Download or read book Birds of the World for Young People Classic Reprint written by Charles Robert Knight and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Birds of the World for Young People The object in the present volume has been to give a brief description of such birds of the world as are usually to be seen in zoological collections and in museums, together with some of the most significant and striking facts in their life-histories. To include even a very short account of each of the fourteen thousand species known to exist, was clearly impracticable within the limits of a book of this size. It has been thought desirable, therefore, to give special attention to the birds of America, to corresponding species and allied forms found in Great Britain and on the Continent of Europe, and to certain of the more remarkable and interesting birds of other countries. This work is based upon one by W. P. Pycraft, well known among ornithologists as a systematist and bird anatomist, and now in charge of the Department of Birds in the British Museum. Use has been made of a large part of his admirable Introduction, dealing with the evolution and structure of the bird. 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.

Download or read book Birds of the World for Young People written by Charles Robert Knight and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-12-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Bird World written by J. H. Stickney and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bird World: A Bird Book for Children It may be of interest to some of our readers to know under what guidance they are to make this little journey into the borders of Bird World. First, then, the plan and direction come from the author of some books they have known as the Stickney Readers. It may be thought worth while to venture on this new pleasure trip under the same leadership. Second, a gentleman has been found to act as special conductor, - one who has lived closer to Bird World than any of us. For years he has known by sight and sound all our New England birds, and many, if not most, of our chance summer and winter visitors, beside having particularly intimate acquaintance with some which we too shall be glad to meet. A number of the stories which follow are based upon his own personal observations. You will find his name upon the title page. He is a director in the Audubon Society for the Protection of Birds, which makes it certain that the citizens of Bird World are as safe in his hands as are we. You have thus the combined powers of two who are both friends of young people and of birds. 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.

Download or read book The Burgess Bird Book for Children written by Thornton W. Burgess and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Downy the Woodpecker, Spooky the Screech Owl, and other winged creatures tell Peter Cottontail about their migration patterns, calls, nesting habits, and more in this blend of fact and fiction. 32 black-and-white illustrations.

Download or read book Check List of Birds of the World Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by James Lee Peters and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 2 There is little to add by way of explanation to the second volume that is not mentioned in the introduction to the first. In response to a general demand I have given the vernacular names of families in the table of contents, but still adhere to my original stand that inventing common English names for birds that do not have them is a waste of time. After all, the primary reason for a scientific name is to have a name intelligible to scientists the world over. 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.

Download or read book Check List of Birds of the World 1931 Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by James Lee Peters and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Check-List of Birds of the World, 1931, Vol. 1 For each genus I have endeavored to give one or more references to recently published revisionary work, geographic lists, or to works where the principal synonymy of the genus may be found. In large genera there may be several such references, while in a small genus one or two suffice. In short, these references may be regarded as the basis on which the treatment of the genus and species rests. 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.

Download or read book Birds of the World for Young People written by HardPress and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Download or read book Talks About Birds Classic Reprint written by Frank Finn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Talks About Birds IN this book I have made an attempt to talk over with young people who are fond of birds the points which have always interested me in my studies of them - and I have studied birds ever since I can remember. What I have always cared about in connexion with them has been their ways of living, their habits and tricks, and their minds and thoughts, so far as We know them to have any. I have also always paid particular attention to the dis tinguished and remarkable birds of all parts of the world, and not to the birds of one country only. I find that most people who are not specialists in ornithology, young people especially, share my tastes in bird-study, and this has encouraged me to pen these chapters. 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.

Download or read book Check List of Birds of the World Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by James Lee Peters and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 3 Barbour whose continued cooperation and encouragement has resulted in the publication of this volume. The balance of a grant made by Harvard University from the Milton Fund was used in defraying the expenses inci dental to the preparation of the manuscript and of the index. 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.

Download or read book The Children s Book of Birds Classic Reprint written by Olive Thorne Miller and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Children's Book of Birds The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respectively and still popular with children in and out of school and with other beginners in the study of birds. The book is intended to interest young people in the ways and habits of birds and to stimulate them to further study. It has grown out of my experience in talking to schools. From the youngest kindergarten scholar to boys and girls of sixteen and eighteen., I have never failed to find young people intensely interested so long as I would tell them about how the birds live. 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.

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Download or read book Our Birds and Their Nestlings Classic Reprint written by Margaret Coulson Walker and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Birds and Their Nestlings In most cases they are birds of conspicuous plumage, these being most easily recognised. To avoid monotomy, all decriptions have been relegated to the appendix. An attempt has been made to enlist sympathy with, as well as to awaken interest in, bird life, for the interest without sympathy, in this case, would only encourage the naturally destructive instincts of childhood. For the purpose of showing the importance of birds in literature, as well as for the purpose of calling into play the aesthetic faculty, poems and legends have been included. All hackneyed poems have been avoided. For their generous permission to use valuable copy-righted material, intebtedness is gratefully acknowledged to Houghton, Miffin & Co., Small, Maynard & Co., D. Appleton & Co., and Our Dumb Animals Publishing Co.; to Mrs. Margaret Sangster, Mr. Eben Rexford, Mr. Clinton Scollard, and Mr. Frank Dempster Sherman. For the photographic illustrations, I am especially indebted to Mr. Francis Hobart Herrick, an earnest bird student and an enthusiastic photographer, who has kindly permitted me the use of some of the remarkably fine photographs used in illustrating his interesting book, The Home Life of Wild Birds, a book with which all bird students are already familiar. Mr. Frank M. Chapman, Mr. A. R. Dugmore, Mr. John Cameron, Miss Ruth Shutts, Mr. James Miller, and the Recreation Publishing Co., have also assisted me in the same way. Want of space precludes the individual mention of a number of my associates to whom I am indebted for both counsel and good-natured critism. 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."

Download or read book Bird Children written by Elizabeth Gordon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bird Children: The Little Playmates of the Flower Children Birds are poetry come to life and set to music. If you should stand at the edge of a forest at sundown and hear the birds singing their good-night songs, hear the sleepy little notes grow fainter and fainter until the silence came, -then when the dusk had deepened, you should hear the night birds begin their plaintive songs, you would realize what a different place our beautiful world would be without birds. Even in great cities we have always some birds The saucy little sparrow, who comes so boldly beg ging crumbs at your window, likes the cities best. Only Very thoughtless people, or those who do not understand, would harm or frighten a bird. They are real little people, and I am sure that when you have come to know them you will love them as much as you have learned to love the Flower Children. 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.

Download or read book Check List of Birds of the World Vol 6 Classic Reprint written by James Lee Peters and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 6 As stated in the introduction to Volume V, no ma j or changes have been adopted in the general scope of this series. 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.

Download or read book Check List of Birds of the World Vol 16 written by Raymond A. Paynter Jr. and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 16: Comprehensive Index Volume I, coming at the beginning of the project while Peters was honing his skills and establishing a pattern, had become badly obsolete. It was decided that a completely rewritten second edition was needed. Thirteen collaborators prepared manuscripts under the editorship of Mayr and of G. William Cottrell, who had been associated with the mcz since 1960. The second edition of Volume I was published in 1979. This was followed in 1986 by Volume Xl, also under the editorship of Mayr and Cottrell, which, except for this Comprehensive Index, completed the project that had been conceived more than six decades earlier. 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.

Download or read book The World s Birds written by Frank Finn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World's Birds: A Simple and Popular Classification, of the Birds of the World Dr. Mitchell's multifarious duties have put a stop to further joint undertaking, but I hereby wish to acknowledge my great indebtedness to him for his assistance, and to express my belief that whatever merits the present work may be found to possess, they would have been much greater had he been my coadjutor throughout. As it is, he must not be held responsible for any statements made or opinions expressed in the work as it now stands. The illustrations are mostly from living specimens now or formerly in the collection of the London Zoo logical Society, and they have been selected as far as possible with a View to giving life-like representations of birds belonging to families altogether unfamiliar, or of unfamiliar species of well-known families, rather than the repeated illustrations of well-known British birds so familiar in works on general ornithology. 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.

Download or read book Birds of the World written by Frank H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Birds of the World: A Popular Account Temperature. - It is a generally recognized fact that the temperature of birds is normally very high, but, strange enough, exact data on the subject are not extensive. Recently Mr. A. Southerland undertook to ascertain the tempera ture of certain Ratite birds, and one of the most interesting incidental facts brought out is the demonstration of a progressive increase from the lower to the higher birds; that is, the forms of birds that are regarded as the lowest in the scale exhibit the lowest normal temperature, while between these and the more active and highly organized there is almost every gradation. This condition also pre vails at least to some extent among mammals. The Apteryx or Wingless Birds of New Zealand exhibit the lowest temperature thus far recorded among birds, the average of three individuals belonging to two species being C. Next to the Apteryx come the Emeus, Cassowaries, and Penguins, with an average normal temperature of 39° C. While the Tinamous examined Showed a range from C. To C., or an average of 406° C. (105° E), which brings them up to the lower limit of the range of temperature usual for ducks, game birds, etc. The common fowls when lifted quietly off their perches at night have a temperature of 406° C. (105° E), but when lifted by day from nests whereon they are brooding, their temperature averages C. (107° From these birds there is another decided advance when we come to the great groups of small and excessively active birds such as sparrows, warblers, etc., their temperature ranging from 42° C. F.) to 44° C. With an average of perhaps 109° F., or fully ten degrees above that of man. Feathers. - We may now advert to a consideration of the peculiar outer covering of birds; namely, the feathers. A normal feather (fig. 1) consists of a hollow transparent basal portion calledthe barrel, or calamus, continuous with which is the main shaft, or rachis, which is opaque, roughly quadrangular in cross-section, and filled with a pithy substance. The rachis is furrowed along its inner surface; that is, on the side next the body of the bird. From the rachis above the barrel arise a series of lateral branches, the barbs or rami, which in turn give rise to the barbules, and these to minute, often hooked processes, the barbicels (fig. It is by the hooking together of these processes that the web is produced and strength is given it to resist or act upon the air. Springing from the under side of the feather, in many cases, at the juncture of the barrel with the web-bearing portion, is a secondary feather, or aftershaft, as it is called. 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.