LITERATURE. 



It was my intention to give a chapter on the bibliography of European ornithology, together 

 with as complete a list as possible of all works, as well as all separate papers, on the subject, 

 published since 1766 ; and for that purpose I collected together a considerable amount of 

 material. But the number of papers, especially of short articles, is so great that it will be too 

 large an undertaking, and would take up too much space, to be included in the introduction to 

 the present work ; I must therefore defer its publication, and, if possible, issue it in a separate 

 pamphlet. It will, however, doubtless be of use to my readers to have particulars of the best 

 works of reference on European ornithology ; and I therefore give their titles, classified under the 

 names of the different countries, in the same manner as was done by Mr. Sclater in his ' Address 

 to the Biological Section of the British Association' delivered at Bristol in 1875. 



GEEAT BEITAIN AND IEELAND. 



Albin, E. A Natural History of English Song-Birds, 1737. Second edition, 1747 ; third edition, 

 1759; fourth edition, 1766; fifth edition, 1778. 



Baikie W. B., and Heddle, B. Historia Naturalis Orcadensis. Zoology: Parti. 8vo. Edin- 

 burgh, 1848. 



Bewick, T. History of British Birds. 2 vols; 8vo. Newcastle, 1797-1804. Second edition, 

 1805; third edition, 1806; fourth edition, 1809; fifth edition, 1821; sixth edition, 1826; 

 seventh edition, 1832 ; eighth edition, 1847. 



Clarke, W. Eagle, and Boebuck, Wm. I). A Handbook of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire, 

 &c. 1 vol. 8vo. London, 1881. 



Cordeaux, John. Birds of the Humber District. 1 vol. 16mo. 1872. 



Donovan, E. The Natural History of British Birds, &c. 10 vols. 8vo. London, 1794-1819. 



Donovan, E. The Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. 1 vol. Dbl. roy. 8vo. 

 London, 1826-27. 



Dunn, Bobert. The Ornithologist's Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. 1 vol. 8vo. 

 Hull, 1837. 



Eyton, T. C. A History of the Rarer British Birds, and a Catalogue of British Birds. 1 vol. 

 8vo. London, 1836. 



Fleming, J. A History of British Animals, &c. 1 vol. 8vo. Edinbui-gh, 1828. 



