Our Reptiles and Batrachians —— A Plain and Easy Account of the Lizards, Snakes, Newts, Toads, Frogs and Tortoises Indigenous to Great Britain

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ISBN: 9781332288991 出版年：2016 页码：233 M C Cooke Forgotten Books

It may cause surprise to some who are not amongst my most intimate friends, that my name should be attached to a volume on any other branch of Natural History than one which is in some way associated with the Vegetable Kingdom. To these it may be necessary to explain that I have only returned on this occasion to an old love, long deserted for the fascinating charms of moulds and mildews. In more youthful days I bird's-nested, caught butterflies and worried reptiles, with all the pertinacity of youth, and amongst all these pursuits acquired a taste for the study of our native birds, reptiles, and insects, which led to my first lessons in the classificatory sciences.