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Excerpt from The Natural History of Selborne, 1825, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Are Added the Naturalist's Calendar, Miscellaneous Observations, and Poems
It must be allowed, as this anatomist observes, that the crop placed just upon the bowels must, especially when full, be in a very uneasy situation during the business of incubation yet the test will be, to examine whether birds that are actually known to sit for certain are not formed in a similar manner. This inquiry I proposed to my self to make With afem-owl, or goat-sucker, as soon as. Opportunity offered because if their formation proves the same, the reason for incapacity in the cuckoo will be allowed to have been taken up somewhat hastily. 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.
