TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 



THE QUEEN, 



THIS 



HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 



TO WHICH HER MAJESTY HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY 

 PLEASED TO EXTEND HER PATRONAGE, 



IS DEDICATED, 



WITH THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT, 



BY HER MAJESTY'S 

 MOST FAITHFUL SUBJECT, 



AND MOST DEVOTED SERVANT, 



WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY. 



EoiNBiKiiH, 26th Jime, 1840. 



