BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY. 



MANUAL 



BRITISH BIRDS: 



INCLUDING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF 

 THE ORDERS, FAMILIES, GENERA, AND SPECIES. 



BY 



WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY A.M., LL.D., & c . 



PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY, AN1> LECTURER ON BOTANY 



N MARISCHAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY, ABERDEEN; AUTHOR OF A HISTOR* 



OF BRITISH BIRDS, MANUALS OF GEOLOGY, BOTANY, &C. 



SECOND EDITION, 



WITH AN APPENDIX OF RECENTLY OBSERVED SPECIES 

 AND INDICES OF LATIN AND ENGLISH NAMES. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR ADAM SCOTT, 



(LATE SCOTT & WEBSTER.) CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE 



1846. 



M366671 



