THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



BRITISH BIRDS; 



OR, A 



SELECTION of the MOST RARE, BEAUTIFUL, and INTERESTING 



BIRDS 



WHICH INHABIT THIS COUNTRY: 



THE DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE 



$ T S T E At A N A T U R AZ 



O F 



L I N N M U S; 



, WITH 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, 



EITHER ORIGINAL, OR COLLECTED FROM THE LATEST 

 AND MOST ESTEEMED 



ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGISTS; 



AND EMBELLISHED WITH 



FIGURES, 



DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED FROM THE ORIGINAL SPECIMENS, 



VOL. III. 



By E. DONOVAN. 



LONDON: 

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

 Nq. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 1796. 



