Excerpt from A Naturalist in the Magdalen Islands: Giving a Description of the Islands and List of the Birds Taken, There, With Other Ornithological Notes IN the following pages I have endeavored to describe the incidents of a trip to those comparatively little-known islands, the magdalens, with a view to the study of their Ornithology. I have often thought that if collectors would give a summary of the results of their expeditions, naturalists would soon be able to estimate the geographical range of many species which at present we know very little about. In Part Second I have given a list of the species, with notes, that were taken or observed. 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.