Bulletin - United States National Museum . Ph. D., Professor of Anatomy in the National Medical follege, etc., AND D. WEBSTER PRENTISS, A. M., M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in theJfational Medical College, etc, WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING- 8 8 3. ^PeparfmeTif of the inferior U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 32 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. No. 26. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. WASHINGTON:GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1883. ADVERTISEMENT. This work is the thirty-second of a series of papers intended to illus-trate the colle
Bulletin - United States National Museum . Ph. D., Professor of Anatomy in the National Medical follege, etc., AND D. WEBSTER PRENTISS, A. M., M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in theJfational Medical College, etc, WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING- 8 8 3. ^PeparfmeTif of the inferior U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 32 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. No. 26. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. WASHINGTON:GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1883. ADVERTISEMENT. This work is the thirty-second of a series of papers intended to illus-trate the collections of natural history and ethnology belonging to theUnited States, and constituting the National Museum, of which theSmithsonian Institution was placed in charge by the act of Congress ofAugust 10, 1846. It bas been prepared at the request of the Institution, and printed byauthority of the honorable Secretary of the Interior. SPENCER F. BAIED,Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, June 1st, AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA LIST OF BIRDS ASCERTAINED TO INHABIT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WITH THE TIMES OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF SUCH AS ARE NON-RESIDENTS, AND BRIEF NOTICES OF HABITS, ETC. THE SECOND EDITION, REVISED TO DATE, AND ENTIRELY REWRITTEN. BY ELLIOTT COUES, M. D., PL D., Professor of An atom y in the National Medical College, etc., AND D. WEBSTER PRENTISS, A. M., M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the National Medical College, etc. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1883. CONTENTS. Page. I.—Literature of the Subject 7 II.—Location and Topography of the District 11 III.—General Character of the Avifauna 28 IV.—Annotated List of the Birds 33 V.—Summary and Recapitulation Ill VI.—Game Laws of the District 119 5 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA: BEING A LIST OF BIRDS ASCERTAINED TO INHABIT THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-BIA, WITH THE TIMES OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF SUCH ASARE NON-RESIDENTS, AND BRIEF NOTICES OF HABITS, ET
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