Download or read book The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Vol. 3 written by Allan O. Hume and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Vol. 3: With Four Portraits My task being completed, it is now my pleasant duty to acknowledge the kind assistance I have received in England from many friends; and I take this opportunity of including in the number those gentlemen who have also assisted me in writing the 'Birds of India, ' so far as it is completed. It is needless to say that at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, I received the utmost assistance from Professor Flower and Dr. Günther, and the latter gentleman placed every facility for work at my disposal. It was a decided improvement to work in the well-appointed room now devoted to Birds in the new Museum instead of the uncomfortable gallery at Bloomsbury where I wrote my 'Birds of Burmah' in 1883; and I must admit that the way in which the enormous additions to the bird-collection during the past few years have been arranged and made available for study by my friend Mr. Bowdler Sharpe must impress everyone with admiration for his industry and powers of organization. Both from him and his colleague Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant I have always received the most friendly help on all occasions. 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.