Excerpt from Traits and Anecdotes of Birds and Fishes: Illustrating Their Natural History, Habits, and Instincts HE basis of this volume was Mrs. Lee's inter esting work on the Habits and Instincts of Birds, etc., but, in preparing his materials, the editor has referred not only to the original sources whence that work was mainly drawn, but also to several additional and valuable works - rich in ma terial, but too voluminous for popular use. Our acknowledgment of indebtedness to these works has already been made in the General Preface, and, therefore, need not be repeated here. Had the editor attempted a full enumeration of all known birds and fishes of each class, he would have been compelled to limit his remarks to a. 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.