPECIAL BULLETIN. 



LIFE HISTORIES 



OF 



NOETIT AMEKICAN BIRDS, 



FROM THE TARKOTS TO THE GEACKLES, 



AVITH SI'HCIAL KErEKENt'E TO 



THEdt BREEDlNIi HABITS AND ECGS, 



BY 



CHARLES BENDIRE, (Iaptain and Brevet Major, U. S. A. (Retired). 



Uviioiuiii Ciii-dliir iifllie Ihjmrtiiirnt of Oolor/ii, r. S. National Museum, 

 Member of the American Ornilholoijisls' Culun. 



WITH 



SEVEN LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1895. 



