The Nests And Eggs Of Non Indigenous British Birds Or Such Species That Do Not Breed Within The British Archipelago

Author : Charles Dixon, Jr.
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ISBN 13 : 9781332304837
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Nests and Eggs of Non-Indigenous British Birds written by Charles Dixon, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Nests and Eggs of Non-Indigenous British Birds: Or Such Species That Do Not Breed Within the British Archipelago The present work forms the companion volume to The Nests and Eggs of British Birds, and renders the subject of British Oology complete, so far as our knowledge now extends. It deals exclusively with the nidification of the birds that do not breed in the British Archipelago, but visit our islands regularly in winter, pass the coasts on passage, or pay them their more or less irregular visits as wanderers from their normal areas of dispersal. I have spared no pains to make the subject as complete and full of information as possible; but, as the student will eventually discover, there still remains a vast amount of work to be done, which will take years and years of further study to accomplish. Of the birds that breed in civilized areas our information is fairly complete, although even here many details are wanting respecting the habits of birds in the pairing and breeding seasons, the number of broods reared, and the duration of the periods of incubation. When we come to deal with species that spend the summer in the Arctic regions, or dwell permanently in deserts, and in countries little explored by the scientific naturalist, our want of information becomes only too woefully apparent. I am sanguine enough to hope that by pointing out the deficiencies in our knowledge, I may stimulate observation, and thus help in one way to reduce them. 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.