LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY LIBRARY Gin OP CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ffil?lfi!SLV.!f, , . V . ERSITY LIBRARY 3 IpS™™ 277 U 439 /WS DATE DUE Cornell University Library 'en h- The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924090277439 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Special Bulletin No. 1. LIFE HISTORIES 03T NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS WITH SPECIAL KEFEKENCE TO THEIR BREEDING HABITS AND EGGS, WITH TWELVE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. DY CHARLES BENDIBE, Captain, U. S. Army (Retired), Honorary Curator of the Ilcpurlmmt of Oology. U. 8. Xational Mitxcinn. Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1892. ,