﻿THE 



CABINET CYCLOPAEDIA. 



CONDUCTED BY THE 



REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL.D. F.R.S. L.&E. 

 M.R.I.A. F.R.A.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. Hon. F.C.P.S. &c. &c. 



ASSISTED BY 



EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN. 



Natural ^tgtorp. 



ON 



THE NATURAL HISTORY AND CLASSIFICATION 



OF 



BIRDS. 



BY 



WILLIAM SWAINSON, ESQ. A.e.G. 



HONORARY MEMBER OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY J 

 FELLOW OF THE ROYAL AND LINNiEAN SOCIETIES, 

 AND OF SEVERAL FOREIGN ACADEMIES. 



VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN, 



PATEBNOSTER-ROW J 



AND JOHN TAYLOR, 



UPPER GOWER STREET. 



*1836. 



