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MANUAL 
BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY: 
BEING A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE 
[RDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 
INCLUDING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF THE SPECIES, 
GENERA, FAMILIES, AND ORDERS. 
WILLIAM MACGILLIVE.AY, A.M., M.W.S., &c. 
CONSERVATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF 
SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH ^ LECTURER ON BOTANY IN QUEEN’S COLLEGE 
[ THE SCOTTISH INSTITUTION ; AUTHOR OF A HI 
MANUALS OF GEOLOGY, BOTANY, 
PART I. THE LAND B 
LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR SCOTT, WEBSTER, AND GEARY, 
CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE. 
1840. 
