THE NATURALIST 1909

ISBN: 9781333072629 Géneros: PSV Sinópsis: Excerpt from The Naturalist 1909 A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of EnglandIF scarcity be the touchstone of our interest in any bird then surely the Stone Curlew is the most interesting resident Species in Yorkshire the northern limit of its breeding range in BritainSome 150 years ago prior to the introduction of the present system of agriculture on the high wolds and waste lands of the county when huge stretches of sandy warren and sheepwalk existed the bird must have been as common as it still is in some parts of Norfolk and Suffolk but at the present day it is almost extinct in our county This change of conditions may be traced to the introduction of the turnip by which alone the present rotation of crops became possibleAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart 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