IV PREFACE. 



The work of preparing the various portions of the List was 

 undertaken by different members of the Committee; but 

 the whole has been revised during the seventy-one meetings 

 the Committee has held. 



The notes 011 the etymology of the scientific names have 

 been compiled by Mr. HENRY T. WHARTON; and for them 

 he accepts the main responsibility. 



No attempt at a complete synonymy has been made; but 

 references are given to the following leading works on the 

 subject, viz. : 



Naumann's ' Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands/ 

 1822-1860; 



Macgillivray's ( History of British Birds/ 1837-1852 ; 



Hewitson's ' Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of 

 British Birds/ ed. 3, 1856; 



G. R. Gray's ' Catalogue of British Birds in the British 

 Museum/ 1863; 



YarrelFs ' History of British Birds :' first edition (1839), 

 second (1845), third (1856), and fourth (the first 

 and second volumes edited by Prof. NEWTON and the 

 third by Mr. H. SAUNDERS) so far as complete; 



Gould's ' Birds of Great Britain/ 1850-1868; 



Harting's < Handbook of British Birds/ 1872; and 



Dresser's ' Birds of Europe/ 1871-1881. 



These are respectively cited as Naum., Macg., Hewitson, 

 Gray, Yarr. (ed. 1, ed. 2, ed. 3, Newton, Saunders), Gould, 

 Harting, and Dresser. 



In quotations from Linnseus's Systema Nature the specific 

 name is printed with a capital initial whenever Linnseus him- 



