OuR NATIVE BIRDS 
SONG AND BEAUTY, 
BEING 
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ALL THE SONGBIRDS, FLYCATCHERS, HUMMINGBIRDS, SWIFTS, 
GOATSUCKERS, WOODPECKERS, KINGFISHERS, TROGONS, CUCKOOS, 
AND Parrots, OF NorTH AMERICA. 
By 
HENRY NEHRLING, 
CUSTODIAN OF THE PuBLIC Museum, MILWAUKEE, Wis., ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOCISTS' 
Union, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB, MEMBER OF 
THE GERMAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BERLIN, Etc., Etc. 
WITH THIRTY-SIX COLORED PLATES AFTER WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS 
By. Pror. ROBERT RIDGWAY, SMITHSONIAN INsTITUTION AND NaTionaL Museum, WasuincTon, D. C., 
Pror. 4. GOERING, Leirzic, anp GUSTAV MUETZEL, BERLIN. 
VOLUME I. 
MILWAUKEE: 
GEORGE BRUMDER. 
1893, 
