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Download or read book A History of British Birds, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by William Yarrell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of British Birds, Vol. 2 of 3 Low. Generic Characters. - Beak rather long, thick at the base, much compressed, strong, very convex, the mandibles crossing each other at the points. N ostrils round, basal, lateral, defended by incumbent setaceous feathers. Wings pointed; the first quill-feather the longest. Tarsus very short; toes and claws strong; hinder toe longer than the tarsus; claws curved and sharp. Tail short, forked. 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.