Author: Richard Bowdler Sharpe

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780331427974

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 3: Cichlomorph , Containing the First Portion of the Family, Timeliid (Babbling-Thrushes) The total number of species enumerated is 407; and of these the Museum possesses 315. The specimens in the collection are 1508 in number. The gaps in the series are principally among the sonth-american Wrens, of which it is peculiarly difficult to procure examples. 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.