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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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so fre | quent among them, by which future Events are | with 
Certainty foretold. | London : | Printed for C. Corbett, in Fleet- 
street. | mdccli. | Price One Shilling and Sixpence. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 4 un. + pp. 71. 
Birds at pp. 2, 5, 31, 32, 52. 
1753. The | Country Gentleman’s | Companion. | In two Volumes. Vol. 
I. [II.] | Contains . . . III. Of Hawking. | IV. The Diseases in 
Hawks, | and the most approved methods of Cure. | . . . [etc.] | 
By a Country Gentleman. | From his own Experience. | London: 
| Printed for the Author, and sold by T. Trye | [etc. 2 lines] | 
M.DCC.LIII. 
Collation — 2 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. pp. viii un. +pp. 13-239. 
Vol. II. pp. iv un.+pp. 172 + 33 11. contents. 
Hawking at pp. 39-50 of Vol. II. 
1754. [Anonymous.] A | Natural History | of | Singing Birds ; | and 
particularly | that species of them most com | monly bred in Scot- 
land. | . . . By a Lover of Birds. Edinburgh : 1754. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 14 un. + pp. 170 + pp. 6 un., various 
plates. 
Pirated from Albin. 
1762. [Anonymous.] The | Bird Fancier’s | Necessary Companion, | and 
| sure guide. | In two parts. | Part I. | Containing | Curious Re- 
marks | on the | Nature, Sex, Management and Diseases | of | 
English Song - Birds. | With | Practical Instructions for dis- 
tinguishing the | Cock and Hen, for Taking, Chusing, Breeding, | 
Keeping, and teaching them to Sing, for discover | ing, and 
curing their Diseases, and for making | Engines, Lime-Twigs, &c. 
| London : | Printed for, and sold by Thomas Hope, facing the 
North | Gate of the Royal-Exchange, in Threadneedle-Street, 
and | by Thomas Grinaway at the Bird-Cage, facing St. | 
Sepulchre’s Church, on Snow-Hill. 1762. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 4 un. + pp. 48. 
*1766. [Anonymous.] A | Catalogue | of | Birds, Insects, &c. | now ex- 
hibiting at Spring-Gardens. | Price Sixpence. | mdcclxvi. 
Collation — 1 vol. sm. 8vo, pp. viii un. + pp. 5-19 + 1 p. Auction 
notice. 
Idem. Another issue, sm. 8vo. “ Bath : Printed by C. Pope, 
in St. James’s Street, m.dcc.lxvi.” 
Note . — This issue lacks the auction notice and has the cases 
numbered differently. We are unaware which is the original. 
Many English birds are named, with some few foreign ones. 
1776. [Anonymous — “A Lover of Birds.”] A | Natural History | of [ 
Singing Birds : | and particularly | that species of them most 
commonly | bred in Britain. . . . By a Lover of Birds. | . . . 
Edinburgh: 1776. 
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