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AS a companion to the “Handbook of British Birds”(five volumes) , the small but valuable “Check-List of British Birds” has just recently been prepared by Mr. H. F. Witherby. This list of British birds is reprinted from the “Handbook”: it is set down in the briefest possible form ; for fuller particulars the “Handbook” itself must be consulted. No fewer than 424 species of birds have been admitted to the British list ; of these, 219 species have bred in Britain during the present century.
A Check-List of British Birds
With a Short Account of the Status of Each. Revised edition. Compiled from “ The Handbook of British Birds”. By H. F. Witherby. Pp. 78. (London: H. F. and G. Witherby, Ltd., 1941.) 5s. net.
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GORDON, S. A Check-List of British Birds. Nature 150, 40 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150040b0
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