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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     NEW YORK 
     
     D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 
     
    
   
   
    
     1897 
     
    
   
   
    
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