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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



Special Bulletin No. 1. 



LIFE HISTORIES 



NOETH AMERICAN BIEDS 



WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO 



THEIR BREEDING HABITS AND EGGS, 



TWELVE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 



CHARLES BENDIRE, (Uptain, U. S. Akmy (Retiked; 



Honorari) Ciiralor of the Depiirlmcnl of (Jiiloyi/. U. S. XalioiiKl Miisoitm, 

 Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



WASHIJSTGTOiS^: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OPFIOB 

 1892. 



