Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on the Progress and Condition of the Illinois State Museum of Natural History: For the Years 1913-1914 and 1915-1916 The birds are classified in accordance with the plan adopted by the American Ornithological Union. A list of the birds on exhibition is given on pages 33 to 52 of the museum report for 1911 - 1912. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.