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  THE
  ORNITHOLOGY
  OF
  SHAKESPEARE.

[Illustration: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

From the Chandos Portrait]




  THE
  ORNITHOLOGY
  OF
  SHAKESPEARE.

  CRITICALLY EXAMINED, EXPLAINED, AND ILLUSTRATED.

  BY
  JAMES EDMUND HARTING, F.L.S., F.Z.S.,

  MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION,
  AUTHOR OF "THE BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX,"
  ETC., ETC.

  [Illustration: Publisher's Logo]

  LONDON:
  JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW.
  MDCCCLXXI.




  LONDON:

  PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER,
  MILFORD LANE, STRAND, W.C.




PREFACE.


