A HISTORY OF THE 



Game Birds, Wild-Fowl 

 and Shore Birds 



OF 



Massachusetts and Adjacent States 



Including those used for food which have disappeared since the 



settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted 



for food or sport, with observations on their 



former abundance and recent decrease 



in numbers; also the means for 



conserving those still 



in existence 



By Edward Howe Forbush 



State Ornithologist of Massachusetts 



Illustrated with Drawings by W. 1. Beecroft and the Author 

 and Photographs by Herbert K. Job and others 



Issued by the 



Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture 



By Authority of the Legislature, 1912 



