XXIV INTRODUCTORY. 



Mr, W. Peterkin, Clitheroe ; 



,, John Plant, Salford ; 



,, Howard Saunders, London ; 



,, Louis H. Simpson, Preston ; 



,, J. P. Chamberlain Starkie [the late], Ashton Hall, Lan- 

 caster ; 



„ J. A. St. Clair, Blackpool ; 



,, John Sumner, Halsall ; 



„ R. H. Thompson, Lytham ; 



,, John Watson, Kendal ; 



,, Henry Whalley, Colne ; 



„ J. H. Wood, Bury ; 



,, John Wrigley, Formby. 



The classification adopted is [mainly] that of the List 

 of British Birds compiled by a committee of the British 

 Ornithologists' Union, published in 1883. 



F. S. M. 



Clitheroe, 



December, 1884. 



