Excerpt from The Fauna of Shropshire: Being an Account of All the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles Fishes, Found in the County of Salop, With an Introduction Dealing With the Physical Features of the County, a Copious Index, a Chapter on the Principal Naturalists Who Have Done Work in Connection With
The very hearty support accorded to this book before its issue seems to imply that the people of Shropshire take a real interest in local Natural History. I feel, therefore, that any apology for its publication is unnecessary, but would like to say a few words as to the form in which it is written. I have explained in the introductions to the chapters on Mammals and Birds, my reasons for treating the former at length, and the latter with brevity, and expressed a hope that the defect in this instance might be remedied in a subsequent volume. In the present book I have attempted, firstly, to give local records a prominent position, and to render the list of species so complete that it may be relied on as a work of reference in future years. It is only to be expected that errors should creep into a work of this nature, but I can assure my readers that no pains have been spared to eradicate them. Secondly, it has been my aim to give a complete, accurate, yet readable account of each species, and as I always feel that the greatest interest attaches to the common species, I have, as a rule, devoted more space to these than the rare or extinct ones.
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