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THE students of British birds have at last received the two final numbers of the new edition of Yarrell's celebrated work on their favourite subject, which was commenced as long ago as 1871. Fourteen years, it must be acknowledged, is a long time to wait, but on the other hand the subscribers to the new “Yarrell” have in compensation of the delay not what would be called in ordinary parlance a new edition, but what is, in fact, a complete and exhaustive summary of the present state of,our knowledge of this subject, prepared-by two of the greatest living authorities on British ornithology.
A History of British Birds.
By the late William Yarrell Fourth Edition, Revised to the End of the Second Volume by Alfred Newton, M.A., F.R.S., continued by Howard Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S. Parts xx.–xxx. (London: Van Voorst.)
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A History of British Birds . Nature 32, 363–364 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/032363a0
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