ADVERTISEMENT, 



The following memoir, by Major Charles Bendire, of the United States 

 Army, having been published at the joint expense of the Smithsonian fund and of 

 the printing appropriation of the United States National Museum, two separate 

 editions are issued, one forming a portion of the series of Smithsonian Contri- 

 butions to Knowledge, and the other appearing as a special bulletin of the 

 United States National Museum. 



In accordance with the rule adopted by the Smithsonian Institution, the 

 work has been submitted for examination to a commission in this instance 

 consisting of Mr. William Brewster, Doctor C. Hart Merriam, and Mr. Charles F. 

 Batchelder, and having been recommended for publication by these gentlemen, 

 it is herewith presented as a work of original research, illustrating more particu- 

 larly the life histories of North American Birds, from the Parrots to the 

 Crackles, with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. 



S. P. Langley, 



Secretary. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, October, 1895. 



