Publications of George Edwards

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  • Edwards, George. A discourse on the emigration of British birds: or, this question at last solv'd: whence come the stork and the Turtle, the Crane and the swallow, when they know and observe the appointed Time of their coming? containing A curious, particular, and circumstantial Account of the respective Retreats of all those Birds of Passage Which visit our Island at the Commencement of Spring, and depart at the Approach of Winter; as, the Cuckow, Turtle, Stork, Crane, Quail Goat-Sucker, The Swallow Tribe, Nightingale, Black-Cap, Wheat-Ear, Stone-Chat, Whin-Chat, Willow-Wren, White-Throat, Etotoli, Fly-Catcher, &c. &c. Also, a copious, entertaining, and satisfactory relation of winter birds of passage, Among which are the Woodcock, Snipe, Fieldfare, Red-Wing, Royston Crow, Dotterel, &c. Shewing The different Countries to which they retire, the Places where they breed, and how they perform their Annual Emigrations, &c. With a short Account of those Birds, that migrate occasionally, or only shift their Qua. The second edition.. London : printed for Stanley Crowder, Bookseller, No. 12, Paternoster-Row; and B.C. Collins, Salisbury, 1780?. ESTC No. T133762. Grub Street ID 182486.