THE 



LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS 



OF 



NEW ENGLAND 



WITH 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 

 THEIR HABITS AND NOTES. 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY 



H. D. MINOT. 



" To him who in the love of Nature holds 



" Communion with her visible forms, she speaks 



"A various language;" 



BRYANT'S THANATOPSIS. 



SALEM, MASS. 



NATUKALISTS' AGENCY. 



BOSTON: ESTES & LAURIAT. 

 1877. 



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