A GUIDE TO THE 



BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND 



AND 



EASTERN NEW YORK 



CONTAINING A KEY FOR EACH SEASON AND SHORT 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF OVER TWO HUNDRED AND 

 FIFTY SPECIES WITH PARTICULAR REFER- 

 ENCE TO THEIR APPEARANCE 

 IN THE FIELD 



BY 



RALPH HOFFMANN 



Member of the American OmUhologists^ Union 



WITH FOUR FULL-PAGE PLATES BY LOUIS 



AOASSIZ FUEBTES AND NEARLY 



ONE HUNDRED CUTS IN 



THE TEXT 



BOSTON AND NEW YORK 

 HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 



