Vlll PREFACE. 



than it would otherwise possess, and at the same 

 time increasing its utility for purposes of reference 

 and comparison, the arrangement observed by 

 Mr. Yarrell in his admirable work on British 

 Birds, and the nomenclature adopted by that 

 distinguished zoologist have been adhered to in 

 the Catalogue, as appearing to possess in the 

 highest degree the advantages of correctness and 

 simplicity. 



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 That this little volume may tend to awaken a 



taste for similar pursuits in some who have hitherto 

 passed unobservant along the shores and through 

 the woods of this interesting county, and perhaps 

 serve to assist in the diffusion of those humane 

 and enlightened views so ably advocated by Mr. 

 Waterton in his ' Essays on Natural History,' is 

 the sincere wish of 



THE AUTHOR. 



