HARMONIA RURALIS; 



or, 



AN ESSAY 



towards 



A NATURAL HISTORY 



of 



BRITISH 



SONG BIRDS. 



VOLUME THE SECOND. 



ILLUSTRATED 



with Figures the Size of Life, of the Birds, Male and Female, in their most natural 



Attitudes ; their Nests and Eggs, Food, favourite Places, &c., &c.; 



FAITHFULLY DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED, 



AFTER NATURE, 

 ON FORTY COPPER-PLATES, 



BY JAMES BOLTON, 



•.»..»»>0*"4"4*> 



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^. 



PRINTED FOR AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, AT STANNARY, NEAR HALIFAXj 

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

 BE HAD OF ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS. 

 1796. 



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