f3 THE 



GENERA OF BIRDS. 



COMPKISING 



THEIR GENERIC CHARACTERS, 

 A NOTICE OF THE HABITS OF EACH GENUS, 



AND 



AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF SPECIES 



REFERRED TO THEIR SEVERAL GENERA. 



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GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, F.L.S. 



SENIOR ASSISTANT OF THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM; 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OE SCIENCES OF TURIN ; OF THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL ACADEMY 

 ; ROYAL SOCIETY OE AGRICULTURE, NATURAL HISTORY, AND USEFUL ARTS OF LYON; OF THE SOCIETY OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF STR. 

 OF THE LlNl^EAN SOCIETY OF LYON ; OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, U. S. ; 

 THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF HESSE DARMSTADT ; ETC. ETC. 



" A LIST OF THE GENERA OF BIRDS, SEVERAL ENTOMOLOGICAL 



ILLUSTRATED BY 



DAVID WILLIAM MITCHELL, B.A. F.L.S. 



SECRETARY TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; 



HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMSTERDAM, AND OF 

 SEVERAL LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



IN THREE VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. /'*aa TH so. 



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1844— H 



LONDON: 

 LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



1849. 



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