DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, SS. 



y ^ BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the sixteenth day 

 " ^* of December, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence 

 of the United States of America, J. L. Comstock, of the said Dis- 

 trict, hath deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right 

 whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit : " Na- 

 tural History of Birds ; with Engravings, on a new plan, exhibiting- 

 their comparative size : adapted to the capacities of youth ; with 

 authentic anecdotes, illustrating their habits and characters ; to- 

 gether with reflections, moral and religious ; designed for Sabbath 

 school libraries, families, and common schools. By J. L. Com- 

 stock, M. D." in conformity to the act of Congress of the United 

 States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by 

 securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors 

 and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.'' 

 And also to the act, entitled, " an act supplementary to an act, en- 

 titled, fc an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the 

 copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of 

 such copies, during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the 

 benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching 

 historical and other prints." 



CHAS. A. INGERSOLL, 

 Clerk of the District of Connecticut 

 A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, 



CHAS. A. INGERSOLL, 

 Clerk of the District of Connecticut, 



