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EDITOR'S PREFACE 5 



BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND 11 



Family Tyrannidce : Flycatchers . . . .11 



Caprimulgida : Whippoorwills and Night-hawks, 50 



Cypselida : ' Swifts 56 



TrochilidcE : Humming-birds ... 59 



Alcedinidcs : Kingfishers .... 62 



Cuculidce : Cuckoos 65 



Picidce: Woodpeckers .... 69 



Strigidce : Owls 86 



Falconida : Hawks 101 



Cathartidce: American Vultures . . .135 



Columbida : Pigeons . . . . . 139 



Meleagrididce : Turkeys 145 



Tetraonida : Grouse, Partridge . . .145 



Charadriida : Plovers 163 



Hamatopodida : Oyster-catchers. . . .177 



Recurvirostridce : Avocets, Stilts . . . .180 



PhalaropodidcE : Phalaropes . . . .184 



Scolopacida : Snipe, &c. . . . .191 



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