. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 193 ^9S Of the Snualloiu I Chimney Swallow 24S252 2 Spotted Flycatcher 196 2 Martin 3 Sand Martin 4 Swift 255258 259 Of the Warblers 198 Night-Jar 262 I Nightingale 199 203 2 Dartford Warbler 3 Redbreafl 204 Of the Dove kind , 265 4 Red dart 208 I Wild Pigeon 267 5 Fauvette 209 2 Ring Dove 270 6 Leffer Fauvette 212 3 Turtle Dove . 272 7 Winter Fauvette 213215 8 Reed Fauvette 9 Blackcap 217 Of the Gallinaceous kind 274 10 Whitethroat 219 I Domeitic Cock 276 11 Yellow Willow Wren 220 2 Pheafant 282 12 Willow Wren 222 3 Turkey . 286 13 L
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 193 ^9S Of the Snualloiu I Chimney Swallow 24S252 2 Spotted Flycatcher 196 2 Martin 3 Sand Martin 4 Swift 255258 259 Of the Warblers 198 Night-Jar 262 I Nightingale 199 203 2 Dartford Warbler 3 Redbreafl 204 Of the Dove kind , 265 4 Red dart 208 I Wild Pigeon 267 5 Fauvette 209 2 Ring Dove 270 6 Leffer Fauvette 212 3 Turtle Dove . 272 7 Winter Fauvette 213215 8 Reed Fauvette 9 Blackcap 217 Of the Gallinaceous kind 274 10 Whitethroat 219 I Domeitic Cock 276 11 Yellow Willow Wren 220 2 Pheafant 282 12 Willow Wren 222 3 Turkey . 286 13 Leaft Willow Wrer 1 223 4 Peacock 289 14 Golden-crefted Wren 224 5 Pintado . 293 15 Wren 227 6 Wood Groufe 29J 16 White-rump 229 7 Black Groufe 298 17 Whinchat 231 8 Red Groufe 301 18 Stonechat 233 9 White Groufe 3^3 XXX CONTENTS. Page. Page. 10 Partridge . 305 I Great Plover 321 II Quail 308 2 Pee-wit 324 12 Corncrake 3^^ 3 Golden Plover . 329 13 Great Buftard 3H 4 Gray Plover 11^ 14 Little Buftard 38 5 Dotterel 332 320 6 Ring Dotterel 334 Of the Plover. HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. VOL. I. ?cv»oc»< BRITISH BIRDS. •aasK:w,:»« BIRDS OF FRET. Rapacious birds, or thofe which fubfift chieflyon flefli, are much lefs numerous than ravenousquadrupeds; and it feems wifely provided by na-ture, that their powers ftiould be equally confinedand limited as their numbers; for if, to the rapidflight and penetrating eye of the Eagle, were join-ed the ftrength and voracious appetite of the Lion,the Tiger, or the Glutton, no artifice could evadethe one, and no fpeed could efcape the other. The characters of birds of the ravenous kindare particularly flrong, and eafily to be difllngulfli-ed; the formidable talons, the large head, theftrong and crooked beak, indicate their ability forrapine and carnage; their difpofitlons are fierce,and their nature untraftable ; unfociable and cruel,they avoid of civilization, and retire tothe moft melancholy and wild recefles of nature,
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