Excerpt from A Compendium of British Ornithology: With a Reference to the Anatomy and Physiology of Birds Natural History communicates to its V'ota ries, a love of order; it expands while it directs the energies of the mind; it Opens a field of pious contemplation, - manifesting at every step, the glorious attributes of Him, whose wisdom and goodness are discernible, not less in the structure of an insect's limb and the formation of a feather, than in the majestic power of the half-reasoning elephant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.