Mark Catesby
Published: 2018-03-19
Total Pages: 364
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Excerpt from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1: Histoire Naturelle De La Caroline, De La Floride, Et Des Isles De Bahama As there is a greater Variety of the feather'd Kind than of any other Animals (at leaf'c to be come at) and as they excel in the Beauty of their Colours, and have a nearer relation to the Plants of which they feed on and frequent I was induced chiefly (fo far as I could) to compleat an Account of them, rather than to defcribe promifcuoufly, Infeé'ts and other Animals; by which I mull have omitted many of the Birds (for I had not Time to do all} by which method I believe very few Birds have efcaped my knowledge. 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.