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following chapters, where other species, just as remarkable 

 for their form or habits, will be treated of. In these intro- 

 ductory pages, however, I have selected certain of the 

 most divergent types of Bird life, and I hope that the 

 illustrations of some of the wonderful forms which have 

 lived on the surface of the globe in bygone times will have 

 proved not without interest to the reader. 



