The first comprehensive accounts of eighteenth-century ornithology, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The ibis; 2. The curlews; 3. The lapwing; 4. The plovers; 5. The pluvian; 6. The great plover; 7. The long-shank; 8. The oyster-catcher; 9. The swift-runner; 10. The turn-stone; 11. The water-ouzel; 12. The water-thrush; 13. The knot; 14. The rails; 15. The caurale; 16. The water-hen; 17. The little water-hen; 18. The porzana, or the great water-hen; 19. The grinetta; 20. The smirring; 21. The glout; 22. The jacana; 23. The sultana hen, or porphyrion; 24. The common coot; 25. The crested coot; 26. The phalaropes; 27. The grebe; 28. The chesnut; 29. The divers; 30. The merganser; 31. The pelican; 32. The cormorant; 33. The shag; 34. The sea swallows; 35. The tropic bird; 36. The boobies; 37. The gannet; 38. The frigat; 39. The gulls and the mews; 40. The labbe, or dung-bird; 41. The long-tailed labbe; 42. The anhinga; 43. The rufous anhinga; 44. The shearbill; 45. The noddy; 46. The avocet; 47. The runner; 48. The red flamingo.
