HANDBOOK OF BIRDS 

 OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 



:V6^ 



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 DEPART.MENT OF .MA.M.MALOGY AND ORNITHOLOGV 



IN THE A.MERICAN .MUSEL'.M OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ; 



ME.V.BER OF THE AMERICAS ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, ETC. 



WITH FULL-PAGE PLATES LV COLORS AND BLACK AND WHITE 



AND L'PWARD OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CUTS 



IN THE TEXT 



FIFTH EDITION 



N E W ^' O R K 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 

 1S98 



