AMERICAN EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



BRITISH BIRDS. 

 Sparrow Hawk . . Accipiter nisus. 



AMERICAN BIRDS 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter fuscus. 



Aluco pratincola. 

 I Zenaidura carolinen- 

 I sis. 



Canace canadensis. 



Bonasa umbellus. 



Ortyx virginiana. 



Lagopus albus. 



yEgialitis vocifera. 

 i Tringoides macula- 

 I rius. 



Gallinago wilsoni. 



Porzana Carolina. 



Gallinula galeata. 



ELLIOTT COUES. 



WASHINGTON, D.C. 



