The book of British song-birds, and aviary-companion
Subtitle: including notes on the "Warblers," and other summer visitors
By: by William Kidd ... ; illustrated by wood-engravings.
Contributors: Sercombe & Jack; Bone & Son
Edition: Cheap edition for the million
Series: Treatises on song-birds
Publisher: Groombridge & Sons
Published: 1856
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Songbirds -- Great Britain.; Cage birds -- Great Britain.
Other titles: Kidd's British song-birds, and aviary-companion; Kidd's Treatises on song-birds; Kidd's popular "Treatises on song-birds" :; Kidd's Song birds; Kidd's "Song-birds"
Notes: T.p. and text printed within thin decorative rule border.

"*The Treatises herein contained (seven in number) have for some time past been before the public in a separate form.  They are now collected, and issued in a Volume.".

Date based on English Catalogue of Books and publisher's advertisements in Massey Library copy.

Each part is with a separate t.p.

"The Canary" is with edition statement at head of title: "New Edition. Containing "The true art of taming birds.".

Wood-engraved plate and illustrations within the text are unsigned.

Includes small wood-engraved decorative initials.

General advertisements and publisher's advertisements on p. 1-8 at end.

Cover title includes statement of responsibility: "By the editor of Kidd's Journal & Book of Nature".

MASS copy: Bound in red diagonal wave-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g.  Upper cover blocked in gold with illustrations similar to those within the text.  With yellow endpapers.  With binder's ticket: Bound by  Bone & Son,  76, Fleet Street,  London.".  With presentation inscription dated 1868.  With later inscription: "Frognal Bookshop".  Bound with a blank page between each part.
Table of contents: value: The canary : an entirely original and familiar treatise on the habits of this universal pet : including every needful direction for breeding, feeding, rearing, educating the young, &c. &c. : also the key to unlock a bird's heart; value: The goldfinch, the linnet, the linnet-mule, the goldfinch-mule, and the bullfinch : an entirely original and familiar treatise on the habits of these favourite birds : containing every needful direction for their proper management; value: The nightingale, the blackcap, and the garden warbler : an entirely original and familiar treatise on the habits of these favourite birds : containing every needful direction for their proper management; value: The blackbird, the song-thrush, and the missel-thrush : an entirely original and familiar treatise on the habits of these favourite birds : containing every needful direction for their proper management; value: The skylark, the woodlark, and the robin-redbreast : an entirely original and familiar treatise on the habits of these favourite birds : containing every needful direction for their proper management; value: The aviary and its occupants : a practical treatise on the habits, tempers, dispositions, and attractions of various feathered songsters of Britain, including the British warblers and birds of passage : showing also what birds should be selected, and what rejected, Part I; value: The aviary and its occupants : a practical treatise on the habits, tempers, dispositions, and attractions of various feathered songsters of Britain, including the British warblers and birds of passage : showing also what birds should be selected, and what rejected, Part II.