V 
INTRODUCTION 
The following List has been compiled with the view of giving to 
Ornithologists and Oologists a reliable list of the Birds of Great Britain 
and Ireland ; resident and migratory, and occasional or accidental 
visitors. 
Of the many lists already published, no one compilation gives any 
clear and accurate indication of the important sections enumerated 
above, into which each species falls. 
To obviate this defect the following plan has been adopted. 
All resident species and regular migrants are left unmarked. 
Occasional visitors of the European fauna have an * affixed to 
their consecutive number. 
Accidental visitors of Exotic faunas have a f in like manner : and 
to this mark the abbreviations : 
Af.=Africa : Am.=America : As.=Asia : Au.^= Australia : are 
added, thus clearly showing the habitat of each species. 
The authority for each scientific name is given ; when the initials 
are included in a parenthesis they refer only to the specific name ; but 
when not so included, to the generic name also. The abbreviations are : 
B 
Bechstein 
L. 
Linnaeus 
S. 
Savi 
Ba. 
Baillon 
La. 
Latham 
Sab. 
Sabine 
Bo. 
Bonaparte 
Lea. 
Leach 
Sav. 
Savigny 
Bod. 
Boddaert 
Lei. 
Leisler 
Sch. 
Schlegel 
Bon. 
Bonnaterre 
Lie. 
Lichtenstein 
Sco. 
Scopoli 
Br. 
Brehm 
Sel. 
Selby 
Bri. 
Brisson 
M. 
Montagu 
Sh. 
Sharpless 
C. 
Cassin 
Mac. 
Macgillivray 
St. 
Stephens 
M&S 
Meisner & Schinz 
Sw. 
Swainson 
D. 
Desfontaines 
Me. 
Mii 
Meyer 
P. L. Muller 
T. 
Temminck 
F. 
Faber 
Mill. 
0. F. Muller 
FI. 
Fleming 
V. 
Vieillot 
Fo. 
Forster 
N. 
Naumann 
Vi. 
Vigors 
Nat. 
Natterer 
G. 
Gm. 
Gme. 
Gii. 
Gray 
Gmelin 
S. G. Gmelin 
Guldenstadt 
P. 
Ph. 
Pallas 
Phipps 
W. 
Wa. 
W&B 
Wo. 
Wilson 
Wagler 
Webb & Berthelot 
Wolf 
K. 
Koch 
R. 
Richardson 
Ku 
Kuhl 
Ru. 
Riippell 
Y. 
Yarrell 
