History of the Birds of Kansas (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Birds of Kansas<br><br>The title of this work is explanatory of its object and there fore does away with the usual preface or introductory remarks further than to say that the author''s aim has been to present to the general reader as well as to the student interested in bird life a book containing the latest knowledge in regard to the habits etc of our birds. It embraces 343 species and sub species. Several other species and subspecies are Without doubt entitled to recognition in this work but they have not as yet been observed in the State. The photogravure illustrations represent 529 mounted birds (my own work) in The Gross Or nithological Collection.<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.