A
HISTORY
OF
BRITISH BIRDS.
WILLIAM YARRELL, V.P.L.S., F Z.S.
FOURTH EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES.
ILLUSTRATED BY 564 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS.
VOLUME II., REVISED AND ENLARGED
BY
ALFRED NEWTON, M.A., F.R.S.,
PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,
F .L .S ., F.Z.S^, ETC.
LONDON:
JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW.
MDCCCLXXVI—MDCCCLXXXII.