. The birds of Cumberland : critically studied, including some notes on the birds of Westmorland . s the Dipper and Pied Flycatcher, while mine refer moreparticularly to Ducks, Sea Fowl, and Waders ; but wehave neither of us confined our observations to any onegroup, or to any one part of the county, though is most at home on the fell-side, and I ambest acquainted with the coast and salt marshes. Thesimplest language has constantly been employed, our singleendeavour having been to arrive at correct conclusions, PREFACE. Vll and to present them to our fellow ornithologists fortifie
. The birds of Cumberland : critically studied, including some notes on the birds of Westmorland . s the Dipper and Pied Flycatcher, while mine refer moreparticularly to Ducks, Sea Fowl, and Waders ; but wehave neither of us confined our observations to any onegroup, or to any one part of the county, though is most at home on the fell-side, and I ambest acquainted with the coast and salt marshes. Thesimplest language has constantly been employed, our singleendeavour having been to arrive at correct conclusions, PREFACE. Vll and to present them to our fellow ornithologists fortifiedby facts which are incontestable. All descriptions ofplumage are based on my local specimens, and havebeen incorporated in the text for the sake of such localobservers as may have little or no access to works ofreference. All species, marked with an asterisk, have beenexcluded from the census of Cumberland. The details,which refer to the Birds of Westmorland, have beenadded in deference to the urgent wishes of ornithologistsinterested in that county. H. A. MACPHERSON. Carlisle, October,
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