Excerpt from The Victorian Naturalist, Vol. 2: The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria; May, 1885 to April, 1886 Victorians, but which also prove Of great value to the student Who wants to study the habits of beasts, birds, and reptiles. However skilful a taxidermist may be, he can never give to his skins the subtle and mysterious quiver or life, so that the student who wants to understand life. And its history seeks to learn from living Objects, and the gardens of the Acclimatisation Society meet a felt need. 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.