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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING BIRDS. 



BY 



ROBERT RIDGWAY, 



Curator of the Department of Birds. 



Part A of Bulletin of the I'nited States National Museum, No. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OEFICE. 

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