. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . 21-(0|oto.)jJ2^X YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS^ UNIONEDITORIAL. In the present work the Yorkshire NaturaHsts Unionhas completed still another county monograph, the Birdsof Yorkshire. In the first part of the Unions Transactions,published so long ago as 1877, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, theSecretary of the Vertebrate Section, gave the first partof a monograph of the avifauna of the county. SubsequentTransactions contained further instalments. It was found,however, that to publish the work piecemeal would bevery unsatisfacto
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . 21-(0|oto.)jJ2^X YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS^ UNIONEDITORIAL. In the present work the Yorkshire NaturaHsts Unionhas completed still another county monograph, the Birdsof Yorkshire. In the first part of the Unions Transactions,published so long ago as 1877, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, theSecretary of the Vertebrate Section, gave the first partof a monograph of the avifauna of the county. SubsequentTransactions contained further instalments. It was found,however, that to publish the work piecemeal would bevery unsatisfactory, and eventually it was decided to com-mence de novo. Mr. Eagle Clarke having left the county,Mr. T. H. Nelson kindly undertook the task of preparingthe work for the press, and the Union is indebted tohim for the way in which he has done the work. For thispurpose the whole of the MS. and lists in the possession ofMessrs. Eagle Clarke and Roebuck were handed over to him,and Mr. F. Boyes has also greatly assisted by supplyingmany notes on East Yorkshire birds. Record should here be
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