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1H74. 



KiRTLAND, J P. Letter from, dated 1857, meutiouiug various Indiaua 

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RiDGWAY, R. The Wabash Valley and Its Avian Fauni. Proc. Bos- 

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RiDGWAY, R. The Lower Wabash Valley, considered in its relation to 

 the Fauual Districts of the Eastern Regions of North America, with 

 a Synopsis of Its Avian Fauna, by K')hert Ridgway. Boston, 1874, 

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CouES, Elliott. Birds of the Northwest, a handbook of the Ornithol- 

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Editor's Note. Wild Turkey found breeding at Valparaiso, lud. 

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Editor's Note. Wild Pigeon, very abundant in Michigan, Indiana 

 and Wisconsin in beech woods. Sept. 15, 1874. Forest and 

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Jordan, David Starr. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern 

 United States, including the District East of the Mississippi River 

 and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of marine 

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 College. Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1876. Refers to a 

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Smith, G. Aug. Birds of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Forest and Stream, 

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Nelson, E. W. Additions to the avifauna of Illinois, with notes on 

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Nelson, E. W. The Louisiana Heron in Indiaua. Bull. Nuttall Orn. 

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