D CATALOGUE OF THE BIKDS OF PREY. 



volume, which will always be of the greatest value to students 

 at the Museum for purposes of reference. The ornithological 

 treasures at Norwich could be watched over by no better 

 guardian than Mr. Reeve, and my father was always ready to 

 acknowledge his great services in the custody of this depart- 

 ment of the Museum collection, and the scientific interest 

 which he took in Raptorial Birds, at which they so often 

 worked in company. I also wish to thank him for the help 

 he has in the same way given to me, which always lightens 

 labour and makes working at the Museum a pleasure. The 

 whole of the Raptorial collection is now being transferred to 

 Norwich Castle by the Corporation, where the stuffed portion 

 is being arranged by Mr. Reeve according to my father's 

 method, and in accordance with the scheme submitted in 1891 

 by Mr. P. L. Sclater, the Secretary of the Zoological Society, 

 to the then trustees. Could my father have lived to see the 

 transfer, in the prospect of which he took an active interest, 

 I can imagine his feelings of pleasure at seeing it housed in 

 its new home, which forms one of the finest Museums in 

 England. 



From Mr. Reeve's MS. Catalogue and my father's ' List 

 of Diurnal Birds of Prey ' I have compiled the two following 

 lists, aided by my father's notes in his private copy of the 

 above-named work, and many memoranda in his annotated 

 copies of Dr. Bowdler Sharpens Catalogues of the Accipitres 

 and Striges in the British Museum, a work which was the text 

 of some of my father's elaborated articles in the ' Ibis/ 

 extending from 1875 to 1882. 



During the four years which have elapsed since his death in 

 April 1890, a good many new species have been published 

 in the f Ibis,' and other channels of information about 

 Birds of Prey, which have not been neglected. The Lists 

 are believed to be brought up to date, and it is hoped they 

 may carry some weight of authority, and all the more so as 

 being prepared with special reference to the grand collection 

 in Norwich Museum. All the species and subspecies which 

 are desiderata are duly interpolated. 



