A
HISTORY
OF
BRITISH BIRDS.
BY
WILLIAM YARRELL, V.P.L.8., F.Z.S.
FOURTH EDITION, I N FOUR VOLUMES.
ILLUSTRATED BY 564 WOOD-ENGRAVINGfS.
VOLUME I., REVISED AND ENLARGED
BY
ALFRED NEWTON, M.A., F.R.S.,
PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERS ITY OF CAMBRIDGE,
F .L .S ., F .Z .S ., ETC.
L ONDON:
JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW.
MDCCCLXXI.—MDCCCLXXIV.
