P R E F A C E .
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T he following History of British Birds was published in
thirty-seven Parts of three sheets each, at intervals of two
months; the first Part was issued in July 1837, and the last
in May 1843. During these six years many occurrences of
rare birds, and of some that were even new to Britain, became
known to me, either by the communications of private
friends and correspondents, or from the examination of the
various periodical works which give publicity to such events.
To render this History, therefore, as complete as my means
will permit, I devote this Preface to the enumeration of all
such occurrences as have become known to me since the
period of inserting the account of the species in its order in
the body of the work; and the new subjects have been engraved
on single leaves, so paged, that the bookbinder may
insert these separate leaves among the birds of the genus to
which each respectively belongs.
R ed-eooted F alcon, or Orange-legged H obby.
Falco rujipes, vol. i. p. 44. Besides the specimens noticed
under this title, Frederick Holme, Esq. of Christchurch College
Oxford, has recorded the capture of a female, which was
struck down by a raven in Littlecote Park near Hungerford,
and a second, which was shot in Yorkshire.—Zoologist, No.
3? page 78.
T he W oodchat S h r ik e . Lanius rutilus, vol. i. p.
160. E. H. Rodd, Esq. of Penzance, in a communication
read before the Royal Institute of Cornwall in 1840, men