Ornithologia Or The Birds A Poem With An Introduction To Their Natural History And Copious Notes

Author : James Jennings
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330450680
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Ornithologia, or the Birds, Vol. 1 of 2 written by James Jennings and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ornithologia, or the Birds, Vol. 1 of 2: A Poem, in Two Parts With an Introduction to Their Natural History; And Copious Notes The favourable reception of Ornithologia, especially by those who are judges of the science, has induced the author to revise it, and to make such additions to it which the late rapid progress of Ornithology has rendered necessary: those additions will be found in the following PRELIMINARY NOTICES; to which, as the author has no wish to shrink from the closest scrutiny into the merits of his work, he has appended a few Explanatory Observations on some objections that have been, either carelessly, ignorantly, or wantonly, made to it: with a liberal and discerning public he has no doubt of the result. Since the appearance of Ornithologia, in 1827, the the public attention lias been more than ordinarily excited to Animal Natural History. The Zoological Society is mentioned in page 94. Its collection of living animals in the Regent's Park is now, under suitable regulation, open to the public at a very trifling expense, namely, one shilling each person. The crowds that daily visit the Gardens are almost innumerable. They are, at once, a fashionable, an agreeable, an amusing, and instructive lounge; and far exceed, in exciting interest, any thing which could have been previously anticipated concerning such an establishment. The members of the Society exceed, at the present time, (September 1829,) 1300. 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.