This book contains a comprehensive handbook concerned primarily with the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries. A wonderfully detailed treatise on the subject, this antique text will greatly appeal to those with an interest in the species of birds native to this region and makes for a great addition to any collection of antiquarian ornithological literature. The orders covered in this book include: Passerses, Picariæ, Psittaci, Raptores, Columbæ, Gallinæ, Grallatores, Lamellirostres, Steganopodes, Longipennes, and Pygopodes. This book was originally published in 1874 under the auspices of the 'Geological Survey of the Territories', and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction to ornithology.