Excerpt from The Life of a Bird: An Account of the Progress of Birds From the Nest to Their Perfect Condition The situations which birds of different species and orders fix upon for the foundation of the dwelling-place of their young are extremely various, and lie among the deep recesses of the forest, in the pleasanter alleys of the greenwood, in the hedge-row, the bank-side, the crevices of the rock, the borders of the lake, the solitary moun tain and moor. Thither let us follow them, and trace these busy architects in their operations. 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.