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A Dictionary 



- OF — 



ENGLISH AND FOLK-NAMES 



— OF — 



BRITISH BIRDS 



With their History, Meaning and first usage, 

 and the Folk-lore, Weather-lore, Legends, 

 etc., relating to the more familiar species, 



BY 



H. KIRKE SWANN. 



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The Birds of Australia 



By GREGORY M. MATHEWS, f.r.s.e., m.a.o.u., m.b.o.u. 

 With Hand-Coloured Plates, 



IN TWO-GUINEA QUARTERLY PARTS. 



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VOLUMES I. and II. NOW READY. 



A Hand-list of Britisli Birds 



By ERNST HARTERT, F. C. R. JOURUAIN, 

 N. F. TICEHURST, and H. F. WITHERBY. 



Giving a detailed account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles, 

 and a general account of its range abroad. Details of the occurrences of rare 

 Visitors. The Nomenclature's revised strictly in accordance with the International 

 Rules of Zoological Nomenclature. Exact references to the original Description 

 and Locality are given A full Index is provided. 



The AUK says : — " . . . We congratulate the authors of the British Hand-List \ipon the 

 character of their work, and upon the great strides that they have made towards uniformity of 

 nomenclature. Let us hope that all British ornithologists will hearken to the plea that 

 they make and adopt the names here set forth in all future writings upon British Birds." 



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