PROSPECTUS. 



SINCE the time of the publication of the last edition of the 

 HISTORY of BRITISH BIRDS, by the late Thomas Bewick, 

 many birds have been discovered to be inhabitants, or visitants, 

 of the British isles; and are consequently not figured in his 

 work. To supply this deficiency is the only aim of the author; 

 and, to the accomplishment of which, he trusts he shall be 

 deemed competent, as he possesses nearly a perfecj collection 

 of British Birds, and has the assistance of some eminent 

 naturalists in his undertaking. 



The work will appear in three numbers, and will be printed 



in two sizes, royal octavo and demy octavo, to correspond with 



tl>; t of Bewick. The first two numbers will consist entirely 



of woodcuts, vignettes, and accompanying description ; and the 



^ov \\ill contain a systematic catalogue of all British 



mistakes in Bewick, a list of synonyms, 



rreface, and table of contents; on 



a woodcut of a hybrid bird 



>ne octavo 



