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In the first edition of the "■ List " 876 birds were given as British while 

 in the present edition the numbers have been brought up to 475 and out of 

 these 188 are regular breeding birds while 286 do not nest in the British 

 Isles and one, the great Auk, is extinct. 



At the end of the recognised British species is an appendix in which is 

 given the names, together with a few remarks, of all birds which have been 

 recorded as found in the British Isles, but which in the opinion of the 

 Committee cannot be admitted for want of satisfactory evidence. These 

 include a number of well-known Indian species such as the Blue-tailed Bee- 

 eater, Mero2)s pMliphinus, Indian Roller, Coracias benghalensis, and Bar- 

 headed goose, Anser indicus, which must have either escaped from captivity 

 or else some mistake must have been made over the labelling of the speci- 

 men. 



The List is printed the same size and style as the Ibis and the Committee 

 are to be congratulated on the way they have completed their task, a task 

 in which it would be difficult to please all Ornithologists. 



(A List of British Birds compiled by a Committee of the British Ornithologists 

 Union, Second and Revised edition, sold by Messrs. William Wesley & Son, 

 London, 1915, price 7/6.) 



