Part 1

PLATE I. GOLDEN EAGLE. ⅙ NAT. SIZE.]

BRITISH BIRDS

W. H. HUDSON, C.M.Z.S.

WITH A CHAPTER ON STRUCTURE AND CLASSIFICATION BY FRANK E. BEDDARD, F.R.S.

With 8 Coloured Plates from Original Drawings by A. Thorburn and 8 Plates and 100 Figures in black and white from Original Drawings by G. E. Lodge and 3 Illustrations from Photographs from Nature by R. B. Lodge

NEW IMPRESSION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS 1921

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CONTENTS.

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THE ANATOMY OF A BIRD 1

CLASSIFICATION 34

Order PASSERES.

MISSEL-THRUSH. Turdus viscivorus 39

SONG-THRUSH. Turdus musicus 41

REDWING. Turdus iliacus 45

FIELDFARE. Turdus pilaris 46

Black-throated Thrush. Turdus atrigularis 52

White’s Thrush. Turdus varius 52

BLACKBIRD. Turdus merula 49

RING-OUZEL. Turdus torquatus 50

Rock-Thrush. Monticola saxatilis 52

WHEATEAR. Saxicola œnanthe 52

Black-throated Wheatear. Saxicola strapazina 54

Desert Wheatear. Saxicola deserti 54

WHINCHAT. Pratincola rubetra 54

STONECHAT. Pratincola rubicola 56

REDSTART. Ruticilla phœnicurus 57