Author : Richard Bowdler Sharpe
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ISBN 13 : 9781331197744
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (977 download)
Book Synopsis A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Download or read book A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Bowdler Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 I have but a few words to add to the prefatory remarks which will be found in the first volume. I therein sketched out the plan of the work which I proposed to follow. Since the issue of the first volume, two species have been added to the British list. Of the Sub-alpine Warbler (Sylvia subalpina), a specimen was shot in St. Kilda in June, 1894, by Mr. J. S. Elliot, as recorded by me in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Vol. IV. p. ix. Coues' Redpole (Cannabina exilipes) has been obtained by Dr. Bendelack Hewetson near Easington on the west coast of Yorkshire during the winter of 1893-94, as has been recorded by Mr. John Cordeaux in the "Naturalist" for March, 1894 (p. 84). While the criticisms on the first volume of the "Handbook" have been wholly favourable and kindly, three notices in particular have appeared, in reply to which I should like to say a few words. Dr. P. L. Sclater seems to imply ("Ibis," 1894, p. 566) that the nomenclature adopted by me in the "Handbook" is introduced into my writings for the first time, and he alludes particularly to the names of the genera in the Family Corvid, but these names are not of my own foundation. I adopted them, after monographing the whole of the Family in the "Catalogue of Birds," twenty years ago. My conclusions have been followed by naturalists in many countries, and, I hope, will continue to be so. I would further remark that Dr. Stejneger's "inconvenient discoveries" have not had a "great attraction" for me, as my kindly critic suggests. 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."
