CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Bird-life map of Minnesota Frontispiece 



List of illustrations ivv 



Introduction 1-4 



A synopsis of the bird life of Minnesota 5-10 



Key to abbreviations used in lists ". 11 



A check-list of birds known to occur regularly in Minnesota 12 21 



A list of birds that are rare or accidental in Minnesota 22-26 



Introduced species 27 



Unsettled species 28 



Extirpated species 29 



Vanishing species 30-33 



Hypothetical list 34-35 



Minnesota bird laws 3637 



The Federal Migratory Bird Law and the Migratory Bird 



Treaty Act 38-39 



Wild-life refuges in Minnesota 40-42 



A list of Minnesota game and wild-life refuges, with approxi- 

 mate area of each, complete to January 1, 1919 43 



Map of Minnesota showing location of game and wild-life 



refuges 44 



Outlawed and questionable birds 45-47 



An abridged bibliography of Minnesota ornithology 48-58 



Index to bibliography by dates and authors' names 59 



Index.. ..91-100 



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