TRE BIRDS 



OF 



EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 



KNOWN TO OCCUR EAST OF THE NINETIETH MERIDIAN 



WATER BIRDS 



PART I 



KEY TO. THE FAMILIES AND SPECIES 



BY 



CHARLES B. CORY 



Curator of the Department of Ornithology in the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago ; Vice- President of 



the American Ornithologists' Union ; Fello:v of the Linmcan and Zoological Societies of London ; 



Member of the British Ornithologies' Union ; Honorary Member of the California 



Academy of Sciences ; Cor. Member New York Academy of Sciences^ etc , etc. 



AUTHOR OF "THK BEAUTIFUL AND CURIOUS BIRDS OF THE WORLD," "THE BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA 



ISLANDS," "THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO," " THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES," 



" A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS," " HUNTING AND FISHING 



IN FLORIDA," * ; KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA," "How TO 



KNOW THE SHORE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA," " How TO 



KNOW THE DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS," ETC., ETC. 



SPECIAL EDITION PRINTED FOR THE 



FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM, CHICAGO, ILL. 



. 1899 



