HANDBOOK OF BIRDS 



OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 



WITH KEYS TO THE SPECIES 



AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR PLUMAGES, NESTS, AND EGGS 



THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATIONS 



AND A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THEIR HAUNTS AND HABITS 



WITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON THE 



STUDY OF ORNITHOLOGY, HOW TO IDENTIFY BIRDS 



AND HOW TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE BIRDS 



THEIR NESTS, AND EGGS 



BY 



FRANK M>' CHAPMAN 



ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY 



IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY j 



MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, ETC. 



WITH FULL-PAGE PLATES IN COLORS AND BLACK AND WHITE 



AND UPWARD OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CUTS 



IN THE TEXT 



THIRD EDITION 



NEW YORK 'l>'^*i^^S>^' 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY "*" 



1896 



