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D^Si(/SiPTIONS 



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OF THE 



RAPACIOUS BIRDS 



OF 



GREAT BRITAIN 



BY 

 WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY, A. M. 



CONSERVATOR OP THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 



OF EDINBURGH, 



FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, MEMBER OF THE 



WERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, OF THE ACADEMY 



OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, OF THE 



LYCEUM OF NEW YORK, &C. 



MACLACHLAN & STEWART, EDINBURGH : 



BALDWIN & CRADOCK, LONDON; AND 

 HODGES & SMITH, DUBLIN. 



MDCCCXXXVI. 



