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<h2 align="center">History of British Birds</h2>
<p align="center"><font size="4">by Thomas Bewick</font><br>
<font size="4">Vol. I</font><br>
<i>containing the History and Description of Land Birds</i><br>
<b>Edition of 1805</b></p>
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alt="Arms of Newcastle" width="259" height="131"></CENTER>
<p><font size="7">T</font>he first volume of the <em>History of
British Birds</em>, the <em>Land Birds</em>, was first published
in September of 1797, containing a text by Beilby, much revised
by Bewick. This first edition contained 117 figures of birds,
along with 91 vignettes. This was published again in 1798, with some variations, but this "second" edition bears the date of 1797 and is usually confused with the first edition. While the number of figures of birds and vignettes is identifical, as is the order in which they appear, there are a number of differences which Sidney Roscoe enumerated in his excellent <I>Thomas Bewick, A Bibliography Raisonné of Editions of the General History of Quadrupeds, The History of British Birds and the Fables of Aesop issued in his lifetime</I> (Oxford University Press) 1953, reprinted in 1973. Perhaps the most obvious feature of the 1798 edition is that it includes a second state of the figure of the <I><A HREF="9040038v.html">Magpie</A></I>.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><b>Title</b></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%"><b>Page</b></td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040001.html">Arms of Newcastle on a Boundary Stone</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">Title Page</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040009.html">Golden Eagle</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="80%">5</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040010.html">
Ring-tailed Eagle</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">7</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040011.html">
White-tailed Eagle</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">9</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040012.html">
Sea Eagle</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">11</td>
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Osprey</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">13</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040017.html">
Buzzard</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">15</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040019.html">
Honey Buzzard</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">18</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040020.html">
Moor Buzzard</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">20</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040016.html">
Kite</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">22</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040014.html">
Goshawk</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">24</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040015.html">
Sparrow-Hawk</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">28</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040021.html">
Hen Harrier</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">34</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040022.html">
Ringtail</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">36</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040007.html">
Kestrel</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">38</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040008.html">
Female Kestrel</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">40</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040004.html">
Hobby</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">41</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040005.html">
Merlin</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">43</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040031.html">
Long-eared Owl</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">48</td>
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Short-eared Owl</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">50</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040029.html">
Female Short-eared Owl</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">52</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040026.html">
Barn or Screech Owl</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">53</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040025.html">
Tawny Owl</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">55</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040048.html">
Ash-coloured Shrike</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">60</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040050.html">
Red-backed Shrike</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">62</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040034.html">
Raven</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">68</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040035.html">
Hooded Crow</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">72</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040036.html">
Rook</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">74</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040037.html">
Jack-Daw</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">76</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040038.html">
Magpie</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">78</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040041.html">
Chough</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">80</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040040.html">
Nutcracker</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">82</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040039.html">
Jay</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">84</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040042.html">
Chatterer</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">87</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040043.html">
Roller</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">89</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040045.html">
Starling</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">92</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040059.html">
Ring Ouzel</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">96</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040060.html">
Blackbird</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">98</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040056.html">
Fieldfare</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">102</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040057.html">
Throstle</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">104</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040058.html">
Redwing</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">106</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040121.html">
Cuckoo</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">108</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040126.html">
Wryneck</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">115</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040122.html">
Green Woodpecker</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">120</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040124.html">
Pied Woodpecker</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">122</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040128.html">
Nuthatch</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">125</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040129.html">
Hoopoe</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">127</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040127.html">
Creeper</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">129</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040106.html">
Crossbill</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">134</td>
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<p align="center"><img src="images/crows.jpg"
alt="Crows" width="135" height="76"> </p>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040109.html">
Grosbeak</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">137</td>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040110.html">
Green Grosbeak</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">140</td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040107.html">
Bullfinch</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">142</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040099.html">
Bunting</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">145</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040098.html">
Yellow Hammer (Yellow Bunting)</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">147</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040100.html">
Reed Bunting (Black-headed Bunting)</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">149</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040104.html">
Tawny Bunting</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">154</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040111.html">
Sparrow</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">158</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040112.html">
Mountain Sparrow</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">162</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040113.html">
Chaffinch</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">164</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040114.html">
Brambling (Mountain Finch)</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">167</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040120.html">
Goldfinch</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">169</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040119.html">
Siskin</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">171</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040116.html">
Linnet</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">176</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040118.html">
Lesser Redpole</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">179</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040088.html">
Sky Lark</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">183</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040090.html">
Woodlark</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">189</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040087.html">
Titlark</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">191</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040082.html">
Pied Wagtail</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">194</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040083.html">
Gray Wagtail</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">196</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040084.html">
Yellow Wagtail</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">198</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040053.html">
Pied Flycatcher</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">201</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040064.html">
Nightingale</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">206</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040069.html">
Dartford Warbler</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">210</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040070.html">
Redbreast</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">212</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040071.html">
Redstart</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">216</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040066.html">
Passerine Warbler</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">220</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040081.html">
Sedge Warbler</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">223</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040065.html">
Black Cap</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">225</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040067.html">
Whitethroat</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">227</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040073.html">
Willow Wren</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">230</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040076.html">
Golden-crested Wren</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">233</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040077.html">
Wren</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">236</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040078.html">
Wheatear</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">238</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040079.html">
Whinchat</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">240</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040080.html">
Stonechat</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">242</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040091.html">
Titmouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">246</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040093.html">
BlueTitmouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">248</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040092.html">
Coal Titmouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">250</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040096.html">
Long-tailed Titmouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">251</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040095.html">
Marsh Titmouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">254</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040097.html">
Bearded Titmouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">255</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040132.html">
Swallow</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">261</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040134.html">
Sand Martin</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">266</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040133.html">
Martin</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">267</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040135.html">
Swift</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">270</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040136.html">
Night Jar</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">273</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040138.html">
Wild Pigeon</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">278</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040137.html">
Ring Dove</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">281</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040139.html">
Turtle Dove</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">283</td>
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<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040140.html">
Cock</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">287</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040144.html">
Pheasant</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">293</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040141.html">
Turkey</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">298</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040142.html">
Peacock</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">301</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040143.html">
Pintado</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">305</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040145.html">
Wood Grouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">307</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040146.html">
Black Grouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">310</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040147.html">
Red Grouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">313</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040148.html">
White Grouse</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">315</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040150.html">
Partridge</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">317</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040151.html">
Quail</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">320</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040153.html">
Great Bustard</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">326</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="80%"><a href="9040154.html">
Little Bustard</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="20%">330</td>
</tr>
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