INTRODUCTION ix 



the increased number of records of new or rare 

 species which have been collected during the past 

 thirty years, and to the enormous additions to 

 the literature of the subject which have been made 

 during the same period. 



Since the first edition of this "Handbook" was 

 pubhshed in 1872, the following species have been 

 added to the list of so-called "British Birds," though 

 all have not equal claims to be thus designated : — 



Falco gyrfalco, 4 Tichodroma mwraria, 4 



„ cenchris, 6 Emheriza cioides, 1 



JElanus casruleiis, 1 Fringilla serinus, 15 



Lanius 'major, 5 Carduelis tristis, 1 



„ meridionalis, 1 Liinotfi exilipes, 1 



TurdtLS TTiigratorius, 4 Zonotrichia albicollis, 3 



Saxicola stapazina, 1 CapriTnulgus s^yptius, 1 



,, isahellioia, 1 Charadrius fulvus, 2 



„ deserti, 3 „ doTninicus, 3 



Sylvia nisoria, 12 Chmtusia gregaria, 2^ 



„ subalpina, 1 Eudromias asiaticus, 1 



Phylloscopus proregvlii!-^, 1 Tringa. acuminata, 2 

 „ viridanus, 1 „ hairdi, 1 



„ schwarzii, 1 Butorides virescens, 1 



Hypolais polyglotta, 1 Colymbus adamsi, 3 



^ By an oversight only one instance of tlie occurrence of Cheetada 

 gregaria has been noted (p. 414). Anotlier should be added, namely 

 a specimen procured near Navan, Co. Meath, Aug. 1, 1899. This will 

 be found recorded in the Irish Naturalist^ 1899, p. 23."3, with a photo- 

 graph of the bird which was subsequently exhibited at a meeting of 

 the British Ornithologists' Club, Nov. 22, 1899. 



Similarly, a third example of Pufinus assimilis may be noted 

 (p. 486), one having been picked up, exhausted after a gale, at Bexhill, 

 Sussex, on Dec. 28, 1900. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cluh, Feb. 13, 1901. This 

 fact was made known too late for insertion in its ])roper ])lace. 



