A Family Encyclopaedia, or an Explanation of Words and Things Connected With All the Arts and Sciences: Illustrated With Numerous Wood Cuts

Excerpt from A Family Encyclopaedia, or an Explanation of Words and Things Connected With All the Arts and Sciences: Illustrated With Numerous Wood CutsAccipitres. The first order of birds, including four genera of birds of prey, who have hooked bills, strong legs, and sharp claws. These are vultures, falcons, owls, and butcher birds.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.