BIRD-LIFE 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF 

 OUR COMMON BIRDS 



BY 



V':J~ 



FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



assie^tant 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 HIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, ETC. 



U-ITIT SEVENTY-FIVE FULL-PAGE PLATES AND 

 NC'MEKOUS TEXT FRAMINGS 



By ERNEST SETON THOMPSON 



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



■ "ij^^Jsl. _ Jt,. 



NEW YORK 



D. appleton and COMPANV 



1899 



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