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BRITISH BIRDS, 



INDIGENOUS AND MIGRATORY: 



INCLUDING 



THEIR ORGANIZATION, HABITS, AND RELATIONS; 



REMARKS ON CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE ; 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF BIRDS, AND 



OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO PRACTICAL 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 



NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. 

 BY WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY, A.M., LL.D. 



PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND LECTURER ON BOTANY, IN MARISCHAL 

 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY, ABERDEEN ; 



MEMBER OF THE TVERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY AND ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETIES OP EDINBURGH, OF THE 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES OF BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA, OF THE LYCEUM OF NEW YORK, 



OF THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ETC. 



VOL. IV. 



CURSORES, OR RUNNERS. 



TENTATORES, OR PROBERS. 



AUCUPATORES, OR STALKERS. 



LATITORES, OR SKULKERS. 



LONDON : 



WILLIAM S. ORR AND CO., AMEN CORNER, 



PATERNOSTER ROW- 



1852 



