

BIRD-LIFE 



6fr 



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. 



n-ITH SEVENTY-FIVE FULL-PAGE PLATES AND 

 NUMEROUS TEXT DRAWINGS 



By ERNEST SETON THOMPSON 



AUTHOR OF ART ANATOMY OF ANIMALS, THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA, ETC. 



NEW YORK 

 D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 



1897 



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