The Birds Of North And Middle America Vol 8

Author : Robert Ridgway
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243954445
Total Pages : 1052 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book The Birds of North and Middle America written by Robert Ridgway and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-18 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher Groups, Genera, Species, and Subspecies of Birds Known to Occur in North America, From the Arctic Lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and Other Islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago In the four volumes published there have been described species and subspecies, or somewhat more than half the total number of North and Middle American Birds. Acknowledgments are due for the loan of specimens used in the preparation of this volume to those individuals and public institutions mentioned in preceding volumes; also to the Carnegie Museum, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (through Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd, in charge of the bird collection); the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam bridge, Massachusetts (through Mr. William Brewster); Dr. Louis B. Bishop, of New Haven, Connecticut; Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Toronto, Canada, and Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, of Mount Pleasant, South Caro lina. The specimens from the Carnegie Museum were especially help ful, consisting of fine series of beautifully prepared specimens, mostly from Costa Rica. 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.