Studies in bird migration (1912) (14751586952)

Identifier: studiesinbirdmig01clar (find matches)
Title: Studies in bird migration
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Clarke, William Eagle, 1853-1938
Subjects: Birds -- Migration Birds -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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THE EDDYSTONE LANTERN 12TH October 1901 From a painting by Marian Eagle Clarke . . . The beacons blaze allures The bird of passage, till he madly strikes Against it, and beats out his weary life.—Tennyson. (To face Frontispiece. STUDIES IN Bird Migration BY WILLIAM EAGLE CLARKE Kttpfr uj the hatitial historv Department, the Royal Scottish Museum WITH MAPS, WEATHER CHARTS, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME \. LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD 1912 TO HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD Hoiwruri/ Member uf the Britiih Oinilliulogisis Union IN RECOGNITION OF VALUED ASSISTANCE WHICH MAS CONTRIBUTED MATERIALLY TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF A SUBJECT OF MUTUAL INTEREST, THESE STUDIES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR a 2 PREFACE These Studies are offered as contributions to what has ever been an attractive branch of the science of Ornithology. They are the result of many years personal observations and researches, during which exceptional opportunities have been afforded me for acqstudiesinbirdmig01clar