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THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS

OUR BIRDS AND THEIR JOURNEY
TO STRANGE LANDS

FRANK M. CHAPMAN

THE BIRD’S HISTORIAN

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY



Copyright 1916 by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Copyright 1915, 1916, by the Century Company

TO
THE MEMORY OF

WELLS W. COOKE
FOREMOST AMERICAN STUDENT
OF BIRD MIGRATION



CONTENTS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
BIRDS AS TRAVELERS
PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY
FIRST FLIGHTS
THE BIRDS’ AIR LINE
THE BIRDS’ TIME-TABLE
THE DAY FLYERS
THE NIGHT FLYERS
THE TRAVELS OF THE BOBOLINK
SOME FAMOUS BIRD TRAVELERS
THE DANGERS BY THE WAY

THE BIRDS’ COMPASS
WHY BIRDS TRAVEL


THE DAY FLYERS
                        Geese
                                                   Ducks
                                                                             Crows
                                    Blackbirds
                                                                                     Swallows

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Day Flyers
The Swallows’ Engine
Bobwhite’s Engine
Great Auk
Resting by the Wayside
The Travelers’ Inn
The Travels of the Mourning Warbler
The Travels of the Blackpoll
The Travels of the Redstart
Birds and Seasons
The Advance Guard
Spring’s First Flycatcher
The Flying Wedge
Hawks Traveling
Traveling Nighthawks
A Famous Day Flyer
The Birds in the Moon
The Bobolink
The Travels of the Bobolink
The Travels of the Golden Plover
The Night Flyers’ Beacon of Danger
Man-of-War Bird


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