BIRDS OF BRITAIN 



BY J. LEWIS BONHOTE, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



(Member of the British Ornithologists' Union) 



CONTAINING 100 FULL- PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR 

 SELECTED BY 



H. E. DRESSER 



FROM HIS "BIRDS OF EUROPE" 

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THE growth in the number of bird lovers in this country during the 

 last few years has been enormous, and the present volume is written 

 in popular style to assist those who wish to read from Nature herself, 

 and to learn more of the ways and habits of the wild birds they may 

 come across in their rambles. 



Shorter notices are also given of all the rarer birds, with notes to 

 assist in identification, so that, as well as learning more fully about the 

 commoner birds, the reader will have a complete account of every 

 species he is likely to meet with in Great Britain. Mr. Bonhote is an 

 ornithologist of considerable experience, and most of the information 

 has been gleaned first-hand from Nature herself. 



The i oo full-page coloured plates have been carefully chosen, so as to 

 show examples of almost all the different types of birds that are dealt with. 



SOME PRESS OPINIONS 



' ' The subject is treated in an exhaustive way, and the information conveyed is 

 both detailed and exact. The descriptions, whether by the external appearance of 

 the birds or by their habits and modes of life, are obviously based on personal 

 observations conducted at close quarters by the artifices known to the enthusiastic 

 student of animal life. Mr. Dresser's remarkably good illustrations, in which the 

 colouring a very difficult matter to attain exactly is specially worthy of commenda- 

 tion, add another charm to what is a most attractive volume." Scotsman. 



" By all lovers of birds the book is sure of a hearty welcome." Daily Telegraph. 



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 ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 4, 5, & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 



