SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS 



In the following list the names are corrected and brought up to date 

 in accordance with the notes published on pages 887-902 of Volume II. 



The status given to each bird is in the briefest form possible, and 

 for fuller details the British Distribution in the body of the work and 

 the corrections and additions thereto on pages 887-902 of Volume II 

 must be consulted. 



Page numbers of the •"Additions and Corrections" are quoted 

 only in those cases where the name or general status is affected. 



There are 493 numbered birds to which must be added numbers 13a, 

 156a and 390a, making a total fully admitted to the British List 

 of 496 forms representing 418 species. 



These may be broadly classified as follows : 



Birds Resident as species but not necessarily 



as individuals and breeding regularly in some 



part of the British Islands 

 Summer- Visitors which breed regularly . 

 Birds which occasionally breed or have bred 



in some part of the British Islands in the last 



fifty years, these being also included in follow- 

 ing categories ...... 



Making a total of birds which breed or have 



bred in the last fifty years of 

 Regular Winter- Visitors and Passage - 



Migrants ...... 



Occasional and Irregular Visitors. A 



large class of very varied status, some of 



which will probably prove to be more regular 



than is now supposed .... 

 Extinct (Great Auk) 



140 

 53 



18 



208 



140 

 50 



76 



229 

 1 



496 



2. 



Obder PASSERES 

 Family CORVIXLE 



Genus CORVUS Linnaeus 

 Corvus corax corax L. 

 The Raven. 



Corvus comix comix L. 

 The Hooded Crow. 



VOLUME I 



STATUS 



PAGE 



6 





7 



18 



8 



Resident, breeds locally : also 

 winter-visitor Scotland 



9 



Resident, breeds n. Scotland, 

 Ireland : winter-visitor else- 

 where but has bred exception- 

 ally 



11 



903 



