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Color Key to North American Birds / with bibliographical appendix

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By Frank M. Chapman
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A practical illustrated field guide that enables identification of North American birds by combining systematic order keys with a color-based key and numerous plates and drawings. It explains how to learn bird names without specimens, describes measurement conventions and abbreviations, offers color illustrations emphasizing field-visible markings, provides systematic tables and bibliographical appendices including nomenclatural changes, and supplies guidance on collecting and preserving specimens, nests, and eggs for scientific study. Arrangement facilitates locating species by order, color pattern, or systematic listing, and the plates are scaled to aid recognition at a distance.

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Title: Color Key to North American Birds

Author: Frank M. Chapman

Illustrator: Chester A. Reed

Release date: November 13, 2011 [eBook #38003]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Note
The following index is provided to facilitate the search for the birds by linking to the Order pages of the three major divisions of the text.

ORDERS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

Links to Synopsis, Color Images, and Systematic Listing

Order Synopsis Color Systematic
I. PYGOPODES. Grebes, Loons, and Auks. 9 42 285
II. LONGIPENNES. Gulls, Terns, Jaegers, Etc. 10 49 258
III. TUBINARES. Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Petrels, Etc. 12 61 260
IV. STEGANOPODES. Cormorants, Pelicans, Gannets, Man-o'war Birds, and Tropic-Birds. 13 67 261
V. ANSERES. Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 15 74 263
VI. ODONTOGLOSSÆ. Flamingoes. 16 87 263
VII. HERODIONES Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills. 17 87 264
VIII. PALUDICOLÆ. Cranes, Rails, Coots, Gallinules, Etc. 19 95 64
IX. LIMICOLÆ. Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, Plovers, Etc. 21 100 265
X. GALLINÆ. Grouse, Partridges, Bob-Whites, Etc. 25 113 268
XI. COLUMBÆ. Pigeons and Doves. 27 123 269
XII. RAPTORES. Vultures, Hawks, and Owls. 28 127 270
XIII. PSITTACI. Paroquets and Parrots. 30 144 30
XIV. COCCYGES. Cuckoos, Trogons, Kingfishers, Etc. 31 144 273
XV. PICI. Woodpeckers. 32 148 273
XVI. MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, Swifts, and, Hummingbirds. 33 155 275
XVII. PASSERES. Flycatchers, Jays, Blackbirds, Finches, Swallows, Warblers, Thrushes, and Other Perching Birds. 34 162 276






COLOR KEY TO

NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS


By FRANK M. CHAPMAN
Curator of Ornithology in the American Museum
of Natural History
HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
Third edition. With introductory chapters on the study of Ornithology; how to identify birds and how to collect and preserve birds, their nests and eggs. 20 full-page plates and 150 cuts in the text. 12mo. Library edition. Pocket edition.
BIRD-LIFE
A guide to the study of our common birds. With 75 full-page colored plates and numerous text drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. Containing an Appendix, especially designed for teachers. 12mo. Cloth.
BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA
A fascinating account of the habits of common birds, with descriptions of the largest bird colonies existing in eastern North America. The author's phenomenal success in photographing birds in Nature not only lends to the illustrations the charm of realism, but makes the book a record of surprising achievements with the camera. 12mo. Cloth.
WARBLERS OF NORTH AMERICA
A full description of our "most beautiful, most abundant, and least known birds." Illustrated with colored plates of every species and photographs of nests and eggs. Imp. 8vo. Illustrated.
CAMPS AND CRUISES OF AN ORNITHOLOGIST
The story of eight years' experience in travel, in which the author covered over 60,000 miles in his search for material with which to prepare a series of groups of American birds, to exceed in beauty and scientific value anything which had heretofore been attempted in this line. The illustrations, over 250 in number, are from Dr. Chapman's photographs, and beyond question form a remarkable series of pictures of bird-life. 8vo.
COLOR KEY TO NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS
This work may be described as an illustrated dictionary of North American birds. It is the most complete publication of its kind, and makes an admirable introduction to the study of birds and the literature of Ornithology and at the same time is an authoritative work of reference. Over 800 pictures.
OUR WINTER BIRDS
An introduction to the study of birds. The author believes that the study of Ornithology should begin with the winter birds as they are fewer in number and easier to approach. Divided into convenient groups such as field birds, forest birds, home birds, etc. Illustrated. 12mo.
THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS
A series of chapters on bird migration, describing birds as travelers, why they travel, dangers by the way, night flyers and day flyers, etc. Many illustrations from drawings. Illustrated.
WHAT BIRD IS THAT?
A bird book for beginners with 301 birds in color.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK




TOPOGRAPHY OF A BIRD Bluebird
(natural size)