RURAL 

 BIRD LIFE OF ENGLAND 



BEING ESSAYS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESERVING OBJECTS 

 RELATING TO THAT SCIENCE 



BY 



CHARLES DIXON 



WITH FORTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A PREFACE 



By DR. ELLIOTT COUES, U.S.A. 



AUTHOR OF* KEY TO NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS* "FIELD ORNI- 

 THOLOGY* BIRDS- OF THE NORTHWEST* ETC. 



THE WERNER COMPANY 



NEW YORK AKRON, OHIO CHICAGO 



1899 



