FRANK M. CHAPMAN, Bird Lover Nearly thirty years ago Mr. Frank M. 

 Chapman took a bird census in the shopping district of New York. On the hats 

 worn by women he was able to identify the remains of one hundred and sixty- 

 three native birds, representing forty species. It is largely because of his subse- 

 quent efforts, and of those of others like him, that a similar census to-day would 

 be somewhat less distressing to the friends of native birds. Birds of many sorts 

 abound in the neighborhood of Englewood, New Jersey, where Mr. Chapman was 

 born and where he has always made his home : and he cannot remember the time 

 when he was not a birdologist. Since 1887 he has been connected with the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History in 

 New York, for the last eighteen 

 years as curator of ornithology, 

 and has made many expeditions in 

 North and South America, study- 

 ing birds and their geographical 

 and topographical surroundings, 

 always keeping in view the rela- 

 tion of bird life to human life. In 

 this connection he has written : 

 "That science which is sufficient 

 unto itself has no excuse for its 

 existence. If our studies of birds 

 have no bearing on the progress 

 and welfare of mankind they art- 

 futile. That they have such a 

 bearing, and in an exceptional de- 

 gree, we know to be undeniable ; it 

 is obviously, therefore, the func- 

 tion of the Museum to demonstrate 

 this connection in such a manner 

 as to render apparent the bird's 

 place in nature and its relation to 

 man." Mr. Chapman has written 

 many works on his specialty, the 

 most popular being, "Bird-Life, a 

 Guide to the Study of Our Com- 

 mon Birds," and is editor of that 

 successful magazine, "Bird Lore," 

 which he founded in 1899. 



Because he knows that birds are friends of man, Mr. | 

 "rank M. Chapman is the fast friend of birds 



Dr. Frank M. Chapman 

 Ornithologist Dead, 81 



NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (AP> Dr. 

 Frank M. Chapm )S, 81, curator of 

 birds at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, died last night at 

 St. Luke's Hospital. 



Known as the "dean of American 

 ornithologists," Dr. Chapman did 

 much to popularize the study of 

 birds. 



His "Handbook of the Birds of 

 Eastern North America," published 

 in 1895 and reprinted many times, 

 still is considered a standard work. 

 Other books included "Bird Studies 

 with a Camera," "Our Winter] 

 Birds," "What Bird Is That?" "Au- 

 tobiography of a Bird-Lover," "My 

 Tropical Air Castle" and "The War- 

 blers of North America," /^y i 



