. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. xu INTRODUCTION With the help of the photographs in this book it should not be difficult for any one to recognise and determine a good proportion of the members of the South African avi- fauna, without having recourse to the task of skinning. The latter is, however, learnt with a little patience and practice, and will be found indispensable to any one taking up the study of ornithology in earnest. Notes on habits, coloration of soft parts, contents of crops, dates, &c., should be carefully entered in a book kept for the purpose. For information
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. xu INTRODUCTION With the help of the photographs in this book it should not be difficult for any one to recognise and determine a good proportion of the members of the South African avi- fauna, without having recourse to the task of skinning. The latter is, however, learnt with a little patience and practice, and will be found indispensable to any one taking up the study of ornithology in earnest. Notes on habits, coloration of soft parts, contents of crops, dates, &c., should be carefully entered in a book kept for the purpose. For information on skinning we would direct attention to a little work of Eowland Ward's, 166, Piccadilly, London, called the " Sportsman's Handbook " (price three shUhngs and sixpence); and for further and more scientific informa- tion on our birds, the four excellent volumes on Birds by Dr. A. C. Stark and W. L. Sclater in the " Fauna of South Africa " series, must be consulted. ofHw^ It. Seco/vofl/ftEs St Pff/MARy coye/rrs. IT. G aE fire ft H^/Ns-cnye/fTs V Median Coi/Eftrs Vr. Lesser l^mc-coi^Efl-rs r BjISTA/fO'iV/NG- The Nomenclature of the External Portions of a Bird's Anatomy (after Reichenow).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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