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Note to Fourth Revision 5 



Preface 7 



General Hints 9 



Particular Hints 12 



Water and Shore Birds 13 



Grebes and Loons 13 



Gulls and Terns 14 



Ducks, Geese and Swans 15 



Herons and Bitterns 19 



Rails and Coots 20 



Plover and Sandpipers 22 



Land Birds 25 



Bobwhite and Grouse 25 



Doves 25 



Birds of Prey 26 



Cuckoos and Kingfishers 29 



Woodpeckers 29 



Swifts, Hummingbirds, etc 30 



Perching Birds 31 



Key to Land Birds 53 



Table of Occurrence in Lincoln Park, Chicago 60 



Table of Arrival in Lincoln Park, Chicago 64 



Table of Distribution and Occurrence 71 



Index to Common Names 89 



