The Aquatic Birds of Great Britain and Ireland (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Aquatic Birds of Great Britain and Ireland The seasonal plumage-changes, so marked in many aquatic birds, may well attract the attention of the student of ornithology. Some birds, such as Gulls, several of the Ducks, the Gannet and others, do not attain their mature dress until the third, fourth, fifth, or even sixth year, and the transition stages are often somewhat difficult to determine. It is hoped that the descriptions given in the text, though of a general character, will enable the reader to assign to its species a bird whether immature or adult, male or female, in winter or in nuptial garb. It is well to understand that the term winter-plumage is used only in a general sense to signify other than the nuptial plumage, and in all cases does not indicate the dress assumed in our winter months. Many Petrels, for instance, which breed in the Southern Hemisphere are in winter plumage in our summer months, though, as a matter of fact, in this particular group, it would appear that the plumage in the two seasons is, as a rule, identical. It may also be added that, while the winter and nuptial plumages are always described under separate headings in the text, there are some birds which undergo only one moult in the year, and so the expression 5similar to the nuptial plumage, does not necessarily imply a comparison, but rather that the winter and nuptial plumages are one and the same dress. 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.