HANDBOOK OF BIRDS

OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

WITH KEYS TO THE SPECIES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR PLUMAGES, NESTS. AND EGGS THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATIONS AND A BRIEF ACCOUNT OE THEIR HAUNTS AND HABITS \VITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON THE STUDY OE ORNITHOLOGY, How To IDENTIFY BIRDS

AND How TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE BIRDS Ii“; I“

THEIR NESTS, AND EGGS 6‘ am

BY FRANK M. CHAPMAN

ASSIS"ANT CURATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY N THE AVIERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION, ETC.

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