SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



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LIFE HISTORIES 



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NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS 



WITH SPECIAL KEFEKENCE TO 



THEIR BREEDING HABITS AND EGGS, 



WITH 



TWELVE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 



CHARLES liKNDlllE, CAPTAIN, U. S. ARMY (RETIRED), 



Honorary Curator of the Department of Oiiloyy, U. S. National Museum, 

 Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



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WASHINGTON: 



GOVEUNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



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