PE SCRIPTION OF; THEsrEABULATED 
EMSteor THE Ba ps. OF 
EAS T° Teaser. 
It will be advantageous to economise space, and I will 
therefore give the particulars that will explain the plan I have 
here adopted. 
The column on the left gives the generic name and the common 
or English name of the bird, after the fourth edition of Yarrell’s 
British Birds, under the families placed in the order there adopted. 
In the next column the frequency of their occurrence in 
respect of the district of East Kent is given: 
Cs standing for Common. 
MC. = », Moderately Common. 
R. PA », Rare. 
VR. 5 », Very Rare. 
In the next column the birds are marked as regards their 
sojourn as— 
R. Resident. 
m. Migratory, with respect to the district. 
av. Accidental Visitors. 
The authorities in the next column are — 
wor. W.0O. Hammond, Esq., J.P., S. Alban’s, Nonington. 
ca. Charles Gordon, the Curator of the Dover Museum. 
wap. The Rey. William Baldock Delmar, of Elmstone. 
BA. The Rev. Benjamin Austen, of Walmer. 
ee. Mr. George Gray, Taxidermist, Dover. 
uu. Henry Ullyett, Esq., a published list of Folkestone 
Birds. 
P. The Plomley Collection, now in the Dover Museum. 
B. Boys’ published list in his History of Sandwich. 
ep. The Author’s own noted list. 
Under the next column for remarks the present name of the 
bird is given where Mr. Howard Saunders’ new list differs from 
the fourth edition of Yarrell’s, and particulars of rare birds as to 
dates and locality where known. 
N.B.—Reference has been made in some cases to the birds in 
the Canterbury Museum, many of which have been shot within 
the district, but all record of them is for the most part lost, and 
the birds there are not in a satisfactory condition. Here refers to 
Stourmouth and neighbourhood, 
