. Lost and vanishing birds; being a record of some remarkable extinct species and a plea for some threatened forms . GR EAT BUSTAR DS LOST AND VANISHING BIRDS Being a Record of some Remarkable Extinct Species and a Plea for some Threatened Forms By CHARLES DIXON author ofthe migration of birds curiosities of bird life the nests and eggs of BRITISH BIRDSETC. ETC. ETC. WITH TEN PLATES BY CHARLES WHYMPER LONDON: JOHN MACQUEEN MDCCCXCVIII •f PREFACE ^ /^NE of the saddest features of civilisation is^-^ the disappearance of so many beautiful andcurious creatures from this world of ours. Fromall part
. Lost and vanishing birds; being a record of some remarkable extinct species and a plea for some threatened forms . GR EAT BUSTAR DS LOST AND VANISHING BIRDS Being a Record of some Remarkable Extinct Species and a Plea for some Threatened Forms By CHARLES DIXON author ofthe migration of birds curiosities of bird life the nests and eggs of BRITISH BIRDSETC. ETC. ETC. WITH TEN PLATES BY CHARLES WHYMPER LONDON: JOHN MACQUEEN MDCCCXCVIII •f PREFACE ^ /^NE of the saddest features of civilisation is^-^ the disappearance of so many beautiful andcurious creatures from this world of ours. Fromall parts of the earth the same story comes; andwe now seem to be within measurable distance ofa time when wrecks and remnants of once compactand indigenous assemblages of organisms will beall that remain to us, and such a thing as acomplete fauna will be unknown. This is not onlya crime, but the violation of a sacred trust whichwe hold for posterity. Civilisation has alreadyground away under its merciless heel most of thefaunal facies of Europe; Asia fares but littlebetter, and is fast being reduced to the same statlostvanishingbir00dixo
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