IV PREFACE. 



given if they are specially brought before the Editors' 

 notice by the presentation of separate copies. 



In conclusion, the Editors venture to request their 

 correspondents who write of our native birds to adhere 

 as closely as possible to the nomenclature used in the 

 lately issued ' List of British Birds ' by a Committee 

 of the British Ornithologists' Union. 



P. L. S. 



H. S. 



British Ornithologists' Union, 



6 Tenterden Street, London, W. 

 September 25th, ISS."?. 



