THE 
BIRDS: 
GENERA OF 
COMPRISING 
THEIR GENERIC CHARACTERS, 
A NOTICE OP THE HABITS OF EACH GENUS, 
AND 
AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF SPECIES 
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REFERRED TO THEIR SEVERAL GENERA. 
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BY 
GEORGE ROBERT 
SENIOR ASSISTANT OF THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM ; 
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF TURIN ; OF THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL ACADEMY OF GEORGOFIL1 OF FLORENCE ; 
OF the royal SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL HISTORY, AND USEFUL ARTS OF LYON ; OF THE SOCIETY OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF STRASBOURG 
OF THE L1NN-EAN SOCIETY OF LYON ; OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, C. S. ; 
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF IIESSE DARMSTADT ; ETC. BTC. 
AUTHOR OF 
“ A LIST OF THE GENERA OF BIRDS,” SEVERAL ENTOMOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. 
GRAY, F.L.S. 
ILLUSTRATED BY 
DAYID WILLIAM MITCHELL, B.A. F.L.S. 
SECBETARY TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON j 
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMSTERDAM, AND OF 
SEVERAL LEARNED SOCIETIES. 
IN' THREE VOLUMES. 
YOL, II. 
1844—1849. 
LONDON: 
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 
paternoster-row. 
1849. 
