DR. CHAPMAN'S NEW BOOK 



THE TRAVELS 

 OF BIRDS 



Written for use as a school text-book, 

 A book which teachers everywhere have 

 been seeking in connection with their 

 reading in this important field of study 



Dr. Chapman has 

 prepared this httle vol- 

 ume in response to an 

 urgent demand from 

 school-teachers for a 

 book telling the story 

 of the migration of our 

 bird -friends. He ex- 

 plains the means by 

 which birds fly, how 

 they brave gales and 

 storms, what routes 

 they take, where they 

 may be found in va- 

 rious seasons, which 

 travel by night and 

 which by day, and so 

 on. The migrations are 

 developed in logical 

 sequence, and at the end of each 

 chapter are suggestions for study in- 

 valuable to teacher and pupil alike. 



Contents in Brief 



Chapter 



I. Birds as Traveler 

 II. Preparing for the 



Journey 

 First Flights 

 The Birds' Air Line 

 The Birds' Time 



Table 

 The Day Flyers 

 The Night Flyers 

 The Travels of the 



Bobolink 

 Some Famous Bird 



Travelers 

 The Dangers by the 



Way 

 The Birds' Compass 

 Why Birds Travel 



ITT. 



IV. 

 V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XI. 

 XII. 



"Dr. Chapman gives 

 innumerable details 

 that are more wonder- 

 ful than Biblical mir- 

 acles, and more fasci- 

 nating than any fiction. 

 He has put into seventy 

 pages all that is needed 

 to stir one's soul with 

 wonder and admiration. 

 "No child should be 

 allowed to leave school 

 without reading this 

 book or some other like 

 it if there be another, 

 which we doubt, cer- 

 tainly none that can 

 be had for forty-five 

 cents. A half million 

 copies of 'The Travels of Birds' 

 shoidd be sold within five years." 



— T/ie Journal of Education 



THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS 



By FRANK M. CHAPMAN 

 With many illustrations. 160 pages. 12mo. Cloth. 45 cents net. 



D. APPLETON & COMPANY, Publishers 



35 WEST THIRTY- SECOND STREET . . NEW YORK 



