Birds Of The Southern Lesser Antilles Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Birds of the Southern Lesser Antilles Barbados. - Barbados, although not separated from the main Antillean chain or from South America by any great expanse of water (the nearest islands, St. Vincent and St. Lucia, being only about one hundred miles away), can lay claim to being truly oceanic in the sense that it has, never formed part of a continent since the introduction of its present comparatively meager fauna. 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.

This book provides a comprehensive guide of the bird species found in the Southern Lesser Antilles islands. The guide includes information about the birds' features, habitats, and behaviors. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from A List of the Birds of the West Indies, Including the Bahama Islands and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Excepting the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad 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.

Excerpt from The Birds of the West Indies: Including All Species Known to Occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater, Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, Excepting, the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad Several of the collectors were absent from six to eighteen months, and it is fair to assume that their collections contained nearly all of the resident species of the islands which they visited. The collections made by Mr. W. B. Richardson in Grand Cayman and some of the Lesser Antilles proved especially interesting, being very rich in novelties, his combined collections containing no less than seventeen species new to science. 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.

Excerpt from The Birds of the Leeward Islands, Caribbean Sea The Island of Aruba or Oruba, as it is sometimes called, is 17 miles long and about 4 miles in width, and is situated 16 miles north of Cape San Roman, Venezuela, and 43 miles west of Curacao. A large part of the island is low and barren, but there are two irregular and com paratively high hills in the interior. The vegetation is scattered and consists principally of cacti of several species and occasional groves of palms and tamarinds, while mangroves are common along the shores. Fruit trees of various species are cultivated in some local ities, as is also the Dividivi-tree (libidibi coriacea). 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.

Excerpt from Catalogue of West Indian Birds: Containing a List of All Species Known to Occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, Excepting the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad N preparing the present work it was found that much material for comparison was needed from a number of islands to satisfactorily determine the geographical distribution of many species. To obtain these the writer personally made three trips to the West Indies, and several trained collectors were sent to different islands to procure the needed specimens. All of the islands of any size, from the Bahamas to Tobago, which had not previously been collected upon, were visited and more or less thoroughly explored. Much valuable material was gathered together in this way, my private collection alone containing between fourteen and fifteen thousand specimens from the West Indian Islands, representing nearly all of the known forms, some of them in large series. In addition to my own collection, I have carefully examined the West Indian birds in the museum of the Boston Society of Natural History, which contains among other rarities a fine specimen of the Area from Cuba. 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.

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