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scarce and irregular. Together with 

 other terms which are often used I have 

 given my reasons for not using them. 

 Most of the data has been given me by 

 Mr. C. William Beebe, who believes in 

 using only the above eight terms : 

 Abundant. 



Very Common is the same as Abun- 

 dant, for Abundant means More 

 Common than Common. 



Common. 



Plentiful means the same as Abun- 

 dant or Common. 



Usually Common or Usually Rare 

 are the same as Common or Rare, 

 for we are writing about what the 

 bird usually is, so Usually may be 

 omitted. 



Quite Common. The real meaning 

 of Quite is completely or wholly. 

 It is wrongly used to indicate to a 

 considerable extent. Thus Quite 



