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a ogous W es ee 
AVING frequently experienced the need of a 
handy modern reference volume, descriptive of 
the plumage of European birds, I have been induced to 
publish the present work. Special care has been given 
to condense the subject-matter used so that it may 
accomplish the end of a pocket reference book. 
Many of the finest bird collections in the kingdom 
have been carefully examined, and the best modern 
authorities have been consulted. 
In the following pages, frequent allusions are made to 
the great Faunal Areas of the globe, as set forth by 
Dr FE: -L. Sclaterin 1857. “These may be briefly detmed 
as follows :— 
I. The PALEARCTIC REGION, embracing Europe and 
the European islands ; North-western Africa (including 
Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, &c.), the Azores, Canaries and 
Madeira ; the whole of Asia, north of the Himalayas ; 
Afghanistan, Persia, Palestine and Asia Minor. (The 
western division of this region includes the Urals, Asia 
Minor, and Palestine, west of the Jordan). 
2. The ETHIOPIAN REGION, embracing Africa gene- 
rally (excepting the Mauritanian Region). 
3. The INDIAN REGION, embracing Asia, south of 
