PREF AGE. 
From the foregoing it will be 
seen that it is now nearly 17 years 
ago that I printed for private cir- 
culation a List of the Birds of this 
County. Since then I am glad to 
say lovers of Birds here have 
greatly increased, and the study of 
ornithology has spread among all 
classes. Many birds have also 
occurred which have not before 
been recorded, whilst some have 
increased, notably the Peregrine, 
Black Grouse, Stock-Dove, Nut- 
hatch, and the Greater and Lesser 
Spotted Woodpeckers; and others 
have to a certain extent decreased. 
Still the list has now reached a 
