A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint): Including Their Organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on ... Relative to Practical Ornithology; - Softcover

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As the wounded bird seeks some quiet retreat, where, freed from the persecution of the pitiless fowler, it may pass the time of its anguish in forgetfulness of the outer world; so have I, assailed by disease, betaken myself to a sheltered nook, where, unannoyed by the piercing blasts of the North Sea, I had been led to hope that my life might be protracted beyond the most dangerous season of the year. It is thus that I issue from Devonshire the present volume which, however, contains no observations of mine made there, the scenes of my labours being in distant parts of the country.

So many years have elapsed Since the publication of the third volume, which ended the series of Land Birds, that those interested in the completion of the work must have despaired of ever seeing more of it. Unexpected events, however, are of daily occurrence and I now have the prospect of presenting to those in whose eyes the previous volumes have found favour the volumes containing the waders and the swimmers, which will conclude the series.

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