

I I M / 



A 



HISTORY 



OJ? 



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., 



MEMBER OP THE WERNBRIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OP EDINBURGH, OF THE NATURAL 



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



LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA; 



CONSERVATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, 



AND LECTURER ON BOTANY TO QUEEn'S COLLEGE. 



VOL. III. 



REPTATORES, CREEPERS ; SCANSORES, CLIMBERS ; CUCULIN^ ; 



RAPTORES, PLUNDERERS, OR RAPACIOUS BIRDS ; 



EXCURSORES, SNATCHERS ; VOLITATORES, GLIDERS; 



JACULATORES, DARTERS. 



LONDON: 

 PRINTED FOR SCOTT, WEBSTER, AND GEARY, 



36, CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE. 

 1840. 



