Avifauna Columbiana: Being a List of Birds Ascertained to Inhabit the District of Columbia, With the Times of Arrival and Departure of Such as Are Non-Residents, and Brief Notices of Habits, Etc (Clas

Excerpt from Avifauna Columbiana: Being a List of Birds Ascertained to Inhabit the District of Columbia, With the Times of Arrival and Departure of Such as Are Non-Residents, and Brief Notices of Habits, EtcThis was chieﬂy during the years 1858-1862, both inclusive. Soon after the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion, both authors, having meanwhile graduated in medicine, entered the Army as medical officers. One of them soon afterward settled in the practice of his profession in Washington; the other led for many years the vagabond life of an Army surgeon; and the exigencies of their respective avocations long pre vented each from paying any further attention to the subject which had brightened their college days and cemented a life-long friendship.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.

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The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike: To Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7; Volume 2

Zebulon Montgomery Pike

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Audubon and His Journals; Volume 2

John James Audubon

Maria Rebecca Audubon

Audubon and his Journals

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Originally published in 1898. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.  All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...Key to the Genera" proved scarcely so satisfactory as I hoped it would be. It undertook too much, to conduct the student at once down to the intricacies of the very many modern genera, not all of which can by any possibility be characterized intelligibly in a line of type. I have probably simplified and expedited matters by preparing on the same plan Keys to the Orders and Sub-orders, and to the Families. Then in the body of the work, under each head, further analyses are given when such seems to be required,--of families under their orders or sub-orders, of genera under" their families, and of species under their genera. These ulterior analyses are for the most part rather natural than artificial, though I never hesitate to seize upon any character that may furnish the desired clue to identification. The artificial Keys immediately following will take the student to the families, with reference to the page of the work where such groups come; on turning to which, further analyses will be found, generally down to species and even varieties. They are to be used as follows after the preceding lessons have been learned):--We have in hand a bird we do not know, and the name of which we wish to ascertain. Suppose it to be'that common species which builds the nest of mud upon the bough of the apple-tree and lays greenish-blue eggs. To what family does it belong t The Key opens with an arbitrary division of our birds according to the number and position of their toes. Our specimen, we see, has four toes, three in front, one behind. It therefore comes under IV. Going to IV., we read: Hind toe--inserted above the level of the rest, etc--not inserted above the level of the rest.... (Go to B J Our specimen has the hind toe not inserted above the level of the ...

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Excerpt from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark, Vol. 4 of 4: To the Sources of the Missouri River, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the United States N. B. - This index covers all the matter of the three preceding volumes, intro ductory and appendicial, as well as main text and notes thereto. It is mainly an index of names, proper and common, without analysis of what comes under them. All proper names are intended to be indexed, except a few which recur incessantly in the main text and notes, as Lewis, Clark, the Missouri, etc and a few others of no pointed implication, as Dakota, Montana, Indians, etc or of mere allusion. Of common names the list is pretty full, though it is exclusive, as a rule, of mere mention, and of incessantly recurring words. Proper names are distinguished from common by capitalization, the same as if they occurred in ordinary sentences. Personal proper names are of course entered by sur names; as, Smith, John. Names of Indian families and tribes are in the singular number, and not followed by Iuds except in distinguishing such from places, etc of same name. Place-names which are phrases are entered as usually spoken and written; thus, Camp Chopunnish, F ort Clatsop, but Chopunnish r Clatsop co etc. Cross-references are made only in special cases. Variant spellings of proper names are entered, as Arikara, Ricara, both of which require to be looked up to find out all that is given in such cases. The mode of alphabetizing is by taking an entry-word and finishing with phrases under it, when any, before proceeding to its compounds: thus, Cow cr., Cow isl., cowas, cowbane, cow-beetle - not cowes, Cow cr., cowbane, cow-beetle, Cow isl. This introduces a logical element at slight infraction of the alphabet, and the nature of the matter to be indexed seemed to call for such method. Some abbreviations are used these are chic&#64258;y br., branch; co county cr., creek; fk., fork; Inds., Indians; isl., island; ldg., landing; mt., mts moun tain, mountains pra., prairie rap., rapid or rapids res., (indian) reservation r., river; spt., spring or springs; sta., station. Roman numerals all refer to Vol. I.; the unbroken pagination of the rest of the work renders reference by Vol. Needles in case of the arabic figures. 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.

History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark, Vol. 4 of 4: To the Sources of the Missouri River, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains ... the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Gov

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