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The Ornithology of Shakespeare

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The Ornithology of Shakespeare

James Edmund Harting

271 pages~5 hr 24 min read17 chapters$4.99
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Shakespeare knew his birds, from the eagle to the songthrush, and James Harting hunts them through the plays. He gathers every winged reference: hawks and hawking, the owl and its omens, the crows, and the birds of song. Learned, charming, and full of poetry. A delightful marriage of ornithology and literature. Read Shakespeare with a birdwatcher's eye and hear the whole aviary sing.

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17 chapters

  1. 1THE ORNITHOLOGY OF SHAKESPEARE.
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. THE EAGLE AND THE LARGER BIRDS OF PREY.
  7. 7CHAPTER II. HAWKS AND HAWKING.
  8. 8CHAPTER III. THE OWL AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS.
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. THE CROWS AND THEIR RELATIONS.
  10. 10CHAPTER V. THE BIRDS OF SONG.
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. THE BIRDS UNDER DOMESTICATION.
  12. 12CHAPTER VII. THE GAME-BIRDS AND “QUARRY” FLOWN AT BY FALCONERS.
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII. WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL.
  14. 14CHAPTER IX. VARIOUS BIRDS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOREGOING CHAPTERS.
  15. 15APPENDIX.
  16. 16FOOTNOTES.
  17. 17INDEX.
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