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THE 
LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS 
OF 
NEW ENGLAND 
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BIRDS, THEIR NESTS 
AND EGGS, THEIR HABITS AND NOTES 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
BY 
H. D. MINOT 
SECOND EDITION 
EDITED BY WILLIAM BREWSTER 
To him who in the love of Nature holds 
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks 
A various language. 
Bryant's Thanatopsis 
BOSTON AND NEW YORK 
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 
CutetsiDc press, Cambn&ge 
1895 
