Growth of the British and Irish list
The number of full species admitted to the British and Irish list during the 17 decades which have elapsed since 1800 has varied from as few as four to as many as 27 per decade, the average being 13; Kenneth Williamson has recently written an interesting analysis of these, entitled 'New bird species admitted to the British and Irish lists since 1800', publishe
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