HANDBOOK 



TO THE 



BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



BY 



JOHN GOULD, F.E.S., etc. 



AUTHOR OP THE 'BIRDS OP AUSTRALIA,' 'MAMMALS OF 



AUSTRALIA,' ' BIRDS OF EUROPE,' ' BIRDS OF ASIA,' 



MONOaRAPHS OP THE TROCHILID.E, 



RAMPHASTID.^, TROGONID^, 



ODONTOPHORIN^, ETC. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOE, 



2G, CHARLOTTE STREET BEDFORD SQUARE. 



1865. 



[The right of TransUtfion is reserved.'] 



