THE 



LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS 



OF 



NEW ENGLAND 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BIRDS, THEIR ^fESTS 

 AND EGGS, THEIR HABITS AND NOTES 



WITH ILLUSTRA TIONS 



H. D. MINOT 



THIRD EDITION 

 EDITED BY WILLIAM BREWSTER 



To him who in the love of Nature holds 

 Communion with her visible formsi she speaks 

 A various language. 



Bryani's Thanatopsis 





BOSTON AND NEW YORK 



HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 



^i Ctitecsibe pre^jd, Cambnii0e 



1903 



