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The Living Animals Of The World: A Popular Natural History [Hardcover]
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W. F. Kirby, Herbert Maxwell,
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About The Book : Vol. Ii The Ostrich And Its Kindred ; The Game-Birds And Rails ; Pigeons And Sand-Grouse; Auks, Gulls, And Plovers ; Bustards And Cranes; Grebes And Divers, Penguins, And Tubenosed Birds; Storks, Herons, And Pelican Tribe; Screamers, Ducks, Geese, And Swans; Birds Of Prey And Owls; Night-Jars, Swifts, And Humming-Birds; Parrots, Cuckoos, And Plantain-Eaters; Rollers, Kingfishers, Hornbills, And Hoopoes; Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Colies, And Trogons; Toucans, Honey-Guides, Jacamars And Puff-Birds, Barbets And Woodpeckers; Perching-Birds; Larks, Titmice, Honey-Eaters, And Their Kindred; Shrikes, Thrushes And Their Allies. Swallows, Lyre-Birds, Chatterers, Broadbills, Etc. About The Author : William Forsell Kirby (1844 -1912) Was An English Entomologist And Folklorist. Kirby Had A Wide Range Of Interests, Knew Many Languages And Fully Translated Finland'S National Epic, The Kalevala, From Finnish Into English. Kirby'S Translation, Which Carefully Reproduces The Kalevala Meter, Was A Major Influence On The Writings Of J.R.R. Tolkien, Who First Read It In His Teens. Kirby Also Provided Many Footnotes To Sir Richard Burton'S Translation Of The Arabian Nights. A Short Biography Of Kirby, With Particular Reference To His Work On Phasmids, Was Published By P. E. Bragg In 2007. Kirby Was An Advocate Of Theistic Evolution. In His Book Evolution And Natural Theology, He Argued That Evolution And Theism Are Compatible. He Noted That Creationism Was Scientifically Untenable And Refuted Its Arguments. He Viewed Nature As A "Vast Self-Adjusting Machine".Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7Th Baronet, Bt, Kt, Pc, Jp, Dl, Frs, Fsa Scot, Frgs (1845 - 1937) Was A Scottish Novelist, Essayist, Artist, Antiquarian, Horticulturalist, Prominent Salmon Angler And Author Of Books On Angling And Conservative Politician Who Sat In The House Of Commons From 1880 To 1906. He Was Educated At Eton And At Christ Church, Oxford. He Was A Captain In The 4Th Battalion Royal Scots Fusilier
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