f. 



0<^cl 



COMPANION 



TO 



GOULD'S HANDBOOK; 



OR, 



SYNOPSIS 



OF THE 



BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



CONTAINING 



NEARLY 0N|- THIRD OF THE WHOLE, OR A~^OUT 220 EXAMPLES, 



FOE THE MOST PAET 



From the Original Dra^wings. 



BY 



SILVESTER DIGGLES. , 



. VOL. I. 



7xV THIS VOLUME THE FOLLOWING GENERA ABE TREATED OF- 



EAGLES, FALCONS, AND HAWKS, 



OWLS, GOAT - SUCKERS, AND SWALLOWS 



KINGEISHERS AND SHRIKES, 



ELY-CATCHERS, ROBINS, AND WRENS, 



LARKS, FINCHES, AND THRUSHES, 



BOWER BIRDS AND CROWS, 



HONEY - EATERS, CUCKOOS, AND CREEPERS, 



ETC., ETC. 





BRISBANE : 



PRINTED BY THORN E & GREEN WELL, EDWARD STREET. 



MDCCCLXXVII. 



