ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK 
(other than those given in Standard Dictionaries) 
B.O.C. . 
British Ornithologists 5 
num. 
numerous. 
Club. 
ob. 
died. 
B.O.U. . 
British Ornithologists’ 
obi. * . 
oblong. 
Union. 
op. cit. . 
work cited. 
Brit. Mus. 
British Museum. 
p., pp. . 
page, pages. 
Bull. . 
Bulletin. 
pi. . . 
plates. 
ca., circa 
about. 
port. 
portrait. 
Cat. 
Catalogue. 
pref. 
preface. 
cf. 
compare. 
pt. . 
part. 
ch. 
chapter. 
P.Z.S. . 
Proceedings Zoological 
col. 
coloured. 
Society. 
cor. 
corrections. 
quot. 
quotation. 
cr. 
crown. 
roy. 
royal. 
ded. 
dedication. 
B.T.S. . 
Religious Tract 
diagr. 
diagrams. 
Society. 
dir. 
directions. 
seq. 
following. 
explan. . 
explanations. 
Ser. 
Series. 
fcap. 
foolscap. 
sig. 
signature (sheet). 
figs. 
figures. 
sm. 
small. 
fl. . 
flourished, i.e. lived. 
Soc. 
Society. 
fol. 
folio. 
S.P.C.K. 
Society for Promotion 
ib. 
the same. 
of Christian Know- 
idem 
the same. 
ledge. 
ill. 
illustrations. 
sq. 
square. 
incl. 
inclusive. 
t.c., tom. cit. . 
volume cited. 
Inst. 
Institute. 
Tr. 
Transactions. 
Intro. . 
Introduction. 
un. 
unnumbered. 
Jnl. 
J ournal. 
vide 
see. 
1, 11. . 
leaf, leaves. 
viv. 
living. 
nat. 
born. 
vol. 
volume. 
N.D. . 
No date. 
W.P.L. . 
Westfield Place 
N.P. Imp. 
No place of imprint. 
Library. 
N.S. 
New Series. 
Xlll 
