Excerpt from Boston Journal of Natural History, 1841, Vol. 3 Generic characters. Shell depressed, solid; ster num broad, solid, immovable, firmly joined to the shell, consisting of twelve plates, and four supple mental ones; extremities palmated, anterior with five nails, posterior with four; head of ordinary size tail long. 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.

Excerpt from Journal of Natural History, Vol. 7: Containing Papers and Communications, Read to the Boston Society of Natural History, 1859 1863 Since no species was described in the Mollusks, With which the author or the able editor was not personally acquainted, there were quite a number of doubtful species entirely omitted in that work. These I have added, with all the information in regard to them Which I have been able to obtain. 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.

Excerpt from The Zoologist, 1899, Vol. 3: A Monthly Journal of Natural History In this volume more attention has been paid to the many interesting questions relative to the progress of organic evolution. Such titles as Fecundity in each Avine Species, varying according to Accident of Locality; Varying Fecundity in Birds; The Coloration of British Birds and their Eggs; Mimicry, &c., tell their own tale, and prove that 'the Zoologist, ' though conservative as to fact, cannot be pronounced as illiberal to theory. We shall not write the centuries by the numerals 18 again; may the new figures bring prosperity to our Science and its votaries. 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.

Excerpt from Random Notes on Natural History, 1886, Vol. 3 Agriculture, which embraces a general sketch of the work done by the department during the past year, and that proposed for the ensuing is especially interesting and valuable. 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.

Excerpt from Field and Forest, 1878, Vol. 3: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Natural Sciences The first 15 made by fastening two strips of wood, about a foot in length, and an inch and a half in width, to two uprights of the same hight, leaving an open space of half an inch between 5 thin strips of cork, are glued, on underneath, through which the pins are thrust. 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.

Between 1750 and 1920 over 15,000 people visited Antarctica. Despite such a large number the historiography has ignored all but a few celebrated explorers. Maddison presents a study of Antarctic exploration, telling the story of these forgotten facilitators, he argues that Antarctic exploration can be seen as an offshoot of European colonialism.