THE STORY OF THE 



BIRDS 



BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO 

 THE STUDY OF ORNITHOLOGY 



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BY 



CHARLES DIXON 



AUTHOR OF 



"rural bird life," "the game birds and wild fowl of the BRITISH 



ISLANDS," "BRITISH SEA BIRDS," "CURIOSITIES OF BIRD LIFE," " THR 



MIGRATION OF BIRDS," " BIRD LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY," 



"among THE BIRDS IN NORTHERN SHIRES," 



ETC. ETC. ETC. 



WITH FRONTISPIECE BY CHARLES WHY M PER 



LONDON 

 GEORGE ALLEN, 156, CHARING CROSS ROAD 



1900 



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