A ME RICA N ORNITHOL OGY. 



85 



American Ornithology. 



A MAGAZINE DEVOTED WHOLLY 

 TO BIRDS. 



Published monthly by Chas. K. Reed, 

 75 Thomas Street, Worcester, Mass. 

 Edited by C. Albert Reed. 



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