[Illustration: _PLATE I._ GOLDEN EAGLE. ⅙ NAT. SIZE.] BRITISH BIRDS BY 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 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS. PAGE 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 Black Redstart. _Ruticilla titys_ 59 White-spotted Bluethroat. CYANECULA WOLFI 59 Red-spotted Bluethroat. _Cyanecula suecica_ 59 REDBREAST. _Erithacus rubecula_ 59 NIGHTINGALE. _Daulias luscinia_ 62 WHITETHROAT. _Sylvia cinerea_ 64 LESSER WHITETHROAT. _Sylvia curruca_ 66 Orphean Warbler. _Sylvia orphea_ 70 BLACKCAP. _Sylvia atricapilla_ 67