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JANUARY, 1897. 



1 Nonpareil. 



2 Resplendent Trogon. 



3 Mandarin Duck. 



4 Golden Pheasant. 



5 Australian Parrakeet. 



6 Cock of the Rock. 



7 Red Bird of Paradise. 



8 Yellow-throated Toucan. 



9 Red-rumped TaiTager. 



10 Golden Oriole. 



FEBRUARY, 1897. 



11 American Blue Jay. 



12 Swallow-tailed Indian Roller. 



13 Red-headed Woodpecker. 



14 Mexican .Mot Mot. 



15 King Parrot. 



16 American Robin. 



17 American Kingfisher. 



18 Blue-mountain Lory. 



19 Red-wmged Black Bird. 



20 Cardinal, or fted Bird. 



MARCH, 1897. 



21 Blue Bird. 



22 Barn Swallow. 



23 Brown Thrasher. 



24 Japan Pheasant. 



25 Bobolink 



26 American Crow. 



27 Flicker. 



28 Black Tern. 



29 Meadow Lark. 



30 Great Horned Owl. 



APRIL., 1897. 



31 Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



32 Canada Jay. 



33 Purple Gallinule. 



34 Smith's Longspur. 



35 American Red Crossbills. 



36 California Woodpecker. 



37 Pied-billed Grebe. 



38 Bohemian Wax Wing. 



39 Long- billed Marsh Wren. 



40 Arizona Jay. 



MAY, 1897. 



41 Screech Owl. 



42 Orchard Oriole. 



43 Marsh Hawk. 



44 Scissor-iallcd Flycatcher. 



45 Black-capped Chickadee. 



46 Prothonotary Warbler. 



47 Indigo Bird. 



48 Night Hawk. 



49 Wood Thrush. 



50 Cat Bird. 



JUNE, 1897. 



51 Yellow-throated Vireo. 



52 American Mocking Bird. 



53 Black-crowned Night Heron 



54 Ring-billed Gull. 



55 Logger-head Shrike. 



56 Baltimore Oriole. 



57 Snowy Owl. 



58 Scarlet Tanager. 



59 Ruffed Grouse. 



60 Black and White Creeping 



Warbler. 



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JULY. 1897. 



American Bald Eagle. 



Ring Plover. 



Mallard Duck. 



American Avocet. 



Canvas-back Duck. 



Wood Duck. 



Anhinga, or Snake Bird. 



American Woodcock, 



White-winged Scoter. 



Snowy Heron, or Little Egret. 



AUGUST, 1897. 

 Osprey. 

 Sora Rail. 

 Kentucky Warbler. 

 Red -breasted Merganser 

 Yellow Legs. 

 Skylark. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 

 Evening Grosbeak. 

 Turkey Vulture, 

 Gambel's Partridge. 



SEPTEMBER, 1897. 

 Summer Yellow Bird. 

 Hermit Thrush. 

 Song Sparrow. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 Ruby - throated Humming- 



Bird. 

 House Wren. 

 Phoebe. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 

 Mourning Dove. 

 White-breasted Nuthatch. 



OCTOBER. 1897. 

 Blackburnian Warbler. 

 Gold Finch. 

 Chimney Swift. 

 Horned Lark 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

 Warbling Vireo. 

 Wood Pewee. 

 Snow Bunting. 

 .Tunco. 

 King Bird. 



NOVEMBER, 1897. 



Summer Tanager. 

 White-fronted Goose. 

 Turnstone. 

 Bf Ited Piping Plover. 

 Wild Turkey. 

 Cerulean Warbler. 

 Yellow-billeil Tropic Bird. 

 European Kingfisher. 

 Vermilion Flycatcher. 

 Lazuli Bunting. 



DECEMBER, 1897. 

 Mountain Blue Bird. 

 English Sparrow. 

 Allen's Humming-Bird. 

 Green-winged Teal. 

 Black Grouse. 

 Flamingo. 

 Verdin. 



Bronzed Grackle. 

 Ring-necked Pheasant. 

 Yellow-breisted Chat. 



JANUARY, 1898. 



121 Crowned Pigeon. 



122 Red-eyed Vireo. 



123 Fox .Sparrow. 



124 Bob White. 



125 Passenger Pigeon. 



126 Short-eared Owl. 



127 Rose Cockatoo. 



128 Mountain Partridge. 



FEBRUARY, 1898. 



129 Least Bittern. 



130 Bald Pate Duck. 



131 Purple Finch. 



132 Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



133 Sawwhet Owl. 



134 Black Swan. 



135 Snowy Plover. 



136 Lesser Prairie Hen. 



MARCH, 1898. 



137 Black Duck. 



138 Wilson's Petrel. 



139 Blue-Gray Gnat-Catcher. 



140 American Coot. 



141 Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 



142 American Sparrow Hawk. 



143 Silver Pheasant. 



144 Scaled Partridge. 



APRIL, 1898. 



145 Ovenbird. 



146 American Three-toed Wood 



pecker. 



147 Bartramian Sandpiper. 



148 Nightingale. 



149 Roseate Spoonbill. 



150 Dlckcissel. 



151 Dusky Grouse. 



152 Eggs, First Series. 



MAY, 1898. 



153 South American Rhea. 



154 Baybreasted Warbler. 



155 Black-necked Stilt. 



156 Pintail Duck. 



1.57 Double Y'ellow-headed Par 



rot. 

 1.5S Magnolia Warbler. 



159 Great Blue Heron. 



160 Eggs, Second Series. 



JUNE. 1898. 



161 Brunnich's Murre. 



162 Canada Goose 



163 Brown Creeper. 



164 Downy Woodpecker. 



165 Old Squaw Duck. 



166 White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



167 Arkansas King Bird. 



168 Eggs, Third Series. 



JULY, 1898. 



169 Wilson's Snipe. 



170 Black Wolf. 



171 Red Squirrel. 



172 Prairie Hen. 



173 Butterflies, First Series 



174 Gray Rabbit. 



175 American Ocelot. 



176 Apple Blossom. 



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