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JANUARY, 1897. 



1 Nonpareil. 



2 Resplendent Trogon. 



3 Mandarin Duck. 



4 Golden Ptieasant, 



5 Australian Parralieet. 



6 Cock of tlie Roclt. 



7 Red Bird of Paradise. 



8 Yellow-throated Toucan. 



9 Red-rumped Tanager. 



10 Golden Oriole. 



FEBRUARY, 1897. 



11 American Blue Jay. 



12 Swallow-tailed Indian Roller. 



13 Red-headed Woodpecker. 



14 Mexican Mot Mot. 



15 King Parrot. 



16 American Robin. 



17 American Kingfisher. 



18 Blue-mountain Lory. 



19 Red-winged Black Bird. 



20 Cardinal, or Red Bird. 



MARCH, 1897. 



21 Blue Bird. 



22 Barn Swallow. 



23 Brown Thrasher. 



24 Japan Pheasant. 



25 Bobolink 



26 American Crow. 



27 Flicker. 



28 Black Tern. 



29 Meadow Lark. 



30 Great Horned OwL 



APRIL, 1897. 



31 Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



32 Canada Jay. 



33 Purple Gallinule. 



34 Smith's Longspur. 



35 American Red Crossbills. 



36 California Woodpecker. 



37 Pied-billed Grebe. 



38 Bohemian Wax Wing. 



39 Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



40 Arizona Jay. 



MAY, 1897. 



41 Screech Owl. 



42 Orchard Oriole. 



43 Marsh Hawk. 



44 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 



45 Black-capped Chickadee. 



46 Prothonotary Warbler. 



47 Indigo Bird. 



48 Night Hawk. 



49 Wood Thrush. 



50 Cat Bird. 



JUNE, 1897. 



51 Yellow-throated Vireo. 



52 American Mocking Bird. 



53 Blacl^-crowned Night Heron 



54 Ring-billed Gull. 



55 Logger-head Shrike. 



56 Baltimore Oriole. 



57 Snowy Owl. 



58 Scarlet Tanager. 



59 Ruffed Grouse. 



60 Black and White Creeping 



Warbler. 



87 



JULY. 1897. 



American Kald Eagle. 



Ring Plover. 



Mallard Duck. 



American Avocet. 



Canvas-back Duck. 



Wood Duck 



Anhinga, or Snake Bird. 



American Woodcock, 



White-winged Scoter. 



Snowy Heron, or Little Egret. 



AUGUST, 1897. 

 Osprey. 

 Sora Rail. 

 Kentucky Warbler. 

 Red-breasted Merganser 

 Yellow Legs. 

 Skylark. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 

 Evening Grosbeak. 

 Turkey Vulture, 

 Gambel's Partridge. 



SEPTEMBER, 1897. 



Summer Yellow Bird. 

 Hermit Thrush. 

 Song Sparrow. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 Ruby - throated Humming- 



Bird. 

 House Wren. 

 Phoebe. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 

 Mourning Dove. 

 White-breasted Nuthatch. 



OCTOBER, 1897. 



91 Blackburnian Warbler. 



92 Gold Finch. 



93 Chimney Swift. 



94 Horned Lark. 



95 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



96 Warbling Vireo. 



97 Wood Pewee. 



98 Snow Bunting. 



99 Junco. 



100 King Bird. 



NOVEMBER, 1897. 



101 Summer Tanager. 



102 White-fronted Goose. 



103 Turnstone. 



104 Belted Piping Plover. 



105 Wild Turkey. 



106 Cerulean Warbler. 



107 Yellow-bilied Tropic Bird. 



108 European Kingfisher. 



109 Vermilion Flycatcher. 



110 Lazuli Bunting. 



DECEMBER, 1897. 



111 Mountain Blue Bird. 



112 English Sparrow. 



113 Allen's Humming-Bird. 



114 Green-winged Teal. 



115 Black Grouse. 



116 Flamingo. 



117 Verdin. 



118 Bronzed Grackle. 



119 Ring-necked Pheasant. 



120 Yellow-breasted Chat. 



JANUARY, 1898. 



121 Crowned Pigeon. 



122 Red-eyed Vireo. 



123 Fox Sparrow. 



124 Bob White. 



125 Passenger Pigeon. 



126 Short-eared Owl. 



127 Rose Cockatoo. 



128 Mountain Partridge. 



FEBRUARY, 1898. 



129 Least Bittern. 

 ISO Bald Pate Duck. 



131 Purple Finch. 



132 Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



133 Sawwhet Owl. 



134 Black Swan. 



135 Snowy Plover. 



136 Lesser Prairie Hen. 



MARCH, 1898. 



137 Black Duck. 



138 Wilson's Petrel. 



139 Blue-Gray Gnat-Catcher. 



140 American Coot. 



141 Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 



142 American Sparrow Hawk. 



143 Silver Pheasant. 



144 Scaled Partridge. 



APRIL., 1898. 



145 Ovenbird. 



146 American Three-toed Wood- 



pecl^er. 



147 Bartramian Sandpiper. 



148 Nightingale. 



149 Roseate Spoonbill. 



150 Dlckcissel. 



151 Dusky Grouse. 



152 Eggs, First Series. 



MAY, 1898. 



153 South American Rhea. 



154 Baybreasted Warbler. 



155 Black-necked Stilt. 



156 Pintail Duck. 



157 Double Yellow-headed Par- 



rot. 



158 Magnolia Warbler. 



159 Great Blue Heron. 



160 Eggs, Second Series. 



JUNE. 1898. 



161 Brunnich's Murre. 



162 Canada Goose. 



163 Brown Creeper. 



164 Downy Woodpecker. 



165 Old Squaw Duck. 



166 White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



167 Arkansas King Bird. 



168 Eggs, Third Series. 



JULY, 1898. 



169 Wilson's Snipe. 



170 Black Wolf. 



171 Red Squirrel. 



172 Prairie Hen. 



173 Butterflies, First Serlef 



174 Gray Rabbit. 



175 American Ocelot. 



176 Apple Blossom. 



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