TEACHERS' MANUAL OF 



BIRD-LIFE 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF 

 OUR COMMON BIRDS 



BY 



FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



assistant curator of the department of mammalogy and 



ornithology in the american museum of natural 



history ; member of the american 



ornithologists' union; 



AUTHOR OF HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, ETC. 



TO ACCOMPANY THE PORTFOLIOS 

 OF COLORED PLATES 



NEW YORK 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 



1899 



