Gilbert White Quote

A good ornithologist should be able to distinguish birds by their air [manner] as well as by their colours and shape; on the ground as well as on the wing, and in the bush as well as in the hand.


The Natural History of Selborne, Letter XLII, To Dianes Barrington, August 7, 1778, Robert M. McBride & Company. 1925


A good ornithologist should be able to distinguish birds by their air [manner] as well as by their colours and shape; on the ground as well as on the ...

A good ornithologist should be able to distinguish birds by their air [manner] as well as by their colours and shape; on the ground as well as on the ...

A good ornithologist should be able to distinguish birds by their air [manner] as well as by their colours and shape; on the ground as well as on the ...

A good ornithologist should be able to distinguish birds by their air [manner] as well as by their colours and shape; on the ground as well as on the ...