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Excerpt from The Game Birds of India and Asia Burmese species; exotic ones are to be found under tile British Museum Catalogue names, and in the case of birds described since the publication of that work, under the names given by their describers, with references to the publication where the descriptions appeared. I have not, however, considered it necessary to deal with the many so-called species of Phasianus (typical pheasants) or Gennœus (kaleeges) described of late years, as there is so much doubt about the validity of these, and such sub-divisions are not of any great interest to sportsmen, for whom this work is primarily designed. 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 Game Birds of India and Asia Internally, the birds of this family are note worthy for their large crop or food-receptacle in the gullet, and powerful gizzard or grinding stomach; their breast-bone is also remarkable, being so deeply cut into at each side by two great notches that hardly any of the body of the bone is left, and it presents, when cleaned, the appear ance of a narrow central portion bearing the deep keel, and a somewhat V-shaped projection on each side. 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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Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Being descriptions of all the species of game birds, snipe, and duck found in India.