THE BIRDS 



OF THE BRITISH ISLES 

 AND THEIR EGGS 



BY 



T. A. COWARD, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



AUTHOR OF 



"birds of CHESHIRE," "VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF CHESHIRB," 



" MIGRATION OF BIRDS " 



FIRST SERIES 



COMPRISING 



FAMILIES CORVIDM TO SULIDM 



WITH 



242 ACCURATELY COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS 



BY ARCHIBALD THORBURN AND OTHERS 



REPRODUCED FROM LORD LILFORD'S WORK 



"COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS" 



AND 65 PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS 



BY RICHARD KEARTON 



AND OTHERS 



LONDON 



FREDERICK WARNE & CO. LTD. 



AND NEW YORK 

 1919 



