THE AMERICAN 



NATURAL HISTORY 



A FOUNDATION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE OF 

 THE HIGHER ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA 



BY 

 WILLIAM T. HORN AD AY, ScD., 



DIKECTOE OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PABK 

 AUTHOR OP "two TEAHS IN THE JUNGLE," "OUK VANISHING WILD LIFE," ETC. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 225 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY BEARD, RUNGIUS, 

 SAWYER, AND OTHERS, 151 PHOTOGRAPHS, CHIEFLY BY SANBORN, 

 KELLER, AND UNDERWOOD, AND WITH NUMEROUS CHARTS AND MAPS 



WITH SIXTEEN PLATES IN COLOR 



FIRESIDE EDITION 



VOLUME III— BIRDS (CONCLUDED) 



NEW YORK 



CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 



1914 



£ V 



