THE OOLOGIST. 



—MANUAL OF— 

 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



For the Naturalist and Sportsman. Contain- 

 ing Concise Description of every Species of Bird 

 known In North America, and Illustrated by 425 

 Outline Cuts of the Generic Characters. By 

 Robert Ridg way, Curator Department of Birds, 

 U. S. National Museum. 



The object of the present volume is to furnish 

 In a convenient manual of North America Ornith- 

 ology, reduced to the smallest compass, by the 

 omission of everything that is not absolutely 

 necessary for determining the character of any 

 given specimen, and Including, besides the cor- 

 rect nomenclature of each species, a statement 

 of its natural habitat, and other concomitant 

 data. 



This "manual of North American Birds" will 

 serve as a handy book for the sportsman and 

 traveller, as well as tor the resident naturalist. 



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