TRE BIRDS 



OF 



Eastern North America 



KNOWN TO OCCUR EAST OF THE NINETIETH MERIDIAN 



WATER BIRDS 



PART I 



KEY TO THE FAMILIES AND SPECIES 



BY :^ (^ 

 CHARLES B. CORY 



Curator of the Department of Oriiiiholo^y i n the Field CoUintbian Museufu, Chicago; Viee- Preside tit of 



the American Ornithologists' Unioa ; I'elloiv of the Linmcan and Zoological Societies of London ; 



Member of the British Ornithologi ts^ Union; Honorary Meviher of the California 



Academy of Sciences ; Cor. Member Neiv York Academy of Sciences, etc , etc. 



Author ok "Thk Beautiful anh Curious Birds of the Would," "TftE Birds of hie Bahama 



Islands," "The Birds of Haiti and San Dominoo," " The Birds of hie West Indies," 



"A Naturalisi' in the Magdalen Islands," "Hunting and Fishing 



IN Florida," "Key to the Water Birds of Florida," "How to 



KNOW the Shore Birds of North America," " How to 



know the Ducks, Geese, and Swans," etc., etc. 



SPECIAL edition I'UINTEU FOR THE 



FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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