POPULAR EDITION IN COLORS 



BIRD-LIFE 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF 

 OUR COMMON BIRDS 



BY 



FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



CURATOR OK ORNITHOLOGY, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



AUTHOR OF " HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA," 



"BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA," "CAMPS AND CRUISES 



OF AN ORNITHOLOGIST," ETC. 



WITH SEVENTY-FIVE FULL-PAGE COLORED PLATES 

 AFTER DRAWINGS BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON 



NEW YORK AND LONDON 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 



1915 



LIBRARY 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 

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