THE 



BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND 



ADJACENT STATES: 



CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF 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, TIMB3 OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE, THEIR 



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



CAREFUL AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS: 



EUustrations of tnang Species of tfje Biros, antt accurate JFtgurts 

 of tfjcir Eggs. 



BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS, 



CURATOR OF ZOOLOGY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE OABIM 



WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. 



SEVENTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



BOSTON: 

 LOCKWOOD, BROOKS, AND COMPANY, 



381 WASHINGTON STREET. 

 1880. 



