Transcriber’s Note:

New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA

1. Gannet (flying over), Murres, Puffins, and Razorbilled Auks.

BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA
WITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON THE OUTFIT AND METHODS OF THE BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER

By FRANK M. CHAPMAN

ASSISTANT CURATOR OF VERTEBRATE ZOÖLOGY IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND AUTHOR OF HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, BIRD-LIFE, ETC.

WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NATURE, BY THE AUTHOR

NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1900

Copyright, 1900,

By FRANK M. CHAPMAN.

All rights reserved.

THIS BOOK

IS DEDICATED TO

MY WIFE,

WHO, BOTH AT HOME AND AFIELD, IS EVER

“MY BEST ASSISTANT.”

You have learnt from the Birds and continue to learn,

Your best benefactors and early instructors.

Frere’s Aristophanes.