FAMILIAR HISTORY 



OF 



BIRDS; 



THEIB NATUBE, HABITS, 



AND INSTINCTS. 



BY 



EDWARD JSTANLEY, D.D., F.R.S., 



LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH; 



PRESIDENT OF THE LINNJEAN SOCIETY. 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTIOK OF 



7HE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, 



APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 



CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. 



THE FOURTH EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. 



LONDON: 

 JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. 



M.DCCC.XLVIII. 



