BULLETIN 
OF THE 
Nuttall Ornithological Club: 
A QUARTERLY JOURNAL CF ORNITHOLOGY. • 
SEVENTH YEA.K, OH 1 FTJBXjI0A.TI03ST. 
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GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. 
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who are interested in Birds. It will be mainly devoted, as heretofore, to the Ornithology of 
North America. Being a general 
MAGAZINE OF ORNITHOLOGY, 
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department of General Notes is rich in the experiences of the working ornithologists of this 
country. 
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MR. J. A. ALLEN, 
Assisted by PROF. S. F. BAIRD and DR. ELLIOTT COUES. 
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