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PKEFACE. 



IN publishing this list of British Birds, I may be 

 allowed to observe, that originally it was drawn up only for 

 the purpose of arranging and labelling a collection. Since 

 then I have had it printed so as to be able to supply several 

 friends, who equally with myself have found the want of a 

 classified list. I therefore trust, that those into whose hands 

 it may fall will excuse its many imperfections. 



The English names, for the most part, are those adopted 

 by the publisher of the Zoologist List. The arrangement is 

 the same as that in Mr. Yarrell's valuable work. 



The Latin Synonyms are chiefly those employed by Buo- 

 naparte in his Geographical and Comparative list of European 

 and American birds. 



A. F. s. 



CAMBBIDGE, October, 1853. 



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