Author : Lucy Warner Maynard
Release : 2015-07-21
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 686/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Birds of Washington and Vicinity (Classic Reprint) by : Lucy Warner Maynard
Download or read book Birds of Washington and Vicinity (Classic Reprint) written by Lucy Warner Maynard. This book was released on 2015-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Birds of Washington and Vicinity This little book has been prepared at the suggestion of the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia, in the belief that a local work giving untechnical descriptions of all birds likely to be seen in this vicinity, with something of the haunts and habits of those that nest here, will be useful to many who desire an acquaintance with our own birds but do not know just how to go about making it. Whatever success has been attained in the effort to make the book usefully accurate and complete has been made possible by some of our resident ornithologists, who have most generously given information, observations, and helpful criticism. I am especially indebted to Mr. Robert Ridgway, Dr. C. W. Richmond, Dr. A. K. Fisher, Mr. William Palmer, and Dr. T. S. Palmer. Miss Florence A. Merriam has been the inspiration of the work from its inception. There are also others to whom I am deeply grateful for kind assistance. I would call attention to Dr. Richmonds valuable tabulated list of all birds found here (p. 178), and to Miss Merriams introduction, with its hints on observing, and suggestions as to where to find the District birds. The illustrations are reproduced from bulletin No.3 by Dr. A. K. Fisher, and bulletin No. 54 by Prof. F. E. L. Beal, published by the Biological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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.
