INTRO BRCTION 
TO 
MR. DOWKER’S NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF 
EAST KENT. 
These Notes, when first communicated to the Society, were 
preceded by a general and instructive discourse on the structure 
and classification of British Birds, illustrated by drawings made 
by the Author. They were founded, in the first instance, on the 
Author’s personal observations, extending over 30 years, and 
subsequently amplified and confirmed by the contributions of the 
eight Observers quoted in the Zabulated List that follows the 
Notes, to which list reference is made by the page indicated with 
each Family noted. The Publishing Committee of the Society, 
desiring to add to its transactions such excellent original work, and 
the Author, at the same time, wishing to complete the notes up to 
the time of publication, have caused a delay, which has resulted in 
the issue of the present double number. Yarrell’s 4th edition is 
followed in the names and arrangement of the Birds. 
July, 1889. 
