TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 



THE QUEEN, 



THIS 



HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 



TO WHICH HER MAJESTY HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY 

 PLEASED TO EXTEND HER PATRONAGE, 



IS DEDICATED, 



^ WITH THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT, 



BY HER MAJESTY'S 

 MOST FAITHFUL SUBJECT, 



AND MOST DEVOTED SERVANT, 



WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY. 



Edinburgh, 1, Wharton Place, 

 15th June, 1840. 



