THE 



BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND 



AND 



ADJACENT STATES: 



CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OP THE BIRDS OP NEW ENGLAND, AND ADJOIN- 

 ING STATES AND PROVINCES, ARRANGED BY A LONG-APPROVED 

 CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE; 



TOGETHER WITH 



A HISTORY OF THEIR HABITS, TIMES OP ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE, THEIR 



DISTRIBUTION, FOOD, SONG, TIME OP BREEDING, AND A 



CAREFUL AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OP 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS; 



Ellustrattons of manjj Species of tfje BirUs, anfc accurate .figures 

 0( tfjctr Eggs. 



BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS, 



CURATOR OF ZOOLOGY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE CABINET. 



WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. 



SIXTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



BOSTON: 



NOYES, HOLMES, AND COMPANY, 



117, WASHINGTON STREET. 



1872. 



