BIRD-LIFE 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY 

 OUR COMMON BIRDS 



OF 



lABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY 

 159 SAPSUCKER WOODS ROAD 

 ilHACA. NEW YORK 14850. 



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 DRA WINGS 



By ERNEST SETON THOMPSON 



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



NEW YORK 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 



1897 



