. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. HISTORICAL PREFACE. remains, period— Were a modern Hesiod to essay — neither a cos- mogony nor a theogony — but the genesis of even the least department of human
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. HISTORICAL PREFACE. remains, period— Were a modern Hesiod to essay — neither a cos- mogony nor a theogony — but the genesis of even the least department of human knowledge, — were lie to seek the beginnings of American Ornitliology, he would find it only in Chaos For from this sprang aU things, great and small alike, to pass through Night and Nemesis to the light of days which first see orderly pro- gress in the course of natural evolution, when is first estab- lished some sequence of events we recognize as causes and effects. Then there is system, and formal law; there science becomes possi- ble ; there its possible history begins. Long was the time during which the birds of our country were known to its inhab- itants, after the fash- ion of the people of those days, — known as things of which use could be made, and studied, too, that use might be made of them. But this period is pre- historic; no evidence save in some quaint pictograph or rudely graven image. There followed a shorter by far than the former one, though it endures to-day — when the same. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. asn; Estes & Lauriat. prt; John Wilson and Son. prt. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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