ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 

 Edited by R. BOWDLER SHARPS, LL.D., F.L.S., Etc. 



A HAND-BOOK ^ 



TO THE 



BIRDS 



OF 



GREAT BRITAIN 



BY 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D., 



ASSISTANT KEEPER, SUB-DEPARTMENT OF YERTEBRATA, 

 ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VOL. IV. 



LONDON : 



W. H. ALLEN & CO., LIMITED, 



13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W. 

 1897. 



