POPULAR EDITION IN COLORS 



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BIRD-LIFE . 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF 

 OUR COMMON BIRDS 



BY 



FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



CURATOR OF ORNITHOLOGY, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' I^NION 



AUTHOR OF "HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA,'" 



"BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA," "CAMI'S AND CRUISES 



OF AN ORNITHOLOGIST," ETC. 



IV/rf/ SEVENTY-FIVE FULL-PAGE COLORED PLATES 

 AFTER DRAWINGS BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON 



NEW YORK AND LONDON 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 



1912 



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