HARMONIA RURALIS; 



or, 



AN ESSAY 



towards 



A NATURAL HISTORY 



of 



BRITISH 



SONG BIRD 



voluxMe'the first. 



"►.■>...>o<"<"<" 



ILLUSTRATED 



with Figures the Size of Life, of tbe Birds, Male and Female, 



in their most natural Attitudes; 



their Nests and Eggs, Food, favourite Plants, Shrubs, Trees, &c. &c, 



FAITHFULLY DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED 



AFTER NATURE. 



By the Author, 



ON FORTY COPPER-PLATES. 



The Warblers are heard in the Grove, 

 The Linnet, the Lark, and the Thrush, 



The Blackbird and soft-cooing Dove, 

 With Music enchant every Bush. 



NATURA SEMPER EADEM, SED ARTES SUNT VARI^. 



BY JAMES BOLTON, 





PRINTED FOR AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, AT STA NNARY, NEAR HALIFAX; 



SOLD ALSO BY B. AND J. WHITE, IN LONDON, AND MAY 



BE HAD OF ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS. 



1794. 



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