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WHAT BIRD IS THAT?

By FRANK M. CHAPMAN

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BIRD-LOVER

HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

MY TROPICAL AIR CASTLE

BIRD-LIFE

CAMPS AND CRUISES OF AN ORNITHOLOGIST

COLOR KEY TO NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS

OUR WINTER BIRDS

WHAT BIRD IS THAT?

BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA

LIFE IN AN AIR CASTLE

The student should learn to name the parts of a bird's plumage in order that he may write, as well as understand, descriptions of a bird's color and markings.

WHAT BIRD IS THAT?

A POCKET MUSEUM OF THE LAND BIRDS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES ARRANGED ACCORDING TO SEASON

FRANK M. CHAPMAN

CURATOR OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND EDITOR OF "BIRD-LORE"

WITH 301 BIRDS IN COLOR

EDMUND J. SAWYER

D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY INCORPORATED NEW YORK LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publishers.

PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

INTRODUCTION

AS Curator of the Department of Birds of the American Museum of Natural History I have had exceptional facilities for the arrangement of collections designed to give students a comprehensive view of local bird-life without confusing them with unnecessary details.