# The birds of Jamaica Author: Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888; Hill, Richard, 1795-1872 [Contributor] Genre: Category: Science - Biology Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73391 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+birds+of+Jamaica+Gosse&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary White of Selbourne has somewhere expressed the gratification which would be afforded to him by a sight of the _hirundines_ of the “hot and distant island” of Jamaica. We know, in fact, exceedingly little of the _biography_ of tropical animals—of those details of their habits, which are to be known only by a close and continued observation of them in their woodland homes. The present volume may perhaps contribute an acceptable item to the amount of information, derived, as it is, entirely from original investigation. Nearly two hundred species of birds are thus ascertained to belong to the Jamaica Fauna, though of several of these, the author can give only indications more or less precise.... ## Chapters - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/15/index.md) - [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/25/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/18/index.md) - [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/17/index.md) - [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/21/index.md) - [Part 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/26/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/22/index.md) - [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/24/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/28/index.md) - [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/23/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/19/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/27/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/16/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/20/index.md) - [Part 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/29/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-birds-of-jamaica-73391/chapters/30/index.md)