Excerpt from Animal Memories, Vol. 2: BirdsI wish just here to say something in regard to my use of technical words. In these Volumes, no such word occurs without an unfolding of it in an easy way in the immediate context. To omit such would be to write baby-books. I had thought to give a glossary of these terms at the end of each book. But this, too.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.