Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Index: Links were made wherever possible to mentioned birds. In some cases however, the index references a bird or birds that are not mentioned anywhere in the text or index itself. One of these cases, for an example, is under Hen:
Mud. See Rail, Clapper and Coot, American
Merlin is another of these mentioned but not present references.
[Page 89], under PHILADELPHIA VERIO, the length is left blank in the original.
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