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BRITISH BIRDS: 



KEY LIST. 



BY 



LlEUT.-COLONEL L. HOWARD IRBY, 



AUTHOR OP ' ORNITHOLOGY OF THE STRAITS OP GIBRALTAR.' 



This attempt at a " Key List " of British Birds is not 

 intended to be of use to scientific ornithologists ; but the 

 compiler hopes it may be useful to those having a slight 

 knowledge of birds, so as to enable them to determine a 

 species without having to search through bulky volumes. 



Every endeavour has been made to avoid scientific terms 

 and to be as concise as possible. 



Those American land-birds hitherto included in " British ■" 

 lists have been omitted^ and others might with propriety be 

 struck out — such as specimens escaped from captivity, or 

 included without sufficient inquiry as to their authenticity. 



» As far as possible, the nomenclature and arrangement of 

 the ' Ibis ' List have been adhered to. 



LONDON 



R. H. POETER, 6 TENTERDEN STREET, HANOVER 

 SQUARE, W. 



1888. 



