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An elder narrator addresses a group of children in a sequence of illustrated, child-focused natural history tales that profile different kinds of birds. Each chapter centers on a species or group—large birds of prey, ospreys and sea-eagles, vultures, falcons and hawking, owls, herons and waders, ostrich-like and running birds, and parrots—and mixes anatomical and behavioral description with anecdotal episodes showing feeding, nesting, migration, instinct, and human encounters. The pieces aim to inform and amuse, emphasizing the habits and adaptations that enable each bird to survive while inviting young readers to observe and appreciate avian life.
Birds are such universal favourites, and the Stories connected with their Habits and Instincts so varied and interesting, as to make me feel confident that the Volume now offered to my young readers will meet with a ready acceptance and approbation.
The Engravings, which have been executed by Mr. Landells, from Drawings by Mr. W. B. Scott, will, I hope, be found faithfully and spiritedly to embody the incidents of the Stories which they severally illustrate.