6t« S. 



A 



MANUAL 



OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



BY 



WINFRID A. STEARNS. 



Being a Preliminary Study of the Classes, Or- 

 ders, Families, Sub-Families, with an enu- 

 meration of the Genera and prin- 

 cipal Species, of the Birds 

 of North America. 

 Together with a Brief Synopsis of the Special 

 Features of General Ornithology, 

 designed for the student and all lovers of this 

 most fascinating branch of science. suitable also 

 as a simple, preliminary introduction to any of 

 our present works upon this subject. 



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1895. 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 



AT THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY PRINTING OFFICE, 



ATLANTA, GA.. 



