Rambles Of A Naturalist In Egypt Other Countries With An Analysis Of The Claims Of Certain Foreign Birds To Be Considered British And Other Ornithological Notes

Author : J. H. Gurney
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330421994
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Rambles of a Naturalist in Egypt Other Countries written by J. H. Gurney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rambles of a Naturalist in Egypt Other Countries: With an Analysis of the Claims of Certain Foreign Birds to Be Considered British, and Other Ornithological Notes In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe truthfully the incidents of sundry journeys undertaken in the last half-dozen years, more or less with a view to the prosecution of my favourite study - Ornithology - which is fast striding after its sister sciences in the public favour. If I may presume to think that anything I have written can in any degree help to render Ornithology more popular, I shall be amply repaid for the labour and trouble which it has cost me. I have added a statement, which may not be wholly without interest, of the claims of certain rare species of birds to be included in the British list. The present plan of placing such stragglers on a level with our native species is to be reprobated; at the same time it is not easy to know what to do with them. They clearly cannot be passed over, for they are too important. The proper course is to submit them to a close scrutiny, and insert such as pass the ordeal in small type, or by indenting them, or some other means make it plain that they are not to be on the same footing with our indigenous species. 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.