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REPTILES AND BIRDS.

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HAWKING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

Frontispiece.

REPTILES AND BIRDS.

A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THEIR VARIOUS ORDERS,

WITH A DESCRIPTION OF
THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF THE MOST INTERESTING.

By LOUIS FIGUIER,
AUTHOR OF "THE WORLD BEFORE THE DELUGE," "THE VEGETABLE WORLD,""THE INSECT WORLD," ETC. ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH 307 WOODCUTS.

BY MM. A. MESNEL, A. DE NEUVILLE, AND E. RIOU.

Edited and Adapted by
PARKER GILLMORE
("UBIQUE").

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND CO.
1870.

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LONDON:
PRINTED BY VIRTUE AND CO.,
CITY ROAD.

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PREFACE.

In presenting to the public this English version of Louis Figuier'sinteresting work on Reptiles and Birds, I beg to state that wherealterations and additions have been made, my object has been that thestyle and matter should be suited to the present state of generalknowledge, and that all classes should be able to obtain usefulinformation and amusement from the pages which I have now the honour andpleasure of presenting to them.

On commencing my undertaking I was not aware of the immensity of thelabour to be done, and fear that I must have relinquished my arduoustask but for the kind encouragement of Frank Buckland, Esq., Inspectorof Salmon Fisheries, and Henry Lee, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., to bothof whom I take this opportunity of returning my sincere thanks.

PARKER GILLMORE
("UBIQUE").

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