A 



PRACTICAL HANDBOOK 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS 



EDITED BY 



H. F. WITHERBY, M.B.E., F.Z.S., M.BO.U. 



Editor of "British Birds" (Mag.) 



AUTHORS OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS : 



ERNST HARTERT, PH.D., M.B.O.U. 

 ANNIE C. JACKSON, H.M.B.O.U. 

 REV. F. C. R. JOURDAIN, M.A., M.B.O.U. 

 C. OLDHAM, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



NORMAN F. TICEHURST, M.A., F.R.C.S., M.B.O.U. 

 AND THE EDITOR, 



VOLUME I, 



WITH 17 PLATES AND NUMEROUS TEXT FIGUKES. 



WITHERS Y & CO., 



326, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 



1920, 



