SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Special Bulletin No. 1. 



LIFE HISTORIES 



03T 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 



WITH SPECIAL KEFEKENCE TO 



THEIR BREEDING HABITS AND EGGS, 



WITH 



TWELVE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 



DY 



CHARLES BENDIBE, Captain, U. S. Army (Retired), 



Honorary Curator of the Ilcpurlmmt of Oology. U. 8. Xational Mitxcinn. 

 Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 1892. 



