CONTENTS. 



I'AGE 



Introduction ......... i 



Biographical Notices of the Principal Essex Orni- 

 thologists 8 



Notices of the Chief Essex Bird Collections . 35 

 Migration Tables bv Hv. Doubleday and the Rev. R. 



Sheppard ......... 39 



Of Hawks and Hawking in Essex in the Olden Time . 43 



Wild Fowl Decoys and Wild-Fowling in Essex . , 47 



A Catalogue of the Birds of Essex .... 72 



Addenda . . . . . . . , . .280 



APPENDICES. 



A. — List of Subscribers ....... 285 



B. — Chronological List of Works Quoted . . . 293 



Index . . . . . . . . . . 297 



