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inscriptions of evety species ot blifls known to North America. 

 outline cuts otiht gem ric chaiacu-is, and.apoitralt ot 

 ihe late sj enctT F. Batrd. 



cation, numeration and nomenclature conform strictly with the Check 

 li American Birds recently publisher! by tie A. O. U. For ibe benefit of ob- 

 southern border, a ^ynopsls of all Mexican. Cuban and Bahaman spe- 

 ;U American genus Is given. 



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used for any^ornlthologlcal work in America, and are mod- 

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is has beea worked u p exactly as If it were the subject of a special mono- 

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tlal characters of every species and sub-species given, with 

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carefully dl-t Ingulshe I. The nest and eggs arc concisely described. 



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E. B. WEBSTER, Cresoo Iowa. 



3Y REV. J. K. LAKGILLE. 



The most readable of all ornithological works, being written in afresh and 



manner and almost entirely from personal observations. It takes up the descriptions 



and 1. irds as they appear In eastern North America, In order of Hit- seasons, 



dng free from the classification of a text book or manual, begins by noting t he nr- 



t the first feathered sons cer, taking up each bird separately, and 



LIFE HISTORYS that are curious and fascinating in the li, 

 ivonderfnl creatul 



tsrecelve the most attention, thou 

 jf Information lsglven on the interesting localities of Nova Scotia and Hudson's 



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 i Ion, instinct, the analogy of nidlflcatlon, the specialized forms and adaptions 

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 . 25 in number, are by that, prince of bird artists. EDWIN SHEP- 

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