Birds

L'auteur, ont observé les Oiseaux de plus près; et l'etude de leur organisation, jointe à la connaissance de leurs moeurs, est venue ajouter à cette dernière un attrait de plus, en nous montrant dans ses plus intimes détails la dépendance qui lie la foction avec l'instrument chargé de l'exécuter.

The author hoped that trough making known more widely the loss that the British avi-fauna has sustained and the possibility of the reparation of at least a part of it, something may be done towards hastening forward that time when the people shall at least cease to banish the rare native birds, and instead prepare the way for rehabilitation of those that have already been lost.

This publication aims to inform the reader about the protection of birds and how it is different from the utilisation of birds for the use against pests.

Ce volume vient compléter l'étude de la série des oiseaux observés en Belgique.

Dans cette publication, l'auteur montre dans quel type d'environnement on trouve des oiseaux et de quel type d'oiseaux il s'agit

In the following pages will be found not only descriptions and plates of the birds themselves, but, wherever possible, notes on their ways and habits have also been given.

This publication contains a list of the birds of the Belgian Congo which were scientifically categorised at the time of publication.