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INTRODUCTION. 



i HE principal object of the present Catalogue has been 

 to give a complete list of all the birds that have been 

 recorded as found in Great Britain and Ireland, indicating 

 the Eggs of those species which are contained in the Col- 

 lection and those which are wanting in it. 



Under each species there have been appended references 

 to the various works in which the Eggs are represented, 

 under the name employed in the respective works. 



This Catalogue has been prepared by Mr. G. R, Gray, 

 the Senior Assistant in the Department. 



JOHN EDWARD GRAY. 



British Museum, 

 16th Febmary 1852. 



