THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



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 NATURE 



O F 



L I N N ^ U Sj 



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. vn. 



LONDON: 



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

 No. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH- YARD, i8i6. 



