HISTORY 



OF 



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., F.R.S.E. 



MEMBER OF THE WERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, OF THE NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA, OF THE ROYAL PHYSICAL AND CUVIERIAN 



SOCIETIES, &C. ; AND CONSERVATOR OF THE MUSEUJl OF THE ROYAL 



COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH. 



VOL. L 



RASORES, SCRAPERS, OR GALLINACEOUS BIRDS ^ 



GEMITORES, COOERS, OR PIGEONS; 



DEGLUBITORES, HUSKERS, OR CONIROSTRAL BIRDS; 



VAGATORES, WANDERERS, OR CROWS AND ALLIED GENERA. 



LONDON : 



PRINTED FOR SCOTT, WEBSTER, AND GEARY, 



36, CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE, 



1837, 



