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177G-T7. [Pexxaxt, T.] Britisli Zoology. | [Bj- Thomas Peuiiaut.] | Vol. I [-IV]. | 

 Class I. Quadrtipods. ] II. Birds. | Fourtli Editiou. | AVarriugtou: | j)rintedby 

 William Eyres, | for Benjamin "White, at Horace's Head, | Fleet street, Lon- 

 don. I MDCCLXXVI [MDCCLXXVII]. 4 vols. 8vo. Vol. 1, 1776, eng. title, 

 1 1., pp. i-xxxiv (incl. printed title), 2 ll., pj). i-viii, 5 11., pj). 1-418, 4 11., pll. 

 i-lix. Vol. II, 1776, eng. title ( = j)l. Ix), 3 j). 11. (i)riuted title and list of 

 l^lates), PI). 419-786, pll. Ixi-ciii, i-ix, ] folded sheet of music. (Vol. Ill, 1776, 

 and Vol. IV, 1777, do not relate to Birds. Place of iiuhl. changed to "Lon- 

 don" in later vols.) 



Vol. T, Class n, Birds. Div. I, Land Birds, pp. 153 to end, pU. xv-lix. Vol. II, Class II, 

 Division n, "Water-fowl, the whole Tolume, pll. Ix-ciii, and of the appendix pll. i-ix, with 

 the music sheet, pi. Ix being the frontispiece or eng. title-page, as you please. The unpaged 

 leaves at end of Vol. I (in copy examined ; they may be bound elsewhere in other copies) are 

 also ornithological. (Compare last title, and see what is said under it.) 



Besides the systematic account of the species, there are some pieces requiring mention: 

 Vol. I, pp. 158-160, expl. of technical terms ; the unpaged leaves (ordered to be inserted imme- 

 diately before the index) are additions and corrections. Vol. II, appendix, pp. C23-G26, Birds 

 now extinct in Great Britain, or such as wander there accidentally; also, the bullfinch music 

 sheet, pp. 637-646 of appendix is mammalogical. pp. 047, 648, of the choice of His Majesty's 

 Hawks, pp. 649-659, of the small Birds of FHght, by Daines Barringtou. pp. 660-708, Exper- 

 iments on Singing Birds, by Daines Barrington. iip. 709-725, on the migrations of British 

 Birds, pp. 725-730, Extracts from old English writers, pp. 731-760, Systematic Arrangement 

 of the Birds of Great Britain, with names in the ancient British. 

 The sheet of music is from Philos. Trans., Ixviii, pi. xi. 



1778. Albxx, E. a Natural History of British Song-Birds, . . . 



This is the date of the fifth edition, which I have not seen. See the third, 1759. 



1780. [Edwards, G.] A | Discom-se | on the | Emigration of British Birds : | or, | This 

 Question at last Solv'd: | "Whence come the Stork and the Turtle; the | Crane 

 and the Swallow, when they know | and observe the appointed Time of their 

 coming? | Containing | A Curious, particular, and circumstantial Account of 

 the I respective Eetreats of all those | Birds of Passage | "Which visit our 

 Island at the Commencement of Spring, and | depart at the Approach of 

 Winter; as, the | [etc., 6 lines, in triple columns.] | Also, | A copious, enter- 

 taining and satisfactory Eelatiou of | Winter Birds of Passage, | Among which 

 are the | [etc., 2 lines, in triple column.] | Shewing | The diifereut Countries 

 to which they return, the Places where they | breed, and how they perform 

 their Annual Emigrations, &c. | With a short Account of those Birds that 

 migrate occasionally, | or only shift their Quarters at certain Seasons of the 

 Year. | To which are added, | Reflections on that truly admirable and wonder- 

 ful I Instinct, the Annual Migratipn of Birds! | — | By a Naturalist [George 

 Edwards]. | — | Salisbury: | Printed and sold by Collins and Johnson, | For 

 the Author. | Sold also by Fielding and Walker, in Pater-noster Row, London. 

 I M DCC LXXX. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. i-vi, 1-45. 

 There is another ed., 1795. 



The title of this work, by one of the most distinguished .naturalists of that d.ay, is suffi- 

 ciently explicit. 



1787. Latham, J. A List of the Birds of Great Britain ; Comprehending all such as 

 either visit us at uncertain Seasons, or are usually domesticated, as well as 

 those which are known to be constant Inhabitants. <^ Lathani's Gen. Syn. 

 Birds, Siq]}}!., i, 1787, pp. 281-298. 

 Briefly annotated; especially valuable for its indication of the stragglers. 



1789. Maesham, E. Indications of Spring, observed by Robert Marsham, Esquire, 

 F.R. S. of Stratton in Norfolk. Latitude 52° 45'. <,PhUos. Trans., Ix-six, 

 pt. ii, 1769, pp. 154-156, 

 Tabular statement of observations upon the appearance, etc., of various birds. 



1789. WAiCOTT, J. Synopsis | of | British Birds. | — | By John Walcott, Esq. | — | 

 The Works of the Lord are great : | Sought out of all them that have Pleas- 

 ure therein. | Psalms, cxi. 2. | — | London : | Printed by W. Justins, Shoe- 



