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 



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



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 SPECIMEN, 



By E. DONOVAN. 



VOL. IX. 

 LONDON: 



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

 No. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH- YARD. 1818. 



