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57 



INTRODUCTION 



TO THE 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS 



BEING THE ARTICLE " ORNITHOLOGY," FROM THE SEVENTH EDITION 



OF THE 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. 



WITH ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE FIGURES- 



V 



JAMES WILSON, F.R.S.E. M.W.S. 



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AND OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE. 



ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH; 



SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., WHITTAKER & CO., AND HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. 

 LONDON; AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN. 



M.DCCC.XXXIX. G 



