The Project Gutenberg eBook ofReptiles and BirdsThis ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online atwww.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.Title: Reptiles and BirdsAuthor: Louis FiguierEditor: Parker GillmoreIllustrator: A. MesnelAlphonse Marie de NeuvilleEdouard RiouRelease date: June 3, 2014 [eBook #45873]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive)*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REPTILES AND BIRDS ***
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Title: Reptiles and BirdsAuthor: Louis FiguierEditor: Parker GillmoreIllustrator: A. MesnelAlphonse Marie de NeuvilleEdouard RiouRelease date: June 3, 2014 [eBook #45873]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive)
Title: Reptiles and Birds
Author: Louis FiguierEditor: Parker GillmoreIllustrator: A. MesnelAlphonse Marie de NeuvilleEdouard Riou
Author: Louis Figuier
Editor: Parker Gillmore
Illustrator: A. Mesnel
Alphonse Marie de Neuville
Edouard Riou
Release date: June 3, 2014 [eBook #45873]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive)
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HAWKING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.Frontispiece.
HAWKING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Frontispiece.
REPTILES AND BIRDS.
A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THEIR VARIOUS ORDERS,
WITH A DESCRIPTION OFTHE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF THE MOST INTERESTING.
ByLOUIS FIGUIER,AUTHOR OF "THE WORLD BEFORE THE DELUGE," "THE VEGETABLE WORLD," "THE INSECT WORLD," ETC. ETC.
ILLUSTRATED WITH 307 WOODCUTS.
BY MM. A. MESNEL, A. DE NEUVILLE, AND E. RIOU.
Edited and Adapted byPARKER GILLMORE("UBIQUE").
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND CO.1870.
LONDON:PRINTED BY VIRTUE AND CO.,CITY ROAD.
In presenting to the public this English version ofLouis Figuier'sinteresting work on Reptiles and Birds, I beg to state that where alterations and additions have been made, my object has been that the style and matter should be suited to the present state of general knowledge, and that all classes should be able to obtain useful information and amusement from the pages which I have now the honour and pleasure of presenting to them.
On commencing my undertaking I was not aware of the immensity of the labour to be done, and fear that I must have relinquished my arduous task but for the kind encouragement ofFrank Buckland, Esq., Inspector of Salmon Fisheries, andHenry Lee, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., to both of whom I take this opportunity of returning my sincere thanks.
PARKER GILLMORE("UBIQUE").
December, 1869.