INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



The present volume is designed to furnish in a convenient 

 form an account of the Birds, Beasts and Fishes of North 

 Wales. Under each species is a brief summary showing its 

 status and distribution in the district. This gives at a 

 glance the information usually sought by a naturalist or visitor 

 coming into North Wales. Those who desire fuller details will 

 find them in my larger work, The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales 

 — quoted herein as " the Fauna." This was published in 1907, 

 and in the present volume I am giving, besides the summary under 

 each species, such records and other particulars as have come to 

 hand during the past twelve years. These include the following 

 additional species : Lynx (pre-historic) ; Common, Lesser, and 

 Sibbald's Rorquals ; Barred Warbler ; Willow Tit ; Blue- 

 winged Teal ; Crane ; Sooty Tern ; Great Skua ; and Shagreen 

 Ray. The Sand Lizard, hitherto recorded as doubtful, is 

 now authenticated ; while the American Wigeon is added 

 as doubtful. The total number of species, ignoring doubtful 

 records, is now as follows : Prehistoric mammals 28 ; mammals 

 extinct during the historic period 8 ; existing mammals 43 ; 

 birds 257 ; reptiles 5 ; amphibians 6 ; fishes 151. 



September, 1919. H. E. F. 



