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Download or read book Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania (Classic Reprint) written by Alfred John North and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania The present Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, has been prepared by Mr. A. J. North, who has been engaged by the Trustees as an Assistant in the Zoological Department of the Museum. It contains a careful description of such authentic eggs of each species as have been accessible to the author, wherever there was any doubt as to the authenticity of the eggs of any species they have been discarded, typical specimens have always been selected, supplemented with descriptions of such other distinct varieties as occasionally occur. No egg is here described of which the history is unknown, with the exception of a few taken from Gould's "Handbook to the Birds of Australia." 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.