HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



WILLIAM YAKEELL, V.P.L.S., F.Z.S. 



FOURTH EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 564 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS. 

 VOLUME I, REVISED AND ENLARGED 



BY 



ALFRED NEWTON, M.A., F.R.S., 



PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., ETC. 



LONDON : 

 JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



MDCCCLXXI. MDCCCLXXIV. 



