* \ THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN, SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED, ACCURATELY ENGRAVED, AND PAINTED FROM NATURE; WITH DESCRIPTIONS, INCLUDING THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EACH BIRD: From Obfervations the Refult of more than Twenty Years Application to the Subject, in the Field of Nature; in which the diftinguilhing Character of each Species is fully explained, and its Manner of Life truly defcribed. THE FIGURES ENGRAVED FROM THE SUBJECTS THEMSELVES BY THE AUTHOR, JV. L EW I N, FELLOW OF THE LINN^EAN SOCIETY, AND PAINTED UNDER HIS IMMEDIATE DIRECTION. IN EIGHT VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, IN ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD. 1 795*