Zoologist, Vol. 7

Excerpt from The Zoologist, Vol. 7: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History Mr. Cater announces (zool: 2391) that two specimens of the Minor Grackle (gracula religiosa) had been seen on the coast of Norfolk, and that one of these had been shot, and formed part of his collection. Knowing 'this bird to be a native of India, and never having heard of its occurrence in England, I ventured, in an editorial note, to suggest that the pair had escaped from an aviary. In contravention of this suggestion, Mr. Cater subsequently urges (zool. 2496) that there were a pair, and not a single bird; that they were first observed within a hundred yards of the sea; that the birds were evidently exhausted, as if with a żight across the sea; and that no aviary likely to contain such birds exists within twenty miles of the spot where they were seen. 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.