A 
FAMILIAR HISTORY 
BIRDS: 
THEIR NATURE, HABITS, 
AND INSTINCTS. 
BY THE 
REV. EDWARD STANLEY, M.A., l'.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 I. 
LONDON: 
JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. 
M.DCCC.XXXV. 
