BULLETIN 
OF THE 
Nuttall Ornithological Club: 
A QUARTERLY JOURNAL GF ORNITHOLOGY. 
EIGHTH YEAR, OP PUBLiIOATION. 
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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 
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