ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 

 KDITKD BY K. BO\YDLER SIIARPE, LL.U., F.L.S., ETC. 



A HAND-BOOK 



TO THE 



BIRDS 



OF 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



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R. BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D., 



ASSISTANT KEEPER, SUB-DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATA, 

 ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VOL. ///. 



LONDON : 

 W. H. ALLEN & CO., LIMITED, 



13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W. 

 1896, 



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