Bird Life Glimpses
Edmund Selous
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Feb. 5, 2018)
Excerpt from Bird Life GlimpsesIN the autumn of 1899 I came to live at Icklingham in Suffolk, and remained there, with occasional in tervals of absence, for the next three years. During the greater part of that period I kept a day-to - day journal of field Observation and reflection, and the following pages represent, for the most part, a portion of this. They are the work of one who professes nothing except to have used his eyes and ears to the best of his ability, and to give only, both in regard to fact and theory, the result of this method - com bined, of course, in the latter case, with such illustra tions and fortifications as his reading may have allowed him to make use of, and Without taking into account some passing reference or allusion. That my notes relate almost entirely to birds, is not because I am less interested in other animals, but because, with the exception of rabbits, there are, practically, no wild quadrupeds in England. I am quite aware that a list can be made out, but let any one sit for a morning or afternoon in a wood, field.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.