BIBLIOGRAPHY 
1. Descriptions of Birds, &c.—Descriptions of the rarer birds, eggs, 
and nests not given in the present work will be found in the British 
Bird Book, 4 vols., 1910-13 (ed. F. B. Kirkman), by F. C. R. Jour- 
dain and W. P. Pycraft, and, up to 1899—since when, however, 
many species have been added to the British list—in Howard 
Saunders’ Manual of British Birds (2nd ed.). For eggs, F. C. R. 
Jourdain’s Eggs of Huropean Birds, or Dresser’s Hggs of the Birds of 
Europe, may also be consulted. 
2. Geographical Distribution and Migration.—There is. no recent 
complete work on Distribution, but short notes up to date will be 
found both in the British Bird Book, and in the Hand-list of British 
Birds by Hartert, Jourdain, Ticehurst, and Witherby (1912). On 
Migration—which, though properly coming under the head of 
Habits, may conveniently be associated with Distribution —the most 
recent information is to be found in Eagle Clarke’s Studies in Bird 
Migration, 2 vols., 1912, and the Annual Reports of the British 
Ornithological Club. Short notes will be found in the two general 
_ works above mentioned. A good short work on the general subject 
oo T. A. Coward’s Migration of Birds, 1912 (Cambridge Manuals of 
ience). 
3. Habits. —The most recent and complete work on British Birds’ 
habits and instincts is the British Bird Book. Of the older works 
Yarrell, History of Birds, 4th ed. (revised Newton and Saunders) ; 
and Macgillivray, History of Birds, are the best. Seebohm’s History 
is of less value, and Morris’s British Birds is not to be recommended. 
Among the smaller works the best is W. H. Hudson’s British Birds. 
Of monographs, H. E. Howard’s British Warblers stands as the 
model of what may be achieved. On the general subject of Animal 
Behaviour, with which the study of the behaviour of Birds must 
be associated if it is to be of scientific value, the best works are 
Lloyd Morgan’s Animal Behaviour and Habit and Instinct; also 
Washburn, Zhe Animal Mind, at the end of which a full biblio- 
graphy is given. From the great mass of general literature there is 
space to select for mention only the works of W. H. Hudson and 
K. Selous, and—“ lest we forget °—the Natural History of Selborne. 
4. Structure and Classification.—lor general use W. P. Pycraft’s 
History of Birds and ¥’, E. Beddard’s introduction to W. H. Hudson’s 
British Birds will be found adequate. There are also excellent 
articles in Newton’s Dictionary of Birds. More advanced is Beddard’s 
Structure and Classification (1898). 
A eg ecm work on the general problems underlying the — 
study of Birds is W. P. Pycraft’s History of Birds (1910). 
5. Periodicals.—The best for general use are the Zoologist, British 
Birds (ed. Witherby), and Wild Life (ed. D. English), the latter 
containing the best extant photographic work. 
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