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Image from page 7 of “A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles” (1859)
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Identifier: historyofbirdso01bree
Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons …
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
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OC! LE V DLTU R A HISTORY BIRDS OF EUROPE, NOT OBSERVED IN THE BRITISH ISLES. BY CHARLES ROBERT BREE, ESQ., M.D. VOL. I. Join voices all ye living souls; ye birds That singing up to heaven-gate ascend Bear on your wings and in your notes His praise. Miltons Paradise Lost. LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCLIX. QL(olH )g5S CONTENTS THE FIRST VOLUME. Sociable Vulture .Cinereous VultureBearded VultureNorwegian Jer-FalconSaker FalconLanner Falcon .Eleonora FalconLesser Kestrel .Little Red-billed HawkPale-cbested Harrier .Imperial EagleBonellis Eagle .Booted EagleTawny EaglePallass Sea EagleBald EagleShort-toed Eagle .Long-legged Buzzard .African Buzzard .Black KiteArabian KiteBlack-winged KiteUral Owl 1>AGE-1 71221313744485155586267717580879397101105108114 IV CONTENTS. PAGK Lap Owl 118 Least European Sparrow Owl 124 Egyptian Eared Owl 130 Black Jackdaw . . . . . . . .136 Azure-winged Magpie . . . . . . 140 Black-headed Jay . . 144 Siberian Jay . . . . . . . . 149 Alpihistoryofbirdso01bree
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