A HANDBOOK 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS, 



SHOWING THE 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT AND MIGRATORY SPECIES 

 IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, 



WITH 



AN INDEX TO THE RECORDS OF THE RARER VISITANTS. 



BY 



J. E. HARTING, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 



MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, ETC. ETC. 



LONDON: 

 JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



MDCCCLXXII. 



