A 



MONOGRAPH 



BIED 



BY 



DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, 



COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF FREDERIC OF WURTTEMBERG ; 

 KNIGHT THIRD CLASS OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE DANNEBROG OF DENMARK ; KNIGHT FIRST CLASS OF THE GRAND-DUCAL ORDER OF PHILIPPE LE MAGNANIME OF HESSE ; 

 KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL ORDERS OF CHRIST OF PORTUGAL, OF ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC OF SPAIN, OF ST. MAURICE AND ST. LAZARE OF 

 ITALY ; FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, AND OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY 

 OF DESIGN OF NEW YORK ; MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF 

 PHILADELPHIA, OF THE NEW- YORK LYCEUM OF 

 NATURAL HISTORY, OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OF THE BRITISH 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF ACCLIMATATION OF PARIS ; FOREIGN CORRESPONDING 

 MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF LISBON; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE BOSTON NATURAL-HISTORY SOCIETY, &c. &c: 

 AUTHOR OF THE ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS OF THE PITTID^E, TETRAONINiE, AND PHASIANIDjE ; OF THE NEW AND HERETOFORE UNFIGURED BIRDS OF NORTH 



AMERICA; &c. &c. 



OF THE PARAMSEID 



OR 



S OP PARADISE. 



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