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THE 



WILD FOWL 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



A.NU 



BRITISH POSSESSIONS 



OK TIIK 



SWAN, GHESE, DUCKS, AND MERGANSERS 



OK 



NORTH AMERICA 



WITH ACCOUNTS OF THEIR HABITS, NESTING, MIGRA- 

 TIONS, AND DISPERSIONS, TOGETHER WITH DESCRIP- 

 TIONS OF THE ADULTS AND YOUNG, AND KEYS 

 FOR THE READY IDENTIFICATION OF THE SPECIES 



/^ book for the Sportsman, and for those desirous of knowing how ta 



distinguish these web-footed birds and to learn 



their ways in their native wilds 



DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, F. R. S. E., etc 



Ex- President of f he American Ornithologists' Union 



.^ he New and Heretofore Unfigured Birds of North A, 



the Illustrated Monographs of t lie Ant Thrushes {editions iSbs and 



Au.'hor of the New and Heretofore Unfigured Birds of North America 

 ' Illustrated Monographs of t/ie Ant Thrushes {editions iSbs < 

 /i?(?j), Grouse, Pheasants, Biras of Paradise, Hortibills, Cats, 



etc.: of the Classification and Synopsis of the Tro 



chilidce ; of the Shore Birds, and Gallinaceous 



Game Birds of North America : of 



Wolf's Wild Animals, etc., etc. 



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