THE • ^ 1 t. . 



s.. i-f-n. ,- 



ILLUSTRATED 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



V. ., BY THE REV. 



J. G. WOOD, M.A. F.L.S. 



AUTHOR OF " ANECDOTES OF ANIMAL LIFE," " COMMON OBJECTS OF THE SEA-SHORE AND COUNTRY,' 

 " MY FEATHERED FRIENDS," ETC. ETC. 



WITH NEW DESIGNS BY 



WOLF, ZWECKER, WEIR, COLEMAN, WOOD, NEALE, HARVEY, ETC. 



ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL. 



BIRDS. 



LONDON : 

 EOUTLEDGE, WAENE, AND EOUTLEDGE, FAEEINGDON STEEET. 

 NEW YORK: 56, WALKER STREET. 

 1862. 



