UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES

F. V. HAYDEN, U. S. GEOLOGIST-IN-CHARGE

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS-No. 11

ENERAL LIBRARY

University of
MICHIGAN

BIRDS OF THE COLORADO VALLEY

A REPOSITORY OF

SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR INFORMATION

CONCERNING

NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY

BY ELLIOTT COUES

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Ηλθ', ἦλθε χελιδὼν καλὰς ὥρας άγουσα

PART FIRST

Passeres to Laniidæ
Bibliographical Appendix

Seventy Illustrations

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

SIR:

U.S. GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL
SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES,

Washington, D. C., October 31, 1878.

I have the honor to transmit herewith, for approval and for publication, Part First of a treatise entitled "Birds of the Colorado Valley", which I have taken great pains to render worthy of favorable consideration as a repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology. I am, Sir, &c.,

DR. F. V. HAYDEN,

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U. S. Geologist, &c., &c.,
Washington, D. C.

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