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 OP EDINBURGH, OF THE NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA, OF THE LYCEUM OF NEW YORK, OP THE 



LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OF THE 



ROYAL PHYSICAL AND CUVIERIAN SOCIETIES, &C.; AND 



CONSERVATOR OF THE MUSEUM OP THE ROYAL 



COLLEGE OP SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH. 



VOL. II. 



CANTATORES, SONGSTERS. 



LONDON : 

 PRINTED FOR SCOTT, WEBSTER, AND GEARY, 



36, CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE. 



1839. 



