ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY 



NEW ENGLAND: 



CONTAINING 



FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND, AND ADJOINING 



STATES AND PROVINCES, ARRANGED BY A LONG-APPROVED 



CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE; 



TOGETHER WITH 



A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THEIR HABITS, TIMES OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE, 



THEIR DISTRIBUTION, FOOD, SONG, TIME OF BREEDING, AND 



A CAREFUL AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION 



OF THEIR NESTS AND EGGS; 



JHlustrattons of mang Species of tije Biros, ano accurate JFigure* 

 of tfjeir Eggs- 



BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS, 



CURATOR OF ZOOLOGY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE CABINET. 



BOSTON: 

 NICHOLS AND NOTES, 



117, WASHINGTON STREET. 

 1867. 



