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A ^^,-v *^<.'**' 



MANUAL 



OF 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY: 



BEING A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE 



BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 



INCLUDING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF THE SPECIES, 

 GENERA, FAMILIES, AND ORDERS. 



BY 



WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY, A.M., M.W.S., &c. 



CONSERVATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF 



SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH ; LECTURER ON BOTANY IN QUEEN'S COLLEGE, 



\ND IN THE SCOTTISH INSTITUTION ; AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS 



MANUALS OF GEOLOGY, BOTANY, &C. 



PART I. THE LAND BIRDS. 



LONDON: 

 PRINTED FOR SCOTT, WEBSTER, AND GEARY, 



CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE. 

 1840. 



