THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS; 



OR, A 



SELECTION OF the MOST RARE, BEAUTIFUL, and INTERESTING 



BIRDS 



WHICH INHABIT THIS COUNTRY t 



THE DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE 



S Y S T E M A N AT U R M 



OF 



L I N N ^ U S ; 



WITH 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, 



EITHER ORIGINAL, OR COLLECTED FROM THE LATEST 

 AND MOST ESTEEMED 



ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGISTS', 



ANB EMBELLUH51D WITH 



FIGURES, 



BRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED FROM THE ORIGINAL SPECIMENS, 



By E. DONOVAN, 



VOL. VI. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 5 AND FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON,, 

 No. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. ISX^, 



