;/,! IIISTOIiY 



A HANDBOOK 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS 



SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT 

 AND MIGRATORY SPECIES IN THE 



BRITISH ISLANDS .^ >0 \ ^ 2. 



WITH 



AN INDEX TO THE RECORDS OF THE RARER VISITANTS 



BY 



J. E. HARTING, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



NEW AND REVISED EDITION 



WITH THIRTY-FIVE COLOURED PLATES, CAREFULLY 



REPRODUCED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 



BY THE LATE PROFESSOR SCHLEGEL 



LONDON 

 JOHN C. NIMMO 



14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND 



MDCCCCI 



