WHAT IS A BIRD?

The Forms of Birds, Their Instincts, and Use in Creation ConsideredBird-nesting and bird-hunting have always been objects of lively pursuit with young people. In the spring (of 1855, this tendency being actively displayed at a boys school, an attempt was made by weekly lectures on the instincts, forms, and uses of birds, to direct the ardour of the lads into an intelligent interest for the feathered tribes around them. The plan succeeded beyond the most sanguine hopes of the Lecturer. The thoughtless cruelty of the boys decreased, and the new subjects thus presented.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.