Sir Andrew Smith's Miscellaneous Ornithological Papers (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sir Andrew Smith's Miscellaneous Ornithological Papers In the present volume we have reprinted the ornitho logical portion only of Sir A. Smith's papers, as they alone immediately concern us. The South African Quarterly Journal, however, contains many notes by him on the Mammals of South Africa besides other subjects. In 1834 Sir A. Smith undertook the superintendence of an expedition for exploring Central Africa at the instance of The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa, and on his return published a report of his journey.* In an Appendix to this Report a number of mammals and birds are described for the first time, and the matter relating to the latter we reproduce here. 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.