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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY— BULLETIN No. 17 



C. HART MERRIAM, Chief 



IRDS OF A MARYLAND FARM 



A LOCAL STUDY OF ECONOMIC ORNITHOLOGY 



BY 



SYLVESTER D. JTJDID, Tli. D. 



ASSISTANT, BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 



PREPARED t'NDER THE DIRECTION OF 



ID X- . C . H :A. R T ]VI E R R I ^^ M: 



Chief of Biological Survey 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1902 



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