THE 



BIRDS' OF NORTH AMERICA 



ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN ARTISTIC COLORED PLATES 

 REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT SPECIES 



AND VARIETIES 



DRAWN AND COLORED FROM NATURE 



INCLUDING A COPIOUS TEXT GIVING A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF 



THEIR HABITS AND CHARACTERISTICS, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS MADE IN THE FIELD 



BY THE MOST EMINENT WRITERS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



PREFACED BY A SYSTEMATIC TABLE AND INDEX TO PAGE, PLATE AND FIGURE 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED BY 



THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



JACOB H. STUDER 



EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR 



NEW-YORK, U. S. A. 



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THE NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 



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