MAHOiiiZI Lu3 C^SERVATORl 



THE 



LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS 



_0F 



NEW ENGLAND 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BIRDS, THEIR NESTS 

 AND EGGS, THEIR HABITS AND NOTES 



WITH ILLUSTRA TIONS 



BY 



H. D. MINOT 



SECOND EDITION 

 EDITED BY WILLIAM BREWSTER 



To him who in the love of Nature holds 

 Communion with her visible forms, she speaks 

 A various language. 



Bryant's Thanatopsis 



BOSTON AND NEW YORK 

 HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 



189s 



