LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED 633 



J. H. Gurney, A Catalogue of the Birds of Norfolk. (Reprinted from Mason's History of Norfolk) 

 [1884]. 



T. Southwell, Victoria History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 220-245 [1901]. List 

 with very brief notes on 308 species. 



SUFFOLK. C. Babington, Catalogue of the Birds of Suffolk. (Proc. Suft. Instil, of Arch, and Nat. Hist.) 

 [1884-86]. 



J. G. Tuck, Victoria History of the County of Suffolk. Vol. i., Birds (pp. 177-214) [1911]. Good 

 list of 283 species. 



ESSEX. M. Christy, The Birds of Essex. (Essex Field Club Special Memoirs, II.) [1890]. 



M. Christy, Victoria History of the County of Essex. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 232-253 [1908]. Good 

 annotated list of 287 species. 



HKRTFORDSHIRE. A. F. Crossman, Victoria History of the County of Hertford. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 193-216 

 [1902]. Useful annotated list of 210 species. 



BEDFORDSHIRE. J. Steele Elliott, The Vertebrate Fauna of Bedfordshire. Birds [1897-1901]. 



J. Steele Elliott, Victoria History of the County of Bedford. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 104-137 [1904]. 

 Good annotated list of 214 species. 



BERKSHIRE. A. W. M. Clark Kennedy, The Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire [1868]. 



H. Noble, Victoria History of Berkshire. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 140-166 [1906]. Very good annotated 

 list of 218 species. 



MIDDLESEX. J. E. Harting, The Birds of Middlesex [1866]. An inferior work, and now quite out of 

 date ; 225 species. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 0. V. Aplin, The Birds of Oxfordshire [1889]. Good, but numerous reports by the same 

 writer have since appeared in the Zoologist; 242 species recorded. 



GLOUCESTERSHIRE. C. A. Mitchell and W. B. Strugnell, The Fauna and Flora of Gloucestershire [1892]. 



W. L. Mellersh, A Treatise on the Birds of Gloucestershire [1902]. An essay on the fauna as affected 

 by local conditions, and a reference list of 270 species. 



MONMOUTH. [No county fauna exists]. 



SOMERSET. C. Smith, The Birds of Somersetshire [1869]. Much of this book is taken up with descriptions 

 of plumage and general information, while meagre details are given with regard to the county. 



M. A. Mathew, A Revised List of the Birds of Somerset. (Proc. Somerset Arch, and Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. r xxxix). A fair list, but somewhat lacking in detail. 



F. L. Blathwayt, Victoria History of the County of Somerset. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 140-162 [1906]. 

 A great improvement on previous lists, but plenty of scope for further research ; 258 species recorded. 



WILTSHIRE. A. C. Smith, The Birds of Wiltshire [1887]. A bulky work, but contains little definite 

 information with regard to the county ; 235 species recorded. 



BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. [See under Berkshire, A. W. M. Clark Kennedy]. 



E. Hartert, Victoria History of the County of Buckingham. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 128-152 [1905]. 

 Useful list of 208 species. 



SURREY. J. A. Bucknill, The Birds of Surrey [1900]. Supplementary papers by the same writer in the 

 Zoologist. 



J. A. Bucknill, Victoria History of the County of Surrey. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 202-218 [1902]. Rather 

 briefly annotated list of 256 species. 



KENT. R. J. Balston, C. Shepherd, and E. Bartlett, Notes on the Birds of Kent [1907]. 



B. Alexander, Victoria History of the County of Kent. Vol. i., Birds, pp. 267-301 [1908]. Anno- 

 tated list, with many original notes. 



N. F. Ticehurst, A History of the Birds of Kent [1909]. Far the best work on the subject, and 

 admirable in many ways ; 312 species recorded. 



