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.