THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



BRITISH BIRDS; 



O R, 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 M 



O F 



L I N N ^ 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. 



By E. DONOVAN. 



VOL. X. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR j AND FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, No. 62, 

 ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, AND No. 3, WATERLOO-PLACE, 

 PALL .MALL. 1819. 



