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                        The Birds of Washington


Of this work in all its editions 1250 copies have been printed and the
plates destroyed.

Of the Original Edition 350 copies have been printed and bound, of which
this copy is No._298_.

                  [Illustration: HEPBURN'S LEUCOSTICTE
                          MALE, 5/6 LIFE SIZE
              From a Water-color Painting by Allan Brooks]




                        THE BIRDS OF WASHINGTON


 A COMPLETE, SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE 372 SPECIES OF BIRDS
                           FOUND IN THE STATE

                                   BY
             WILLIAM LEON DAWSON, A. M., B. D., of Seattle
                     AUTHOR OF "THE BIRDS OF OHIO"

                              ASSISTED BY
                     JOHN HOOPER BOWLES, of Tacoma

   ILLUSTRATED BY MORE THAN 300 ORIGINAL HALF-TONES OF BIRDS IN LIFE,
    NESTS, EGGS, AND FAVORITE HAUNTS, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
                              AND OTHERS.

    TOGETHER WITH 40 DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT AND A SERIES OF FULL-PAGE
                             COLOR-PLATES.
                                   BY
                              ALLAN BROOKS

                            ORIGINAL EDITION

                 PRINTED ONLY FOR ADVANCE SUBSCRIBERS.

                                VOLUME I

                                SEATTLE
                     THE OCCIDENTAL PUBLISHING CO.
                                  1909
                         _ALL RIGHTS RESERVED_

                            Copyright, 1909,
                                   by
                          William Leon Dawson

        Half-tone work chiefly by The Bucher Engraving Company.
    Composition and Presswork by The New Franklin Printing Company.
                  Binding by The Ruggles-Gale Company.


