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. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 



ERNEST SETON THOMPSON 



WITH SEVENTY-FIVE FULL-PAGE 

 PLATES IN COLORS 



NEW YORK 

 APPLETON AND COMPANY 

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