A History of British Birds Indigenous and Migratory Vol. 3: Including Their Organization Habits and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of the Principal Organs of Birds and Observations Relative to Practical Ornitho

Excerpt from A History of British Birds Indigenous and Migratory Vol. 3: Including Their Organization Habits and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of the Principal Organs of Birds and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology<br><br>The Engravings on Wood which I think superior to those in the preceding volumes have been executed by Mr bruce with the exception of a few by Mr sclater; and those on steel in the present as well as the other volumes by Mr gellatly. The drawings for both have been made by myself in every case from the objects which they are intended to represent.<br><br>Notwithstanding the labour and expense of preparing these volumes for the public I am authorized to say that the fourth containing the waders a great part of which is ready for the compositor will be published before the third has been well dispersed. In it and the fifth or last I promise descriptions equally correct and probably more interesting as many of the aquatic birds have been very carefully studied by me under the most favourable circumstances.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.