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O F 



FRANCIS WILLVG HBT 



O F 



Middleton in the County of Warwici^Efq:, 



Fellow of the R o y A I S o c i e t r- 



Jn trfcee iSooks* 



Wherein All the 



BIRDS 



HITHERTO KNOWN, 



Being reduced into a M e t h o d futable to their Natures, 

 are accurately defcribed. 



The Defcriptions illuftrated by moft Elegant Figures, nearly refcmbling 

 the live Birds, Engraven in LXXVIlf Copper Plates. 



Traiillated into Englifti, and enlarged with many Additions 

 throughout the whole W.o r. k. 



To which are added. 



Three Confiderable DISCOURSES, 



f I. Of the Art of F o w L I N G : With a Defcnption 

 j of feveral N e t s in two large Copper Plates. 



I II. Of the Ordering of Singing Birds. 



Ill.Of Falconry. 



BY 

 fOH:h(^%AX Fellow of the Royal Society. 



Plalm 104. 24. 



H01P manifold are thy works, Lord^ In wifdom kajl thou made them all : The "Earth \ 

 full of thy riches. 



LONDON: 



Printed by /i.C. for JohnMartyn^ Printer to the (I{pyal So ciety ^ at thc!Bf//in 

 St. Paulj Church-Yard, MDCLXXVIIi 



