

HISTORY 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



WILLIAM YARRELL, Y.RL.S., F.Z.S. 



^^^ 



FOURTH EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 564 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS. 



VOLUME I., REVISED AND ENLARGED 



BY 



ALFRED NEWTON, M.A., F.R.S., 



PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AND COMPARATIYE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., ETC. 



LONDON : 

 JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



MDCCCLXXI.— MDCCCLXXIV. 



