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A NEW WORK ON ORNITHOLOGY. 



A MANUAL OF 



North American Birds. 



Containing Concise Descriptions of Every Species 

 of Birds known in North America. 



BY ROBERT RIDGWAY, 



Curator Department of Birds, United States 

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Profusely Illustrated with 404 Outline Cuts of the 

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