PREFACE 



British Birds, by Hartert, Jourdain, Ticehurst, and Witherby ; Witherby's British 

 Birds, and others. 



The task, otherwise so difficult, of noting the occurrence of rare stragglers, has 

 been made much easier by the accurate records of rare visitants in the two last 

 mentioned works. 



I have adopted as far as possible the classification and nomenclature of Howard 

 Saunders' Manual, making some slight alterations in the classification to suit the 

 requirements of the plates. 



I owe a debt of gratitude to the Hon. W. Rothschild for kindly lending me 

 specimens from his collection, to complete the details in the plumage of various 

 birds, which I could not otherwise have obtained, and my thanks are also due to 

 Dr. Hartert for the trouble he has taken in selecting these. 



My friend Mr. J. G. Millais has freely given me the run of his collection, and 

 has looked over the letterpress besides providing me with various notes, and I am 

 under much obligation to Mr. G. E. Lodge and many other friends, especially to 

 Mr. Robert J. Howard, without whose advice and assistance the book could not 

 have been produced in its present form. 



A. T. 



Hascombe, 

 godalming, 1914- 



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