Our Resident Birds and How to Know Them (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Our Resident Birds and How to Know Them This book has been written and compiled to enable the reader to know our feathered friends on sight. Those who have made a study of birds can, by the exercise of trained observation, recognise them by their distinctive habits, language or peculiarity of flight. For the uninitiated, however, a simple and practical means of immediate identification is required. After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that the most satisfactory plan of arrangement is: First, to group the birds under their main habitats, as follows: I. Birds of the gardens, orchards and cultivated districts. II. Birds of the woods and well-wooded districts. III. Birds of the commons, downs, moorland and mountainous districts. IV. Birds of the streams, rivers, lakes and marshy districts. V. Birds of the sea, seashore and cliffs. Secondly, sub-divide these groups under: (A) Colour. (B) Size. By this simple scheme it will be an easy matter for the observer to identify birds seen in the garden or in the course of a country walk. Naturally there are exceptions to the general scheme (woodland birds may occasionally visit gardens, for instance), but such cases are obvious in themselves, and do not affect the general arrangement. 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.