Excerpt from Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and Descriptions of Their Plumages, Nests, and Eggs, Their Distribution and Migrations, and a Brief Account of Their Haunts and Habits With Introductory Chapters on the Study of OrnithologyI have not addressed an imaginary audience, nor have I given my prospective readers what, theoretically, I thought they ought to have, but what personal experience with students of birds has led me to believe would meet their wants.The preparation of this work has firmly convinced me that the poet would have been nearer the truth had he written One touch of nature makes the whole world kind. In the succeeding pages I have attempted to express my appreciation of the assistance which natural ist friends and associates have generously given me, but here I desire to especially thank Miss Florence A. Merriam, Dr. J. A. Allen, and Mr. Ernest E. Thompson for much valuable criticism and advice.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.