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 



Subjea, 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. L E W I N, 



FELLOW OF THE LINN^EAN SOCIETY, 

 AND PAINTED UNDER HIS IMMEDIATE DIRECTION. 



IN EIGHT VOLUMES. 

 VOL. V. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, IN ST. TAUL's CHURCH-YARD. 

 1797. 





