RURAL BIRD LIFE 



L/U being 



ESSAYS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESERVING OBJECTS 

 '? <^» r 1 RELATING TO THAT SCIENCE 





- >7 BY 



CHARLES DIXON 



WITH FORTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS; 

 AND A PREFACE 



By dr. ELLIOTT COUES, U.S.A. 



AUTHOR OF "key TO NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS," " FIELD ORNITHOLOGY," 



"birds of the northwest," etc. 



BOSTON 

 ESTES AND LAURIAT ^^ 



299 TO 305 Washington Street »p y% I A^M / 



