THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS; 



O R, A 



SELECTION of the MOST RARE, BEAUTIFUL, and INTERESTING 



BIRDS 



WHICH INHABIT THIS COUNTRY: 



THE DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE 



S T S T E M A NATURE 



O F 



L I N N M V S; 



WITH 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, 



EITHER ORIGINAL, OR COLLECTED FROM THE LATEST 

 AND MOST ESTEEMED 



ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGISTS-, 



ANP EMBELLISHED WITH 



FIGURES, 



DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED FROM THE OR1 GI N AL SPEC I ME NS. 



VOL. II. 



By E. DONOVAN. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; AND FOR F. AND C. RIVINGTOK* 



No. 6^ ST. PAUL# CHURCH-YARD. 1795. 



