THE 



BIRDS 



GREAT BRITAIN, 



SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED, ACCURATELY ENGRAVED, 

 AND PAINTED FROM NATURE; 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS, INCLUDING 

 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EACH BIRD: 



From Obfervations the Refult of more than Twenty Years Application to the 



Subject in the Field of Nature j in which the diftinguifhing Character of each 



Species is fully explained, and its Manner of Life truly defcribed. 



THE FIGURES ENGRAVED FROM THE SUBJECTS THEMSELVES, BY THE AUTHOR, 



W. LEWI N, 



FELLOW OF THE LINN^AN SOCIETY, 

 AND PAINTED UNDER HIS IMMEDIATE DIRECTION. 



IN EIGHT VOLUMES. 

 VOL. IV. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 

 I797. 



