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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
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Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 2 un. + vi + pp. 120 + pp. 4 un. and 
numerous pi. 
A piracy from Albin. 
1780. [Anonymous.] A Discourse on the Emigration of British Birds, etc. 
See Legg (John). 
*1788. [Anonymous.] An | Easy Way | of Breeding | Canary Birds | 
and the best method of chusing and keeping | them, both for 
breeding and song, | ... To which is added, | Instruction for the 
Choice of Singing Birds, to distinguish | the Cocks from the 
Hens, their proper Food, &c. | Adorned with Cuts. | London : | 
Printed for J. Bew, No. 28, Paternoster Row. | mdcclxxxviii. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 4 un. + pp. 88. 
*1791. [Anonymous.] The | Natural History | of | Birds ; | containing 
| a variety of Facts | selected from several writers, | and in- 
tended for the | amusement and instruction | of | Children. | 
With Copper Plates. | In six parts. | Part I. j Containing the 
First and Second order. | [Quotation.] | London : | Printed for 
J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1791. 
Collation — 6 pts. in 3 vols. 12mo, with 116 hand-col. pi., also 
plain copies, and an extra vol. of “ Plates to the Natural History 
of Birds, uncoloured, intended to serve the purpose of a drawing- 
book.” 1792. 
Part I. originally issued 1786. 
A mere compilation, containing both British and foreign birds. 
*1791. [Anonymous.] The | History of | Singing Birds | containing | 
An exact Description of their | Habits and Customs, | & their 
manner of constructing their Nests | their times of Incubation | 
With the peculiar excellencies of their several | Songs | The 
method of rearing them in Cages | & the preparation and choice 
of their Food ] Also the disorders they are subject to | with the 
mode of treatment, | Including the history & management | of | 
Canary Birds | Translated from the French of the | Count de 
Bufion | the whole ornamented with Copper Plates | from 
Drawings after Nature. | Edinburgh | Printed for Silvester 
Doig Royal Exchange | 1791. 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, half-title, engr. calligraphic title, pp. 
iv un. +pp. 192, with 24 pi. 
Another piracy from Albin. 
*1792. [Anonymous.] A New System | of the | Natural History of 
Birds. | [Quotation, 2 lines.] | Edinburgh : | Printed for Peter 
Hill, Edinburgh | and Thomas Cadell, London. | mdccxcii. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vii + 11. dir. binder + pp. 568, with 56 
pi. (many of British birds). [Vol. II. of the System, Yol. I. 
being Quadrupeds.] 
1794. [Anonymous.] Walks in a Forest. 
See Gisborne (T.). 
