THE 
CABINET 
OF 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
CONDUCTED BV THE 
REV. DIONYSIUS LAIIDNER, LL.D. F.R.S. L.&E. 
M.R.I.A. F,R.A,S, F.L.S. F.Z.S. Hon. F.C.P.S. jtc. &c. 
ASSISTED BY 
EMINENT SCIENTIFIC MEN. 
ON 
THE NATURAL HISTORY AND CLASSIFICATION 
OF 
BIRDS. 
BY 
WILLIAM SWAINSON, ESQ. A.C.G. 
HONORARY MEMBER OP THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ' 
FELLOW OP THE ROYAL AND LfNNAiAN SOCIETIES, 
AND OP SEVERAL FOREIGN ACADEMIES. 
VOL. I. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR 
LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN, 
PATERNOSTER-ROW ; 
AND JOHN TAYLOR, 
UPPER GOWER STREET. 
1836. 
