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Title: What Bird is That?
A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United
States Arranged According to Season
Author: Frank M. Chapman
Illustrator: Edmund J. Sawyer
Release Date: March 23, 2010 [EBook #31751]
Language: English
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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
[Illustration: 'MAP' OF A BIRD (Bluebird not quite life size).]
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
BY
FRANK M. CHAPMAN
CURATOR OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND EDITOR OF
"BIRD-LORE"
[Illustration]
WITH 301 BIRDS IN COLOR
BY
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
collectio
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