THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



BRITISH BIRDS; 



OR, A 



SELECTION OF the MOST RARE, BEAUTIFUL, and INTERESTINQ 



BIRDS 

 WHICH INHABIT THIS COUNTRY: 



THE DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE 



S Y S T E M A N A T U R J£ 



O F 



L I N N U S: 



WITH 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, 



EITHER ORIGINAL, OR COLLECTED FROM THE LATEST 

 AND MOST ESTEEMED 



ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGISTS; 



AND EMBELLIHED WITH 



FIGURES, 



DRAWN, ENGRAVED, AND COLOURED FROM THE ORIGINAL SPECIMENS. 



By E. DONOVAN. 



VOL. VIII. 



LONDON: 



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

 No. 62, ST, PAUL'S CHURCH- YARD. iSj;, 



