[PDF] Hist Of British Birds Indigeno eBook

Author : MacGillivray William
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Page : 662 pages
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Release : 2015-02-19
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ISBN : 9781296312978

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Author : William 1796-1852 Macgillivray
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781362672203

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William Macgillivray
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Page : 726 pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 2016-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781333043186

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Excerpt from A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory, Vol. 5: Including Their Organization, Habits, and Relations; Cribratores, or Sifters; Urinatores, or Divers; Mersatores, or Plungers This, the last volume of my History of British Birds, contains descriptions of all our natatorial or palmipede species, with exception of those of the families of the Anserinae and Cygninae, which have already been given. The habits of these birds, not generally so accessible to observation as most of the other families, I have studied, in so far as opportunities occurred, in their places of resort, among rocks and islands, on the sandy shores of the sea, in the firths and estuaries, and on the inland waters. Of many of them, however, and, in particular, of the very rare species which rank with us as stragglers, I have had little to say from my own observa tion, and not much from that of others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Author : William 1796-1852 Macgillivray
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781362671190

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Author : William Macgillivray
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Page : 738 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781332138654

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Excerpt from A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory, Vol. 4: 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; Cursores, or Runners, Tentatores, or Probers, Aucupatores, Or As the wounded bird seeks some quiet retreat, where, freed from the persecution of the pitiless fowler, it may pass the time of its anguish in forgetfulness of the outer world; so have I, assailed by disease, betaken myself to a sheltered nook, where, unannoyed by the piercing blasts of the North Sea, I had been led to hope that my life might be protracted beyond the most dangerous season of the year. It is thus that I issue from Devonshire the present volume which, however, contains no observations of mine made there, the scenes of my labours being in distant parts of the country. So many years have elapsed since the publication of the third volume, which ended the series of Land Birds, that those interested in the completion of the work must have despaired of ever seeing more of it. Unexpected events, however, are of daily occurrence; and I now have the prospect of presenting to those in whose eyes the previous volumes have found favour the volumes containing the Waders and the Swimmers, which will conclude the series. In this, the fourth volume, are contained the Orders of the Cursorial, Tentatorial, Aucupatorial, and Latitorial Birds, - including all the British Waders, or Shore Birds, amounting to seventy species. The descriptions are in all respects similar to those of the Land Birds. It may be hoped that they will be found more correct, as, having mostly been written twelve years ago, they have benefited by the many opportunities of improving them that have occurred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Author : William Macgillivray
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 49,71 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781333435844

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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 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.