The Auk, Volumen 13

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American Ornithologists' Union, 1896
 

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Página 95 - To promote the increase of natural knowledge, and to forward the application of scientific methods of investigation to all the problems of life, to the best of my ability, in the conviction, which has grown with my growth and strengthened with my strength, that there is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is, when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off.
Página 96 - I have subordinated any reasonable, or unreasonable, ambition for scientific fame which I may have permitted myself to entertain to other ends ; to the popularization of science ; to the development and organisation of scientific education; to the endless series of battles and skirmishes over evolution ; and to untiring opposition to that ecclesiastical spirit, that clericalism, which in England, as everywhere else, and to whatever denomination it may belong, is the deadly enemy of science.
Página 94 - After Charles Darwin had, in 1859, reconstructed this most important biological theory, and by his epochmaking theory of Natural Selection placed it on an entirely new foundation, Huxley was the first who extended it to man, and in 1863, in his celebrated three Lectures on " Man's Place in Nature," admirably worked out its most important developments. With luminous clearness, and convincing certainty, he has here established the fundamental law, that, in every respect, the anatomical differences...
Página 64 - NORTH AMERICAN SHORE BIRDS A HISTORY OF THE SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, PLOVERS AND THEIR ALLIES INHABITING THE BEACHES AND MARSHES OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC COASTS, THE PRAIRIES, AND THE SHORES OF THE INLAND LAKES AND RIVERS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT...
Página 70 - BRITISH BIRDS. With a Chapter on Structure and Classification by FRANK E. BEDDARD, FRS With 16 Plates (8 of which are Coloured), and over 100 Illustrations in the Text. Crown 8vo., gilt edges, 6s. net. BIRDS IN LONDON. With 17 Plates and 15 Illustrations in the Text, by BRYAN HOOK, AD McCoRM1cK, and from Photographs from Nature, by RB LODGE.
Página 96 - ... pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off. It is with this intent that I have subordinated any reasonable or unreasonable ambition for scientific fame which I may have permitted myself to entertain, to other ends: to the popularization of science; to the development and organization of scientific education ; to the endless series of battles and skirmishes over evolution; and to the untiring opposition to that ecclesiastical spirit, that clericalism, which in England, as everywhere...
Página 352 - Among them we find examples of generosity, unselfish devotion of the love of mother for offspring and other estimable qualities. Their industry, patience, and ingenuity excite our admiration ; their songs inspire us with a love of music and poetry ; their beautiful plumages and graceful manners appeal to our esthetic sense; their long migrations to distant lands stimulate our imaginations and tempt us to inquire into the causes of these periodic movements, and finally, the endless modifications of...
Página 45 - Averaging slightly larger but with a shorter bill. Adult male with less yellow on the under parts and more black or blackish on the lores and malar region; the dark collar across the jugulum black or blackish, broad and conspicuous ; the chest mottled or spotted with rich brownish chestnut.
Página 96 - In striving for the attainment of these objects, I have been but one among many, and I shall be well content to be remembered, or even not remembered, as such. Circumstances, among which I am proud to reckon the devoted kindness of many friends, have led to my occupation of various prominent positions, among which the Presidency of the Royal Society is the highest. It would be mock modesty on my part, with these and other scientific...
Página 333 - On birds collected by Dr. WL Abbott in the Seychelles, Amirantes, Gloriosa, Assumption, Aldabra, and adjacent islands, with notes on habits, etc., by the collector. By Robert Ridgway.

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