LATE of 1S4, WESTERN ROAD.



JUDGE, BREEDER AND EXHIBITOR



OF



GanaFies& British & foreign Gage Birds.



The Largest and most varied Stock in the South



of England.



AWARDED THIRTY GOLD & SILVER MEDALS



Author of CASSELL'S “BRITISH CAGE BIRDS,

“ FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS," &c.



Demy 8vo. cloth extra, gilt top, 21s. net.


THE BIRDS OF SURREY.


By JOHN A. BUCKNIBB, M.A.


With Illustrations and a Map.



“ Under this title a notable addition has been made to the series of

county avifaunas. It has for some time been known that the author was

engaged in its preparation, and the expectations of ornithologists in regard

to it have not been disappointed. We have examined it somewhat critically,

and find throughout its pages abundant evidence of the care which has been

bestowed upon it. A glance at the contents shows first a useful bibliography,

including both a list of books consulted and a list of periodicals and journals

which have furnished materials of one sort or another towards the making

of the volume. His ‘ Introduction ’ is both geographical and bibliographi

cal, and conveys a good impression of the natural features of the county

explored. These preliminaries pave the way for a catalogue of the birds of

the count)' which naturally forms the bulk of the volume, and extends to

some 350 pages. This is followed by a glossary of local names, and the

volume is completed by a good Index.


“With regard to the illustrations, half-a-dozen excellent ‘photogravures’

give pleasing views of the Surrey Weald, Frensham Great Pond, Waverley

Abbey and Heronry, the Penn Ponds in Richmond Park, and Frensham

Little Pond. A dozen other illustrations reproduced from drawings em¬

bellish the text at intervals, and a good map of the county is folded at the

end of the volume. Mr. Bucknill may well be complimented on the pro¬

duction of a book which is not only artistic if considered aesthetically, but,

so far as we have been able to test it from the ornitholigists point of view,

extremely accurate and trustworthy .”—The Field.



R. H. PORTER, 7, Princes St., Cavendish Square, London, W.



