BIRD-LIFE 



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. 



WITH 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 

 1900 



