A 
FAMILIAR HISTORY 
OF 
BIRDS : 
THEIR NATURE, HABITS, 
AND INSTINCTS. 
BY THE 
REV. EDWARD STANLEY, M.A., F.L.S., 
&c. &c. 
RECTOR OF ALDERLEY, CHESHIRE . 
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL 
LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY 
FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. 
TWO VOLUMES, WITH ENGRAVINGS. 
VOLUME II. 
LONDON: 
JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. 
M.DCCC.XXXV. 
