. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . rel 216 1 Fulmar 218 2 Shearwater 220 3 Stormy Petrel 223 Of the Mergus 226 1 Goofander 228 2 Dun-diver 231 3 Red-breafted Mer- ganfer 235 4 Smew 238 5 Red-headed Smew 240 6 Lough-diver 241 Of the Anas 1 Wild Swan 2 Mute Swan 3 Swan Goofe 243245249253 4 Canada Goofe i55 5 Egyptian Goole ?5S 6 Red-breafted Goole 2o0 xlii CONTENTS. Page. 7 Grey Lag Goofe 262 8 Tame Goofe 266 9 White-fronted Wild Goofe 272 10 Bean Goofe - 273 11 Bernacle - 274 12 Brent Goofe - 277 13 Eider Duck - 279 14 Mufk Duck - 284U Velvet Duck 286 16 Scoter - 288
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . rel 216 1 Fulmar 218 2 Shearwater 220 3 Stormy Petrel 223 Of the Mergus 226 1 Goofander 228 2 Dun-diver 231 3 Red-breafted Mer- ganfer 235 4 Smew 238 5 Red-headed Smew 240 6 Lough-diver 241 Of the Anas 1 Wild Swan 2 Mute Swan 3 Swan Goofe 243245249253 4 Canada Goofe i55 5 Egyptian Goole ?5S 6 Red-breafted Goole 2o0 xlii CONTENTS. Page. 7 Grey Lag Goofe 262 8 Tame Goofe 266 9 White-fronted Wild Goofe 272 10 Bean Goofe - 273 11 Bernacle - 274 12 Brent Goofe - 277 13 Eider Duck - 279 14 Mufk Duck - 284U Velvet Duck 286 16 Scoter - 288 17 Mallard - 291 18 Tame Duck - 299 19 Hook-billed Duck 303 20 Scaup Duck 304 21 Shieldrake - 306 22 Shoveler - 310 23 Red-breafted Sho- veler - 313 Page, 24 Gadwall - 314 25 Wigeon - 316 26 Bimaculated Duck 319 27 Pochard - 320 28 Ferruginous Duck 323 29 Pintail Duck - 324 30 Long-tailed Duck 327 31 Golden-eye 32 Morillon 33 Tufted Duck 34 Garganey 35 Teal 3 Shag 4 Gannet 330333334336338 Of the Pelican - 341 1 Corvorant - 343 2 Crefted Corvorant 349 351354. BRITISH BIRDS. BIRDS OF PRET, Rapacious birds, or those which subsist chiefly on flesh,are much less numerous than ravenous quadrupeds ; andit seems wisely provided by nature, that their powersshould be equally confined and limited with their num-bers i for if to the rapid flight and penetrating eye of theEagle, were joined the strength and voracious appetite ofthe Lion, the Tiger, or the Glutton, no artifice couldevade the one, and no speed could escape the other. The characters of birds of the ravenous kind are par-ticularly strong, and easily to be distinguished: the for-midable talons, the large head, the strong and crookedbeak, indicate their ability for rapine and carnage ; theirdispositions are fierce, and their nature untraftable; un-sociable and cruel, they avoid the haunts of civilization,and retire to the most melancholy and wild recesses ofnature, where they can enjoy, in gloomy solitude, theeffedls of their dep
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