FAMILIAR HISTORY 



BIRDS; 



THEIR NATURE, HABITS, 

 AND INSTINCTS. 



EDWARD STANLEY, D.D., F.R.S., 



LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH; 

 PRESIDENT OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL 



LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY 



FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE 



VOL. I. 

 THE SECOND EDITION. 



LONDON: 



JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. 



M.DCCC.XXXVIII. 



