pence rant Sirgeiiteacs e zs aS Sees cl fh he Be gt tee fF CORNELL LAB of ORNITHOLOGY LIBRARY at Sapsucker Woods > Illustration of Bank Swallow by Louis Agassiz Fuertes ' Q A iii 09 DATE DUE eS % - a A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY MACMILLAN AND CO., Limirep LONDON - BOMBAY - CALCUTTA - MADRAS MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK - BOSTON - CHICAGO DALLAS - SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Lrp. TORONTO A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE END OF 1912 INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE PRINCIPAL WRITERS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF THEIR PUBLISHED WORKS BY W. H. MULLENS, 4.4., LLM, PLS, M.B.0.U. AND H. KIRKE SWANN “Let uo man who writes a book presume to say when he will have finished. When he imagines that he is drawing near to his journey’s end, Alps rise on Alps, and he continually finds something to add and something to correct.”—GIBBON. MACMILLAN AND CoO., LIMITED ST. MARTINS STREET; LONDON 1917 Note——The Parts of this work appeared as follows: Parr I. June 20,1916; Parr IL. July 25, 1916; Parr III. September 19, 1916; Parr IV. December 4, 1916; Parr V. February 2, 1917; Part VI. June 29, 1917. Bh sxe Th OL 690 G7 Ms PREFATORY NOTE Wir the completion of this portion of our task we wish to thank in general all those who have given us help in the way of information and material and who have pointed out errors and omissions. We are in particular indebted to Messrs. H. Boyd Watt, J. E. Harting, J. H. Gurney, Joseph Whitaker, James Britten, W. Hagle Clarke, O. V. Aplin, A. Holte Macpherson, L. A. Curtis Edwards, T. Parkin, H.C. Stewardson (British Association), the late H. Peavot (Zoological Society), H. W. England (Zoological Library, Nat. Hist. Museum), H. H. Poole (Selborne Society), Dr. B. Daydon Jackson and the late A. W. Kappel (Linnean Society), the late J. A. Harvie-Brown, the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, Capt. H. 8. Gladstone, Col. Feilden, and Major Horace Terry ; while our special thanks are due to the late Mr. Frederic Boase, author of Modern English Biography, who most kindly placed at our disposal his valuable store of biographical material. W. H. M. A. Ba 8. March 14, 1917. “Tn this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed.”—Preface to Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language. : 4 LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES QUOTED AND CONSULTED Agassiz (Louis). Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologiae, corrected, enlarged, and edited by Strickland (H. E.) 4 vols. 8vo. London (Printed for the Ray Society): 1848-54. ALLIBONE (S. Austin). p. 14, [Birds of] Kirkcudbright Par., Kirkcud- bright, by Robt. Muter; p. 68, Urr Par., Kirkcudbright, by Jas. Muirhead ; p. 128, Kilmore and Kilbride Par., Argyle, by Patr. McDonald; pp. 181-2, Comrie Par., Perthshire, by Hugh McDiarmid ; p. 216, Dunottar Par., Kincardine, by Jas. Walker ; pp. 249-50, Dunnet Par., Caithness, by Thos. Jolly; p. 278, Kilchoman Par., Argyle-Islay, by John McLeish ; p. 309, Girthon Par., Kirkcudbright, by Wm. Thorburn; p. 389, St. Mungo Par., Dumiries, by David Dickson ; p. 427, Loch Alsh Par., Ross-shire, by Alex. Downie ; p. 484, Carnock Par., Fife, by Alex. Thompson ; p. 580, Westerkirk Par., Dumfries, by Wm. Little; p. 579, Callander Par., Perthshire, by Jas. Robertson. Vol. XII. (1794)—p. 57, [Birds of] Coldingham Par., Berwick, by John Renton; p. 66, Abbey of St. Bathans Par., Berwick, by John Sked; pp. 134-5, Weem Par., Perthshire, by Jas. McDiarmid; p. 228, Glenmuick Tolloch and Glencairn Par., Aberdeen, by Geo. Brown; p. 274, Kilmuir, Wester and Suddy Par., Ross, by Roderick MacKenzie; pp. 322-7, Jura and Colonsay Par., Argyle, by Francis Stewart; pp. 364-5, North- maven Par., Orkney, by Wm. Jack; p. 372, Traquair Par., SINCLAIR] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 541 Peebles, by John Walker; pp. 447-50, Kirkmichael Par., Banff, by John Grant. Vol. XIII. (1794)—p. 29, [Birds of] Carnbee Par., Fife, by Alex. Brodie; p. 80, Kenethmont Par., Aberdeen, by Geo. Donaldson ; p. 136, Abernethy and Kincardine Par., Moray and Inverness, by John Grant ; p. 188, St. Andrews and St. Leonards Par., Fife, by John Adamson ; pp. 382-3, Alvie Par., Inverness, by John Gordon; pp. 514-16, Kiltarlity Par., Inverness, by John Fraser ; pp. 579-80, Hutton and Conie Par., Dumfries, by Wm. Stewart. Vol. XIV. (1795)—p. 144, [Birds of] Kilninian Par., Argyle, by Archd. McArthur; p. 168, Kilbrandon and Kilchattan Par., Argyle, by John McFarlane; pp. 186-7, Kilfinichen and Kilviceuen Par., Argvle, by Dougal Campbell ; p. 262, Kilfinan Par., Argyle, by Alex. McFarlane; p. 317, Birsay and Barry Par., Orkney, by Geo. Low; p. 339, Crathy and Braemar Par., Aberdeen, by Chas. McHardy; p. 362, Midealder Par., Edinburgh, by Jas. Wilson ; p. 413, Canoby Par., Dumfries, by John Russell ;_ p. 545, Kirkmabreck Par., Kirkcudbright, by : Vol. XV. (1795)—p. 66, [Birds of] Lochwinnoch Par., Renfrew, by Jas. Steven ; pp. 199-200, Tillicoultry Par., Clackmannan, by Wm. Osborn ; p. 244, Monzie Par., Perthshire, by Geo. Erskine ; pp. 322-6, Campsie Par., Stirling, by Jas. Lapslie; pp. 474-5, Alford Par., Aberdeen, by Thos. Birnie. Vol. XVI. (1795)—p. 76, [Birds of] Castletown Par., Roxburgh, by Jas. Arkle; p. 109, Killearn Par., Stirling, by David Ure ; p. 148, Portree Par., Inverness and Skye, by Alex. Campbell ; p. 224, Strath Par., Inverness, by Thos. Fraser; p. 239, Bowden Par., Roxburgh, by Andr. Blaikie; p. 270, Glenelg Par., Inver- ness, by Colin MaclIver; p. 457, Sandwick and Stromness Par., Orkney, by Wm. Clouston; p. 480, Deer Par., Aberdeen, by Geo. Cruden. Vol. XVII. (1796)—p. 119, [Birds of] Buittle Par., Kirkcud- bright, by Geo. Maxwell ; pp. 247-53, Luss Par., Dumbarton, by John Stuart; p. 274, Small Isles Par., Inverness and Argyle, by Donald McLean ; p. 372, Killin Par., Perthshire, by Patr. Stuart ; p. 418, Mortlach Par., Banff, by Geo. Gordon; pp. 476-7, Kin- loch Par., Perthshire, by John Brodie. Vol. XVIII. (1796)—p. 119, [Birds of] Gargunnock Par., Stirling, by Jas. Robertson; p. 243, Kilsyth Par., Stirling, by Robt. Rennie; p. 374, Duddingston Par., Edinburgh, by Wm. Bennet. Vol. XIX. (1797)—p. 21, [Birds of] Halkirk Par., Caithness, by John Cameron; pp. 254-7, Stornoway Par., Lewis, by Colin MacKenzie; p. 377, Tannadice Par., Forfar, by John Jamieson ; p. 405, Orphir Par., Orkney, by Liddell; p. 498, Longforgan Par., Perthshire, by : Vol. XX. (1798)—p. 49, [Birds of] Kilmadock or Doune Par., 542 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sLANEY Perth, by Alex. Macgibbon ; pp. 262-3, St. Andrew’s and Deerness Par., Orkney, by ; p. 807, Urquhart and Glenmoriston Par., Inverness, by ; p. 439, Dunkeld Par., Perthshire, (compiled) ; pp. 470-73, Dowally Par., Perthshire (compiled). Vol. XXTI. (1799)—p. 20, [Birds of] Hounam Par., Roxburgh, by Jas. Rutherford; p. 220, Golspy Par., Sutherland, by Wm. Keith. Note——As in the case of the New Statistical Account (vide supra under ‘““ New ”) we have given a complete index to the Birds in these volumes under this heading alone, and not under the respective writers’ names, or under the counties of Scotland. SKERTCHLEY (Sypney B. J.), nat. 1850. See MILuEr (8. H.) SLANEY (RoBERT ,AGLIONBY), 1792-1862 This writer, better known as M.P. for Shrewsbury and a writer of several works on the condition and housing of the poorer classes, was born June 9, 1792, being the eldest son of Robert Slaney of Hatton Grange, Shropshire, to which property he eventually succeeded. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1817, and practised until 1826, when he entered Parlia- ment. He died at 5 Bolton Row, Piccadilly, May 19, 1862. He tells us in his preface that “the author, having often derived pleasure from watching the habits of birds, thought that a familiar introduction to this branch of Natural History might prove useful to ladies and young persons, who were not desirous to enter on scientific descriptions, or to encounter works of greater length. With this intention the following pages have been written, comprising extracts from several writers on the subject, together with a few original observa- tions.” He was a good sportsman in later life, but seems to have devoted no further attention to ornithology. 1832. An | Outline | of the | smaller British Birds, | intended for the use of | Ladies and Young Persons. | — | By Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P. | —| London : | printed for | Longman [etc.] | 1832. Collation—1 vol. fcap 8vo, pp. viii un. + pp. 148, with figs. Idem. 2nd edit. 1 vol. Pcap 8vo, pp. vili+pp. 168, with figs. Ib.: 1838. smart] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 543 SLATER (Rev. Henry Horrocks), ob. 1907 (2) The Rev. H. H. Slater, M.A., F.Z.8., M.B.0.U., of Ightham, Sevenoaks, and formerly of Thornhaugh Rectory, Wansford, Northamptonshire, is best remembered as author of the ‘anual of the Birds of Iceland (post 8vo, Edinburgh, 1901). He was educated at St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, taking his B.A. degree in 1880, and proceeding M.A. in 1887. He was ordained in 1879, and after two curacies became vicar of Irchester in 1883, and rector of Thornhaugh in 1893. He became a Fellow of the Zoological Society in December 1877 and resigned from that Society and the B.O.U. in December 1906, when he left Thornhaugh. 1882. Pilmoor: occurrence of the Twite’s Nest. (Naturalist, vii. pp. 179-81.) 1884. The Ornithology of Riding - Mill-on-Tyne and neighbourhood [Northumberland]. (Zoologist, ser. 3, vill. pp. 92-106.) 1887. Notes on the Migration of Birds. (Jour. Northants. Soc. iv. pp. 295-307.) 1898. Order Limicole. [In British Birds, with their Nests and Eggs, v. pp. 49-178, pl. xv-xviii.] London: 1898. 4to. 1899-1901. Birds of Northamptonshire and neighbourhood. Reports for 1897-1900. (Jour. Northants. N.H. Soc. x. pp. 14-18, 171-7, 295-9 ; xi. pp. 57-63, 141-8.) These notes were ultimately continued by W. A. Shaw. 1902. Aves. [In Victoria Hist. of Co. of Northants. i. pp.111-28.] London: 1902. 4to. Smart (Rev. THom4s GREGORY), 1827-96 This author was born m London, May 29, 1827; was educated at Westminster, whence he proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, with a scholarship in 1846 (B.A. 1849, M.A. 1856). In 1861 he became curate of St. John, Lytham, and vicar of that parish in 1870, holding the living until his death, which occurred at Bath in 1896. His work is avowedly a criticism of the B.O.U. List (1883), but it in- cidentally also includes “a few remarks upon ‘ Evolution’ and notes upon the rarer eggs.” 544 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF (sMITH 1886. Birds on the British List, their title to enrolment considered, especially with reference to the B.O.U. List of British Birds. London & Preston: 1886. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxiv + pp. 148. Smee (ALFRED), 1818-77 Alfred Smee, by profession a surgeon, was the second son of William Smee, Accountant General to the Bank of England, and was born at Camberwell, June 18, 1818. He became a medical student at King’s College, London, and during this time lived at the Bank. He became M.R.C.S. in 1840, and at first commenced to practise in Finsbury Circus, but in 1841 became Surgeon to the Bank of England, and in 1842 Surgeon to the Royal General Dispensary in Aldersgate. He devoted much attention to electro-biology and electro-metallurgy and kindred subjects, and wrote several works on medical subjects and philosophy, and one on the potato plant. He was one of the founders of the Gresham Life Assurance Society. The garden referred to was his recreation in later life, and was situated at Wallington in Surrey. Smee died at 7 Finsbury Circus, January 11, 1877. A son, Alfred Hutchison Smee, F.C.8., devoted some attention to ornithology, and was the author of several notes and papers in the Zoologist (1869-75) on Essex birds, etc. Possibly he had a hand in the undermentioned work. 1872. My Garden, its plan and culture, together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. 2nd edit. London: 1872. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo. Birds at pp. 522-55, with numerous figures. Ist edit. 1872. Not seen. The second edition appeared in the same year as the first. SMILES (SAMUEL). See Epwarp (THomas) SmitH (Rev. ALFRED CHARLES), 1822-98 The Rev. A. C. Smith, M.A., of Yatesbury Rectory, Calne, Wiltshire, who died in 1898, is chiefly known as author of sMItu] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 545 The Birds of Wiltshire, his other publications being a few unimportant articles and notes; although the series of articles in the Wiltshire Magazine which formed the basis of The Birds of Wiltshire must be excepted. He also wrote The Attractions of the Nile and its Banks (1865). 1853. Observations on the General Colour and the occasional variations in the plumage of Birds. (Zoologist, xi. pp. 3969-80.) 1857-69. The Ornithology of Wiltshire. Devizes: H. Bull, St. John Street, 1857-69. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, title 1 1.+10 separately paged articles, the last with list of birds. Originally appeared in the Wiltshire Archaeol. and Nat. Hist. Magazine, Vols. i.-xii. Devizes: 1857-69, viz. Vol. i. pp. 41-5, 105-15, 239-49 ; 1. pp. 162-72, 290-301 ; ul. 337-57 ; iv. 26-35, 285-98; vi. 167-82; vil. 81-102; ix. 45-57, 211-22; x. 160-74 ; xi. 44-72, 152-85. 1862. The Nightingale’s Nest. (Qp. cit. pp. 8029-32.) 1868-73. On the Colouring of Cuckoo’s Eggs. (Zoologist, 1868, pp. 1105-18, 1145-6.) Additional Remarks. (Qp. cit. 1873, pp. 3433-9, 3473-9, 3511-17, 3723-7.) 1877. The Swannery at Abbotsbury. (Op. cit. pp. 505-11.) 1887. The Birds of Wiltshire. Comprising all the periodical and occa- sional visitants, as well as those which are indigenous to the county. London and Devizes: 1887. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxv + pp. 588. 1896. The Cream-coloured Courser in Wilts. (Zoologist, pp. 434-5.) Smitu (Amy), viv. We believe this lady to be the widow of the late Cecil Smith, author of The Birds of Somersetshire (vide infra), and that her little book is to be regarded to some extent as a supplement to that work. 1912. The Rarer Birds of Somerset. Taunton (Wessex Press): 1912. Collation—1 vol. sm. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 84. SmirH (CEcIL), 1826-90 The late Cecil Smith, B.A., of Lydiard House, Bishop’s Lydiard, near Taunton, was born at Bishop’s Lydiard in 1826, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1849). He 2N 546 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sMITH was a member of the B.0.U. and F.Z.S., and was a contributor to the Zoologist for more than twenty-five years previous to his death in 1890. The first published paper we have noted is in the volume for 1863 (pp. 8816-17) on the Arrival and Departure of Summer Birds at Taunton. His Birds of Somerset- shire appeared in the autumn of 1869. His Birds of Guernsey, published ten years later, was deemed by Saunders a “ care- fully compiled list. 176 species are proved to have occurred, and graphic descriptions are given of the habits and nidification of many of them.” When at Lydiard he frequently paid visits to Exmouth for the purpose of shooting on the Exe estuary and the south coast of Devonshire, and assisted W.S.M. D’Urban with numerous notes on the birds observed for the Birds of Devonshire. His collection of stuffed British birds and of birds’ skins was sold at Stevens’ Rooms, London, June 24, 1890. 1865. A List of Birds observed in the Parish of Bishop’s Lydeard. (Zoolo- gist, Xxill. pp. 9794-802.) 1866. List of Birds observed during a Six Weeks’ Summer Visit to the Channel Islands, exclusive of Jersey. (Qp. cit. ser. 2, i. pp. 447-53.) 1869. The Birds of Somersetshire. London: 1869. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xit+ pp. 643. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) Idem. Additions to above. (Zoologist, ser. 2,iv. pp. 174-291.) 1872-76. A Few Ornithological Notes from Guernsey. (Op. cit. ser. 2, vil., 1872, pp. 2921-8 ; 1876, pp. 4780-83, 5024-8.) 1873-75. Ornithological Notes from Somersetshire. (Qp. cit. ser. 2, viii., 1873, pp. 3624-8 ; ix., 1874, pp. 8868-72 ; x., 1875, pp. 4332-5.) 1875. Albino and other variations of Plumage in Birds. (Op. cit. ser. 2, x. pp. 4422-4.) 1877. Purple Gallinule in Somersetshire. (Op. cit. pp. 227, 293-5.) 1879. The Birds of Guernsey. London: 1879. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. 223. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) 1883. On the Distinctions between various nearly-allied or similar forms of Birds, with special reference to those known to have occurred in the county.. [Somersetshire.] (Proc. Somerset. Soc., 1883, pt. 2, pp. 1-40, 4 pl.) 1885. Wayside Notes during a West Country Drive. (Zoologist, pp. 3-11.) smirH] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 547 SmirH (CHARLES), 1715 (?)-62 Charles Smith, the first county faunist in Ireland, was a native of Waterford, and was born about 1715. He followed the calling of an apothecary at Dungarvan, Waterford, and in 1744 he published, in conjunction with Walter Hazrris, the editor of Ware’s works, The Antient and Present State of the County of Down. The preface of this book contains the out- line of a plan for a series of Irish County Histories, which appears to have led, in 1744, to Smith founding at Dublin the Physico-Historieal Society for the purpose of collecting topographical materials for the series. His valuable histories of Waterford and Cork were published under the imprimatur of this body, and the history of Kerry independently after the society had broken up. In 1756 he, with a number of eminent physicians, founded at Dublin the Medico-Philo- sophical Society, of which he was first secretary, but the society became defunct in 1784. Smith died at Bristol in 1762. 1746. The Antient and Present | State | of the | County and City | of | Waterford: | Being a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical | and Topographical Description thereof. |..... | Together with | New and Correct Maps, of the City and County; | and em- bellished with Perspective Views of the City of | Waterford, and of the Towns of Lismore and | Dungarvan. | Published with the Approbation of the Physico-Historical | Society. | By Charles Smith. | [Quotation from Cicero] | Dublin: | Printed by A. Reilly for the Author, | And are to be sold by Edward and John Exshaw, Book- | sellers, on Cork hill. m,pccxtv1. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xvi+ pp. ¥ un. + pp. 26-380 + pp. 6 un. index, 2 maps, 38 folding plates. Birds at p. 335-345. Idem. The 2nd edit. Dublin: 1774. Not seen. 1750. The | Antient and Present | State | of the | County and City | of | Cork. | Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical | and topographical description thereof | by | Charles Smith, M.D. | Vol. I. [I1.] | Dublin: [ete.] mpcct. Collation—2 vols. 8vo, pp. vit pp. X un. and pp. ix-xx + pp. 434. Map and plates. Birds at pp. 320-49 of Vol. II. Idem. 2nd edit., with additions. Dublin: 1774. Birds at pp. 325-53 of vol. ii. (“A Catalogue of the Birds observed in the County ”’). Idem. A new edition. Cork: 1815. 548 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sMITH [1756.] The | Ancient and Present | State | of the | County of Kerry. Dublin: w.v. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxi+ pp. 22-419 +pp. Index, 5 un. Map and Plates. Birds at pp. 185, 186, 371. Idem. The 2nd edit. Dublin: y.p. [1774.] SmitH (Rev. CHarRLes JOHN), 1818-72 The Rev. C. J. Smith was ordained in 1842, and was Archdeacon of Jamaica 1848-52; he was appointed to the Vicarage of Erith, December 1852, and held that living until his death, December 29, 1872. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. March 3, 1842, and proceeding M.A. December 17, 1844. He also wrote several works on educational and theological subjects. 1873. Erith: its Natural, Civil and Ecclesiastical History. London : 1873. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. iv + pp. 92, with front. Birds at pp. 10-11. @ SmitH (CHARLOTTE), 1749-1806 _ _This authoress, best known as a novelist and poetess, was the eldest daughter of Nicholas Turner of Stoke House, Surrey, and Bignor Park, Sussex, and was born in London May 4, 1749. She was married in 1765 to Benjamin Smith, the son of a West India merchant. Later she lived at Lys Farm, Hampshire, of which county her husband was at one time High Sheriff, but he having got into financial difficulties, his wife took up literature as a means of livelihood. In later life she lived at many places, finally removing to Tetford, near Farnham, in Surrey, where she died October 28, 1806. She was burdened with twelve children (of whom eight sur- vived her), nevertheless she appears to have had a genuine love for Nature, and according to Miss Mitford had “ the eye and the mind of a landscape poet.” The undermentioned work relates principally to British birds. With the exception of the Red-and-blue Macaw in Vol. I., all the plates are of British birds, and there are numerous original observations interspersed. sMItH] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 549 *1807. A | Natural History | of | Birds, | Intended chiefly for | Young Persons : | By | Mrs. Charlotte Smith. | Vol. I. [-II.] London : | Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul’s | Churchyard. | — | 1807. Collation—2 vols. 18mo. Vol. I., engr. and ptd. titles + pp. iv +pp. 145, 11 pl. Vol. IL., engr. and ptd. titles + pp. 158, 11 pl. SmitH (GEORGE), ca. 1799 We know nothing concerning the original compiler of the undernoted work, and it seems improbable he had anything to do with the sixth edition of it, in the advertisement to which it is stated that the treatises on Angling and on Singing Birds have been added in that edition, presumably by another hand. *1799. The | Laboratory; | or, School of Arts: | containing | a large collection of valuable | Secrets, Experiments, and manual operations | in Arts and Manufactures | [etc. 7 lines] | Compiled originally by | G. Smith. | Sixth Edition. | [etc. 2 lines] | Illus- trated with engravings. | Vol. I. [II.] | London: | Printed by C. Whittingham. | [etc. 3 lines] | 1799. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. xxxi+ pp. 437+xix pl.; Vol. IL. pp. xx+pp. 452 and xxii pl. Pt. XII. in Vol. IT. (pp. 337-95) comprises “‘ On the Nightingale and Canary-Bird, with notices of a few other Singing birds.” SmirH (Henry Ecroyp), 1823-89. This writer published several works on archeology and kindred subjects between 1852 and 1887, and also prepared the Catalogue of the Inbrary and Museum belonging to the Historical Society of Lancs. and Cheshire (1876). He died January 1889; cf. Boase, Mod. Eng. Biog. 1867. Notabilia of the Archeology and Natural History of the Mersey District during the years 1863-45. Liverpool: E. Howell: 1867. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, title 1 1.+pp. 3-78. Ornithology and Oology at pp. 47-66. Reprinted from Trans. Hist. Soc. of Lancs. and Cheshire. SmirH (REGINALD BoswortH), 1839-1908 This well-known Harrow schoolmaster was born June 28, 1839, at West Stafford Rectory, Dorsetshire, his father 550 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF (sMITH being the Rector of the parish and a Canon of Salisbury. He was educated at Milton Abbas School, Blandford, and in August 1855 went to Marlborough College. At Michaelmas 1858 he matriculated at Oxford and graduated B.A. in 1862, and was elected to a classical fellowship and appointed tutor at Trinity College in the following year; he graduated M.A. in 1865. It was on September 16, 1864, that he began work as classical master at Harrow School, and a few years later he built “ The Knoll,” where he designed an attractive garden, much frequented by birds. His active work at Harrow and in the arena of literature lasted until 1901, when he retired to a house he had purchased at Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset- shire, where he died October 18, 1908. His Bird Life and Bird Lore (1905, and new edition 1909) was written here and originated in six articles on birds published in the Nineteenth Century from November 1902 to February 1904. 1863. [Birds in] Flora of Marlborough: with notices of the Birds, and a sketch of the geological features of the Neighbourhood. By T. A. Preston. London: 1863. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xxiv+pp. 129, map. Birds at pp. 103-16 and 127-9. 1905. Bird Life and Bird Lore. With Illustrations. London: 1905. Collation—1 vol. sq. 8vo, pp. xix+pp. 434, 16 pl. (Pub. 10s. 6d. net.) Comprises 3 chapters on the Raven, in Poetry, History, Hagiology, Folk-lore, etc., also others on the Wild Duck, Magpie, etc., and Local Dorsetshire birds. Idem. Popular edition. Cr. 8vo. 1909. (2s. 6d. net.) SmirH (RoBERT), ca. 1768 Of this worthy, who at one time resided at Turnham- Green, we have no information beyond the statement in the first edition of the Directory that he was “ Ratcatcher to the Princess Amelia.” In the third edition he styles himself “late Ratcatcher to” etc. In his Introduction he naively states that “ however trifling and contemptible the follow- ing treatise may appear to some persons, the author flatters SOUTHWELL] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 551 himself that it will be productive of great public utility although the subject is but low and humble.” Among his “winged vermin’ he enumerates and describes the habits of thirteen varieties of hawks and owls, and also the Nightjar, Raven, Carrion Crow, and Magpie. The inclusion of the Nightjar is strange, as he specifically states it to be a “ very harmless bird.” In the third edition “the Public are re- quested to observe” that as “ the two preceding editions of this Book were sold at the extravagant price of £1:1s.... copies have been of late particularly scarce and valuable.” 1768. The | Universal Directory | for | Taking Alive and Destroying | Rats, | andall other Kinds of | Four-footed and Winged | Vermin, | Ina method hitherto unattempted : | Calculated for the Use of the Gentleman, | the Farmer, and the Warrener. | By Robert Smith, | Ratcatcher to the Princess Amelia. | London. | Printed for the Author. | MDcCLXVIII. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. i-iv+pp. iii-vii+ pp. 1-218, with 6 pl. Birds at pp. 173-218. Idem. 3rd edit. London: 1786. (Price 3s. 6d.) Smira (WitLIam ANDERSON), nat. 1842 This author published also several works on miscellaneous subjects, including Temperate Chile (1899), etc. Both the books undernoted pay some considerable attention to Scottish birds, the one on Loch Creran being a series of natural history sketches. 1875. Lewsiana, or Life in the Outer Hebrides. London: 1875. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. x + pp. 297. Birds at pp. 215-32. 1887. Loch Creran: Notes from the West Highlands. Paisley and London: 1887. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vi un. + pp. 322. Numerous references to birds. Son or THE Marsues. See Jorpan (D.) SoUTHWELL (THoMAs), 1831-1909 This well-known Norfolk ornithologist was born at King’s Lynn, June 15, 1831, one of ten children, and he spent nearly 552 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sourH WELL his whole life in his native county. A love of natural history developed in him very early, we are told, and as a boy all his available time out of school was spent in egg collecting, etc. In 1846 he entered the Lynn branch of Gurney’s (now Barclay’s) Bank, where his father was at the time chief cashier. In 1853 he began a correspondence with Alfred Newton, which developed into a friendship terminated only by the death of the latter. In the same year he left the bank and joined his brother Charles in a confectionery business in London, but his health gave way and he returned to Lynn in 1866, and next year re-entered Gurney’s Bank in Norwich, which was henceforth his home. In 1868 he was elected on the Committee of the Norwich Museum, and in the follow- ing year the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society was established. His papers in their Transactions are said to number nearly a hundred. He was Honorary Secretary of the society for some years, being elected President in 1879, and again in 1893. In 1872 he became F.Z.8., and in 1881 M.B.0.U. He retired from the bank in 1896, and died at his house in Norwich on September 5, 1909. His wife pre- deceased him in 1903, but he left two daughters. In addition to his ornithological writings he published a work on the Seals and Whales of the British Seas (1881) and a number of papers on the same subject, on which he was an authority. He was a regular correspondent of the Zoologist from 1869 until the time of his death. 1852. The Great Bustard. (Naturalist (Morris’s), ii. pp. 60-61.) 1854. Rollesby Gullery. (Op. cit. iv. pp. 253-4.) 1855. A Spring Ramble. (Qp. cit. v. pp. 97-101.) 1871. On the Ornithological Archaeology of Norfolk. (Zr. Norf. and Norw. N.H. Soc. i., 1870-71, pp. 14-23.) 1875. On Mr. Marsham’s “ Indications of Spring.” (Op. céé. ii. pp. 31-45, tab.) 1877. On the Polish Swan. (Z.c. pp. 258-60.) 1879. Norfolk Decoys. (T.c. pp. 538-55.) [Jointly edited by.] Lubbock’s Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk. New edit. Norwich: 1879. See under LuBBock (R.). SOWERBY] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 553 1882. On occurrence of Sooty Shearwater at Lynn in 1851. (Lr. Novf. and Norw. N.H. Soc. ui. pp. 474-5.) 1886-1909. [With J. H. Gurney, jun.] Fauna and Flora of Norfolk, Pt. XI. List of Norfolk Birds [6 pts.]. (Zr. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc. iv., 1886, pp. 259-86; 1887, pp. 397-431; v., 1894, pp. 642-9; vi., 1899, pp. 501-14; vii., 1904, pp. 733-40; vil., 1909, pp. 847-51.) 1888. A Paper on Swans. (Blackwood’s Magazine, Dec. 1888.) 1890, [Completed by.] The Birds of Norfolk, vol. iii. 1890. 8vo. See under Stevenson (H.). 1890. The King Eider as a Norfolk Bird. (Zr. Norw. Soc. v. pp. 58-60.) 1891. Falconry in Norfolk (John Dawson Downes). (Z.c. pp. 183-6.) Notes on some Rare Birds obtained in Norfolk in the year 1890- 1891. (Zc. pp. 200-206.) 1892. St. Helen’s Swan-pit. (T.c. pp. 265-72.) 1893. On occurrence in Norfolk of the Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper. (T.c. pp. 364-87.) 1896-97. On the occurrence of Pallas’s Willow-Warbler in Norfolk. (Zoologist, pp. 466-7, 1896 ; t.c., 1897, pp. 8-12.) 1897. The Migration of British Birds. (Natural Science, x. pp. 245-53.) Article Swallows. [In Soc. Protect. Birds, Educat. Series, I. No. 4, sm. 4to, pp. 8.] 1898. Catalogue of British Birds in the collection of Mr. E. M. Connop, of Rollesby Hall, Norfolk. Norwich: 1898. Collation—I1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 55. Fauna and Flora of Norfolk. See Gurney (J. H.). 1900. Wild Fowl Driving in the Sixteenth Century. (Zr. Norf. and Norw. Soc. vii. pp. 90-95.) 1901. On the Breeding of the Crane in East Anglia. (Op. cit. vii. pp. 160-70.) ; Aves. [In Victoria Hist. of Co. of Norfolk, i. pp. 220-45.] London: 1901. 4to. 1902. Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk, more especially on the Birds and Fishes, from the MSS. of Sir Thos. Browne, M.D. (1605-82), with Notes by Thos. Southwell. Norwich: 1902. See under Brownz (T.). The Great Bustard in Norfolk. (Zr. Norf. and Norw. Soc. vii. pp. 328-30.) 1904. On some early Dutch and English Decoys. (Z.c. pp. 606-17.) SowERBY (JAMES), 1757-1822 This famous botanist and conchologist was born in London, March 21, 1757, being the son of John Sowerby, 554 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sowERBY descendant of an old Border family through the Yorkshire branch, and his wife Arabella. He became a student at the Royal Academy, and was an articled pupil of Richard Wright, the marine painter. In his early years he was a teacher of drawing and a portrait painter. The practice of flower- painting led him to the study of botany, a subject in which he soon excelled. Among his earliest work in this connection were the plates he drew in 1787 for W. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. The first volume of his own great work, English Botany (36 vols. and Suppl. 4 vols., 1790-1849), appeared in 1790, and the work in its revised editions is still a standard one. He published many other works on botany and conchology, still in demand and scarce on account of their excellent hand-coloured plates, but of these the only one relating to our subject is the undernoted. He died at his residence in Lambeth, October 25, 1822. A son, James de Carle Sowerby (1787-1871), followed his father’s profession and executed plates for many works of a similar nature. 1804-6. The | British Miscellany : | or | Coloured Figures | of | new, rare or little known | Animal Subjects ; | many not before ascertained to be inhabitants | of the British Isles ; | and | chiefly in the possession of the author, | James Sowerby, F.LS. | Vol. I, | London, | mpcccvt. | Twelve parts only were issued, the first five each containing 4 plates, and the last seven 8 plates each. Comprising Vol. I. 136 pp., coloured plates 1 to 60; Vol. II. 31 pp., coloured plates 61 to 76 (unfinished). The wrappers were dated as follows: No. 1, — 1804; No. 2, Jan. 1805; No. 3, Feb. 1805; No. 4, March 1805; No. 5, April 1805; No. 6, June 1805;. No. 7, August 1805; No. 8, Oct. 1805; No. 9, Dec. 1805; No. 10, Feb. 1806 ; No. 11, June 1806; No. 12, August 1806. Note—The birds include the Harlequin Duck, Red-necked Phalarope, Bee-eater, Glossy Ibis, Ferruginous Duck, Scaup Duck, and Little Grebe, the last four as supposed varieties under other names. Of the first issue, Vol. I. is generally only met with. The stock was acquired later by Mr. Quaritch, who reprinted the title (omitting the ‘“‘ Vol. I.’’) and also the index to include the portion of Vol. IT. SPENCE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 555 SowERBy (J—— G——) J. G. Sowerby is a book illustrator, and the under- mentioned work is illustrated in black and white by himself. It is of very slight ornithological interest. 1895. Rooks and their Neighbours. 4th edit. London: 1895. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. 169, with 28 illustrations. (Pub. 6s. net.) Idem. Ist and 3rd editions. Not seen. 2nd edit. 1895. SpaLtpine (T—— M——.), ca. 1846 T. M. Spalding, of Broome, near Bungay, was, according to Mr. Miller Christy (Birds of Essex, Intro.), father ot Frederick Spalding, Curator of Colchester Museum. The undernoted list is a mere catalogue of species extending to a little more than 4 pp. 1846. List of Birds rarely and occasionally met with in the County of Suffolk. [In Rev. Alfred Suckling’s History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, i. pp. xxxv-xxxix.] London: 1846. Folio. SPEEDY (Tom), ww. This author’s books are mostly of a sporting nature, but the one undernoted contains the fauna and flora of the district, the birds being dealt with at some length. 1892. Craigmillar and its Environs. With notices of the Topography, Natural History, and Antiquities of the district. Selkirk: 1892. Collation—I1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. xv + pp. 248, illus. Avifauna at pp. 80-123, with figs. SPELMAN (WILLIAM W.) A copy of the undermentioned catalogue of a private collection is in the Zoological Society’s Library. 1888. A descriptive Catalogue of William W. Spelman’s Collection of Birds shot in Norfolk and Suffolk prior to October 1888. Brun- dall (privately printed) : 1888. Collation—pamphlet 8vo, pp. 21 un. SpeNcE (Rosert F.) Regarding this author’s unfinished work, which appears to have been partly set up in type but never published, 556 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [STANLEY Messrs. Buckley and Harvie-Brown state (Vert. Fauna of Orkney Is., 1891, p. xix): “in 1883 Mr. Robert F. Spence began a history of ‘The Birds of Orkney.’ Of this work 280 pages were printed, which only carries us down to the middle of the article on the Rook. Mr. Spence very kindly allowed us to see the rest of the MSS. and to use it as we liked, as it is very unlikely that the work will ever be finished.” The only copy we have seen is that in the late Prof. Newton’s library, which bears the following note by Buckley on the fly-leaf: ‘‘ This is all that was ever published of this work. The rest of the MS. passed through my hands and was all on the same lines as this. Anything of worth is incorporated in the Vertebrate Fauna of the Orkney Islands published by Douglas.” [1883.] The Birds of Orkney. [s. loc. et d.] Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. 1-280, unfinished and without title. (Copy in Newton Library, Cambridge.) Spratr (Mrs. G.) We know nothing of this authoress, who informs us in her introduction that she also wrote some small anonymous works. *1837. The | Language of Birds | comprising | Poetic and Prose Illustra- tions | of the | most Favourite Cage Birds. | With twelve highly- coloured plates. | By Mrs. G. Spratt. | [Quotation, 5 lines] London | Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street. | mpcccxxxvi. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. vii +pp. 342. Of the twelve plates nine are descriptive of British birds. Idem. Another edit. London: 1851. SrantEy (Epwarp), 1779-1849 Bishop Stanley, D.D., F.R.S., was born in London, June 1, 1779, and was the second son of Sir John Thomas Stanley, sixth baronet, of Alderley Park, Cheshire, a locality in which the subject of our notice made his early observations, many of which are incorporated in his Familiar History of Birds, which includes both British and foreign birds. He entered St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1798, was sTANNARD] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 557 ordained in 1802, and was for three years curate of Windles- ham in Surrey, being afterwards presented by his father to the living of Alderley, where he remained thirty-two years. In 1837 he accepted the See of Norwich from Lord Melbourne. He died in Scotland, September 6, 1849, from congestion of the brain. *1835. A | Familiar History | of | Birds: | their Nature, Habits, | and Instincts. | By the | Rev. Edward Stanley, M.A., F.L.S., | &c. &c. | Rector of Alderley, Cheshire. |[3 lines §.P.C.K.] | Two volumes, with engravings. | Vol. I [II.] | London: | John W. Parker, West Strand. | mpcccxxxv. | Collation—2 vols. 12mo: vol. i., pp. vilit+p. direc. for pl. + pp. 446; vol. il., pp. vi+p. direc. for pl. + pp. 279. Idem. 2nd edit. Idem. 3rd edit. Ib.: 1840. Collation—2 vols. 12mo: vol. i., pp. vill+pp. 264, 7 pl.; vol. l., pp. vill+pp. 300, 9 pl. Idem. 4th edit. 12mo. Ib.: 1848. Idem. New edit. I vol. post 8vo. Ib.: 1865. Idem. New edit. 1 vol. cr. 8vo. Ib.: 1880. STANLEY (J.) STANLEY’S “ WoRcESTER GUIDE Book.” See CurtLeR (Martin) STANNARD (HENRY), ca. 1873 This author’s work deals with familiar British birds, a figure of the bird being given as a headpiece to each article, and a figure of its egg as a tailpiece. The woodcuts are tolerably correct, but indifferently printed. In the preface he informs us, “from my boyhood the study of Nature has been my great delight.” [1873.] Outdoor Common Birds: their habits and general characteristics. With original illustrations of the birds and their eggs. London (Warne): N.D. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vi un.+pp. 215, with front. 55 figs. of birds and 55 figs. of eggs. (Pub.: 5s.) N.p. Idem. 1 vol. 8vo. A reissue. London: n.v. Idem. A cheap reissue. 1877. (Pub. 1s. 6d.) > 558 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sTEELE-ELLIOTT Strap (J——), ca. 1797 Of this writer, who was presumably a bird dealer, we have been unable to glean any information. His book is of quite minor importance. 1797. Description | and | Natural History | of | English Song-birds | with | Proper directions | for taking, rearing, and breeding | the same |To which is prefixed, by way of | introduction, a | General History | of the | Feathered trbe. | London: | Printed for the author and sold by | T. M. Longman, Paternoster Row | and W. Lane, Leaden-Hall | Street | — | 1797. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xii+ pp. 59, 3 pl. STEELE-ELLIoTT (JANNION), nat. 1871 Mr. J. Steele-Elhott, now of Dowles Manor, Bewdley, was born in Midland Road, Bedford, May 25, 1871, and educated at Bedford Modern School. He devoted much attention to the fauna of his native county, and in 1897 commenced the issue of The Vertebrate Fauna of Bedfordshire, which, however, he discontinued after the issue of pt. 5, completing the birds. 1895. Observations on the Fauna of St. Kilda. (Zoologist, pp. 282-6.) [1897-1901.] The Vertebrate Fauna of Bedfordshire. [Printed for Private circulation.] Birmingham: Printed by Robert Birkbeck & Sons, 313 Broad Street. N.D. Collation—Pts. I.-V., 8vo (all published, comprising the Birds). Pt. L., June 1897, pp. i-vili and 1-24, including title and preface ; Pt. II, Dec. 1898, pp. 25-73; Pt. III., Dec. 1899, pp. 74-113 ; Pt. IV., Dec. 1900, pp. 114-71; Pt. V., June 1901, pp. 172-215. Only 150 copies were printed. 1900. Nesting of the Great Tit, the Common Sparrow and the Starling. (Zoologist, pp. 423-6.) Some Notes on the Swift. (T.c. pp. 479-81.) 1901. Notes on the Swift and the Number of Days taken in Incubation. (Op. cit. pp. 478-4.) 1904. Aves. [In Victoria History of the County of Bedford, i. pp. 104-37.] London: 1904. to. 1906. Some Notes on the Birds of Donegal. (Zoologist, pp. 153-4.) Extracts from Churchwardens’ Accounts of Bedfordshire. (T.c. pp. 161-7, 253-65.) 1909. Notes on the Nesting of the Sparrow-Hawk. (Op. cit. pp. 467-8.) 1912. Some Notes on the Nesting of the Tawny Owl. (Zoologist, pp. 293-7.) STEVENS] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 559 Strep (E.). See Cunpatu (J. W.) STERLAND (W—— J——), ca. 1812-80 This author was born at Ollerton, Notts., about 1812, and died in the early eighties at New Southgate, near London. His Birds of Sherwood Forest is based on articles contributed to the natural history columns of The Field in the years 1865-6-7. It has been stated that he included some species on too slight authority in his list, which totals 172 species. Newman, reviewing the work in the Zoologist for October 1869 (pp. 1881-88), gave as his verdict that the author “ had better read more and write less.”’ However, the work deals with an interesting, and now changed, district, and on that account alone has retained some esteem. The author later jomed with Mr. Joseph Whitaker in the preparation of a county list, which is now scarce, and also wrote The Hand- book of Natural History : Mammalia (1879). Mr. H. 8. Gladstone informs us that he was a friend and correspondent of Sir William Jardine. In April 1847 he wrote describing himself as a “‘ mere learner.” In 1851-55 he was in Australia. In one of his letters to Sir William Jardine he applied to him to get him employment. 1869. The Birds of Sherwood Forest, with Notes on their Habits, Nesting, Migration, etc. London (Lovell, Reeve & Co.): 1869. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xi+pp. 244, with 3 col. and 1 plain pl. by the author. 1879. [With Joseph Whitaker.] Descriptive List of the Birds of Notting- hamshire. Mansfield: 1879. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 71. Comprises 238 species. Stevens (CHaARLEs), ob. 1564, and Lizpauttr (Jonny) Carolus Stephanus, in French Charles Estienne, and in English as rendered by Richard Surfleet, Charles Stevens, was the third son of Henricus Stephanus (1470-1520), the founder of the family of famous printers of that name. Carolus Stephanus first produced the undermentioned work 560 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [srnvENsoN in Latin, with the title Praediuwm Rusticum (1554), incorporat- ing therein several small treatises which he had already issued on the subject. Jean Liebault (rendered by Surfleet as John Leibault) was his son-in-law, and published an edition of the book under the style of L’ Agriculture et Maison Rustique (1564). The former part of the title was dropped in subsequent editions, and the book became famous as the Maison Rustique (cf. Brunet). Richard Surfleet, or Surflet, who appears to have been a “ practitioner in physicke,” the translator of the Maison Rustique, published his first edition, according to Lowndes, in 1600. Gervase Markham’s edition of 1616 is the best-known one. *1606. Maison Rustique, | or | The Countrey | Farme : | Compiled in the French tongue by | Charles Stevens and John | Liebault Doctors of | Physicke: | and translated into English by Richard | Surfleet Practioneer in | Physicke. | Also a short collection of the Hunting of the Hart, | Wild Bore, Hare, Fox, Gray, Cony, of | Birds and Faulconrie [etc. 2 lines and cut] London | Printed by Arnold Hatfield for | John Norton and John Bill. | 1606. Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. xxx un.+pp. 901+pp. 22, Table of Contents + pp. 6, Table of Diseases. Birds pp. 92-123 (deals with birds of the Farm and incidentally with several wild ones) pp. 869-901 (deals with Hawking and Wild Birds). STEVENSON (HENRY), 1833-88 Henry Stevenson was born in Surrey Street, Norwich, March 30, 1833, and educated at King’s College School, London. In 1855, at the age of twenty-two, he was elected honorary secretary to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, and held the post until his death. He was a frequent contributor of notes on occurrences of rare birds in Norfolk to the Zoolo- gust for 1853 and onwards, the first printed communication we have noted being on “ Unknown Eggs lately found in the neighbourhood of Norwich” in the volume for that year, while he has several communications—generally on Norfolk occurrences—in nearly every volume from that year onwards. He was elected a member of the B.O.U. in 1864, and in the same year a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He took little STEVENSON] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 561 part in public life, although he served as Sheriff of Nor- wich in 1875. He died August 18, 1888. His farnily were part proprietors or proprietors of the Norfolk Chronicle, from the time his grandfather, William Stevenson, F.8.A., first settled in Norwich in 1785 until the paper was formed into a joint-stock company in 1886. For further biographical parti- culars vide Memoir in vol. iii., Birds of Norfolk, below noted. 1860. Stray Notes from the Devonshire Coast. (Zoologist, xviii. pp. 6793-8.) 1864. A List of the Birds of Norfolk, with Remarks on the General Ornithology of the County. Reprinted from White’s History and Directory of the County. Sheffield: 1864. Collation—8vo pamphlet. 10 pp. Notes on the Ornithology of Norfolk. (Zoologist, xxii. pp. 9025-36.) This is another reprint, with alterations, of the above List in White’s History and Directory. 1865-85. Ornithological Notes from Norfolk. (Zoologist, xxiii. pp. 9405-6, 9494-6, 9574-7, 9805-8; Ser. 2,1., 1866, pp. 84-7, 260-4, 441-2, 593-6; i., 1867, pp. 727-30, 871-8, 1012-14; iii., 1868, pp. 1126-8 ; iv., 1869, pp. 1789-96, 1908-13; v., 1870, pp. 2055-8, 2361-7; vi., 1871, pp. 2496-9, 2597-2604, 2828-33. [Continued with J. H. Gurney, Jnr.] vii., 1872, pp. 2977-84, 3045-8, 3102-4, 3132-4, 3225-8, 3317-20 ; viii., 1873, pp. 3354-6, 3402-3. [Continued by Stevenson alone,] pp. 3558-61, 3711-16; ix., 1874, pp. 3859-65, 4185-91; x., 1875, pp. 4289-94, 4366-70, 4629-35 ; xi., 1876, pp. 4773-8, 4893-7, 5105-8; Ser. 3, i. 1877, pp. 95-9, 430-4 ; i1., 1878, pp. 41-6 ; ili., 1879, pp. 153-62 ; iv., 1880, pp. 325-43; vi., 1882, pp. 366-78; vil., 1883, pp. 313-27 ; viil., 1884, pp. 378, 411; ix., 1885, pp. 321-32. 1866-90. The Birds of Norfolk, with Remarks on their Habits, Migration, and local Distribution; by Henry Stevenson, F.L.S., Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union. In two volumes. Vol. I. [II.] London (Van Voorst): and Norwich: 1866 [-70.]. Idem. Vol. III. Completed by T. Southwell. London and Norwich: 1890. Collation—3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I., pp. xxii + pp. 445, and 1 pl. Vol. II. pp. x + errata slip + pp. 449, and 3 pl. (1 col.). Vol. III. pp. xiii + pp. 482, and 4 pl. (3 col.) and portrait. 1870. On the Meres of Wretham Heath. (Trans. Norf. and Norw. N.H. Soc. i., 1869-70, pp. 14-21.) Miscellaneous Notes and Observations. (T.c. pp. 59-62.) 1871. Abundance of Little Gulls on Norfolk coast in winter 1869-70. (Tc. 1870-71, pp. 65-70.) 1872. Scoulton Gullery. (Z.c., 1871-72, pp. 22-30.) 20 562 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sTEVENSON [1872]. Descriptive account of British Bird Collection. [In A Popular Guide to the Norfclk and Norwich Musewm.] 16mo. London : N.D. 1873-85. Ornithological Notes from Norfolk. (Trans. Norf. and Norw. Soc. i., 1872-8, pp. 114-20; t.c., 1873-4, pp. 81-5; il. pp. 64-70, 206-17, 478-87, 594-601 ; ili. pp. 120-39, 392-414, 542-60, 771-88 ; iv. pp. 125-39.) 1880. On abundance of Pomatorhine and Smaller Skuas on Norfolk Coast in Oct. and Nov. 1879. (Op. cit. ili. pp. 99-119.) 1881. On the plumage of the Waxwing, from examination of a large series killed in the winter of 1866-67. (Op. cit. in. pp. 326-44.) 1882. On occurrence of Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabinii) in Norfolk. (Op. cit. ili. pp. 373-8.) On occurrence of Dusky Petrel in Norfolk in 1858. (Op. cit. iii. pp. 467-73.) Ornithological Notes from. Lowestoft, Suffolk. (Zoologist, pp. 332-5.) 1888. On the vocal and other sounds emitted by the Common Snipe. (Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc. iv. pp. 486-96.) STEVENSON (MATTHEW), fl. 1654-85 Of the life of Stevenson, a minor poet, little is known except that he was probably of Yorkshire origin, that he lived for the greater part of his life in Norfolk, and that he was occasionally seen in London “ moving in a circle of minor wits of royalist tendencies, who haunted the law courts in the years following the Restoration ” (vide Dict. Nat. Biogr.). Donaldson (Agricul. Biogr. p. 29) remarks upon the singu- larity of his Twelve Moneths, which is evidently based less upon research than upon oral tradition and current folklore. A quaint woodcut illustrates the occupations of each month. 1661. The | Twelve Moneths | or, | A pleasant and profitable discourse of every | action, whether of Labour or Recreation, | proper to each particular Moneth, bran- | ched into Directions relating to Hus- | bandry . . . [&c. 4 lines.] | As also | Of Recreations, as Hunting, Hawking, Fish- | ing, Fowling, Coursing, Cockfighting. | [&c. 5 lines.] | By M. Stevenson. | [Quot. 1 line] | London: Printed by M. 8. for Thomas Jenner, and are to be sold | at his Shop, at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange, 1661. Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. lv un. + pp. 60, with 12 copper- plate engravings, all paged in except that for October. There are brief references to the birds to be met with in each month, as well as to Hawking, etc. entender BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 563 [Stewart (CHARLES)], 0b. ca. 1825 This writer, who was elected an Associate of the Linnean Society, June 21, 1791, was an Edinburgh printer. He was author as well as printer of the undernoted work, as the name occurs as printer on the back of the title-page. He was secretary of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Edinburgh, and edited Lee’s Introduction to Botany (1806). The date of his death is unknown, but as his death was reported at the Anniversary Meeting of the Linnean Society in May 1825, and as he is in the List of Members for 1824, but not for 1825, he probably died about the beginning of 1825. *1801. [Anonymous.] Elements | of | Natural History : | Being | an In- troduction to the | Systema Nature of Linneus: | Comprising | the characters | of the whole Genera, | and most remarkable species : | Particularly of all those that are natives of | Britain, | with the principal circumstances of their | History and Manners. | Likewise | An Alphabetical arrangement, with definitions, | of technical terms : | in two volumes ; | With twelve explanatory Copper-plates. | Vol. I. | Containing the first four Classes, | viz. I. Mammalia. II. Birds. III. Amphibia. IV. Fishes. | [Quota- tion.] | Printed for T. Cadell, jun., and W. Davies, London: | And William Creech, Edinburgh, | 1801. Idem. Vol. II. Containing the Fifth and Sixth Classes [etc.] 1802. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. iv+pp. 408, pl. i-vi; Vol. II. pp. iv+pp. 491, pl. vii-xil. Birds treated of : Vol. I. pp. 135-266. This work contains an excellent ornithological bibliography, pp. 6-18 and 148-50. Stewart (H— — E—.), www. The one work undernoted appears to be all that this writer has published. 1897. The Birds of Our Country. London: 1897. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 397. STILLINGFLEET (BENJAMIN), 1702-71 Stillingfleet’s chief claim to a place in this work rests upon the English portion of his Calendar of Flora, Swedish and Senses Sera at 564 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF termxerunzs English, made in the year 1755. This English portion was made at Stratton in Norfolk, where he had been staying with Marsham. He was a native of Norfolk, where he was born in 1702, being the son of Edward Stillingfleet, son of the Bishop of Worcester of that name, who had an adventurous career and died in 1708, leaving his family in straitened circumstances. Benjamin was educated first at Norwich School, from which he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as a sub-sizar in 1720. He graduated B.A. in 1723, and in the next year settled at Felbrigg, Norfolk, as a tutor, remain- ing fourteen years, and in 1737 going on a Continental tour with his charge. On his return in 1743 he received a small pension, and devoted himself to literature and natural history. His Calendar of Flora, first published separately in 1761, was incorporated in the second edition of Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Natural History (1762), a work consisting of six essays translated from Linnaeus’s Amoenitates Academicae, with a preface and “ Observations on Grasses” by Stilling- fleet. A third edition was published in 1775, and a fourth in 1791. His other works are numerous and varied. His Interary Infe and Select Works were published by Coxe in 1811 (3 vols. 8vo). He appears always to have lived in straitened circum- stances. Gray speaks of him as “ this philosopher who lives in a garret in the winter, that he may support some near relations who depend upon him. He is always employed, consequently (according to my old maxim) always happy, always cheerful.” He died at his lodgings, over a saddler’s in Piccadilly, December 15, 1771, and was buried in St. James’s, Piccadilly, where his grandnephew erected a tablet to his memory. *1759. Miscellaneous Tracts | relating to | Natural History, | Husbandry, | and | Physick. | Translated from the Latin, with Notes | by Benj. Stillingfleet. | [Quotations from Bacon and Linneus, 8 lines.] | [Device.] | London, Printed: | And sold by R. & J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall ; | 8. Baker, in York Street, Covent-Garden ; | and M. Cooper, in Pater-noster-row. | — | mpccrrx. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxi +leaf contents + pp. 230. STONEHOUSE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 565 Transl. from the Ameenitat. Acad. with footnotes and Appdx. by Stillingfleet. In these are some allusions to British birds. Idem. 2nd edit., 1762; 3rd, 1775; 4th, 1791. *1761. The | Calendar | of | Flora, | Swedish and English. | Made in the Year 1755. | [Quot., 5 lines.]|— | London: printed for the Author; | And sold by R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, and 8. Baker | in York-street, Covent-Garden. | MDCCLXrI. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxili+1 p. un.+pp. 3-45+pp. 6 of Index un. Various references to birds under each month. The two works above were united in the 2nd edit. following. *1762. Miscellaneous Tracts | Relating to | Natural History, | Husbandry, | and | Physick. | To which is added the | Calendar of Flora. | By Benj. Stillingfleet. | The Second Edition, | Corrected and augmented with additional Notes | throughout, particularly on some of the English | Grasses, which are illustrated by Copper Plates. | [device] London, Printed: | And sold by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; | 8. Baker, in York-street, Covent Garden ; | | And T. Payne, at the Muse Gate. | mpccLx11. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxxii+pp. 391+ xi Plates. This work contains: The | Calendar of Flora. | By Benjamin Stillingfleet. | Made at Stratton in Norfolk. | Anno 1755. Lati- tude 52° 45’. In this Flora Stillingfleet records many observations on birds. STONEHOUSE (Rev. Witit14m BrRocKLEHURST), 1792-1862 This topographical writer, son of John Stonehouse, hat maker of Manchester, was born there in 1792, and educated at Manchester School and Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1816, proceeding M.A. in 1819 and D.C.L. in 1845. He was curate of Messingham, Lincs., from 1815 to 1822, and Vicar of Owston in the same county from Jan. 21, 1822, until his death on December 11, 1862. In the undernoted work, he acknowledges in his preface his indebtedness to Charles Waterton among others, but the account of the birds appears to be from the author’s personal observations. 1839. The | History and Topography | of the | Isle of Axholme: | being that part of Lincolnshire which | is west of Trent. | — | By the | Rev. W. B. Stonehouse, M.A. | — | [Vignette] | London: | Longman [etc. 2 lines] | mpcccxxxix. . Collation—1 vol. 4to. Birds at pp. 63-9. 566 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [swarwson SToNHAM (CHARLES), 1858-1916 Charles Stonham, 0.M.G., F.R.C.S., and M.B.O.U., was born March 27, 1858, the third son of Mr. T. G. Stonham, of Maidstone, and was educated at King’s College, Canterbury, and University College, London. He was senior surgeon to the Westminster Hospital, London, Hon. Major in the Army, and Lieut.-Colonel in command of the London Mounted Brigade, F.A. He was decorated for services in South Africa as chief surgeon and officer commanding the Imperial Yeomanry Field Hospital. He resided at 4 Harley Street, W.* 1906-11. The Birds of the British Islands. With Illustrations by Lilian M. Medland. London (Grant Richards) : 1906-11. Collation—issued in 20 parts 4to at 7s. 6d. net per part. Hach containing about 50 pp. text and 16 or 17 plates. Forming 5 vols., pp. viii + pp. 976, cccxviii plates and maps. Pt. I. issued May 1906; Pt. IT., Sept. 1906; Pt. III., Oct. 1906; Pt. IV., Dec. 1906; Pt. V., March 1907; Pt. VI., June 1907; Pt. VII, Sept. 1907; Pt. VIII., Dec. 1907; Pt. IX., March 1908; Pt. X., April 1908; Pt. XI., Aug. 1908; Pt. XIT., Nov. 1908; Pt. XTII., March 1909; Pt. XIV., May 1909; Pt. XV., Sept. 1909; Pt. XVI., Mar. 1910; Pt. XVIT., Oct. 1910; Pt. XVIII., March 1911; Pts. XIX. and XX., July 1911. SrotHarD (Mrs. Anna Eniza). ‘See Bray (Mrs. A. E.) StRUGNELL (W. BisHop). See WircHEL (C. A.) Suckxiine (Rev. A.). See Spatpine (T. M.) SURFLEET (RicHaRD). See Stevens (C.) and LIEBAULT (J.) Swainson (Rev. CHARLES), nat. 1841 The Rev. C. Swainson, who was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his M.A. degree (1866), was ordained deacon in 1864 and priest in 1865. He was curate _ 3 Charles Stonham died January 31, 1916, from the effects of an illness contracted while serving with the Forces in Egypt, as this work was going through the press. For obituary notice see British Birds, May 1916. swan] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 567 of Wilton, Wilts., from 1864 to 1865; of Crick, Northants., 1865-71; vicar of High Hurstwood, Sussex, 1872-74; and rector of Old Charlton, Kent, from 1874 to 1908. He now resides at Blackheath. His Provincial Names and Folk-Lore of British Birds has always been held in high esteem as a valuable contribution to the literature of ornithology. 1873. A Handbook of Weather Folk-lore, being a collection of proverbial sayings in various languages relating to the weather, with ex- planatory and illustrative notes. London: 1873. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. x +1 1. +pp. 275. Prognostics from birds at pp. 234-48. 1885. Provincial Names and Folk-Lore of British Birds. (Published for the Dialect Society.) London: 1885. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. x+pp. 243. In the Society’s blue paper wrappers. Idem. Republished as the Folk-Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds. (Published for the Folk-Lore Society.) London: 1886. I vol. 8vo. Collation as above. In brown cloth binding. Swan (Joun), fl. 1622-62 John Swan (or Swann, as it is printed in the Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge, ti. p. 299, 1913) was apparently born about 1600. He matriculated sizar at Cambridge in 1622, scholar in 1625, graduated B.A. in 1625-26 and pro- ceeded M.A. in 1629. We are unaware of the date of his death. It should be remarked that at the time Swan wrote authors did not distinguish between British birds and birds in general, hence we have included him, together with sundry other old British authors, so long as their works contain any- thing about birds on the British list. His Speculum Mundi contains some 32 pp. on birds, principally extracted from various authors, and contaming but little that is original on British birds, although his remarks exhibit discernment as well as a very wide knowledge. He also wrote Calamus mensurans, the measuring reed, or the standard of time (1653), An Ephemeris, or almanack (1662, etc.), and other works. 568 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [swaNnNn *1635. Speculum | Mundi | or|A Glasse re-| presenting the face | of the World ; shewing | both that it did begin, and must also end : | The Manner How and time When, | being largely examined. | Whereunto is joyned | an Hexameron, or a serious discourse of the | causes, continuance, and qualities of things | in Nature ; occasioned as matter pertinent | to the work done in the six dayes of | the Worlds creation. | [Quot. 3 lines] | Printed by the Printers to the | Universitie of Cambridge: 1635. | Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, engr. title and letterpress title in woodcut border + pp. xii un. +pp. 504 +table pp. xxvi un. Contains at pp. 389-419 an account “ of Birds, or Fowl flying in the open firmament of heaven.” Idem. 2nd edit. enlarged. Cambridge: 1643. 1 vol. 4to. Idem. 8rd edit., ‘‘ much beautified and enlarged.” London: 1665. 1vol. 4to. [ causes” misprinted “clauses ”’ on title.] Idem. 4th edit. enlarged. Ib.: 1670. 1 vol. 4to. Swann (Harry KirKe), nat. 1871 The subject of this notice was born at Malquoits, Ewhurst, Surrey, March 18, 1871, but comes of a Nottingham family. He was educated at first privately, later at the Roan School, Green- wich, and afterwards at Brighton under a tutor. His love of natural history, and especially ornithology, dates from early boyhood, and at the age of twenty he visited Nova Scotia and Eastern Canada, the observations made during this expedition being embodied in his Nature in Acadie (1895). Returning to England in 1892 he founded, and edited vols. i. and il. (1892-94) of, the Naturalist’s Journal, eventually con- tinued by Mr. 8. L. Mosley. In 1893 he published his Birds of London, based on six or seven years’ observations in the London district. In 1896 followed A Concise Handbook of British Birds. In the same year he became reader and editor to the late J. C. Nimmo, and for him prepared a new (5th) edition of Morris’s History of British Birds and also supervised the reissue of Seebohm’s British Birds (1896) and many works in general literature. In the spring of the same year he had commenced (with the assistance of Messrs. O. V. Aplin, J. Whitaker, F. B. Whitlock, Rev. H. A. Mac- pherson, W. H. Heathcote and G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton) the publication of The Ornithologist, the first British bird swaNn] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 569 journal, but had to bring it to a close at the end of the year through lack of leisure. From 1896 to 1906 he edited the Naturalists Directory (Upcott Gill). In 1899 he prepared for the press a volume of Essays and Nature Studies by his friend Mr. W. J. C. Miller. A few years later he went into the bookselling business and became a partner in a firm of natural history booksellers. In recent years he has worked at the undernoted Dictionary of Bird-Names and assisted Mr. Charles Chubb in compiling his List of South American Birds (forming vol. i. of The Birds of South America). 1892. Bird Life on Epsom Common. (Nat. Jour. i. pp. 4-5.) Skinning and Mounting Birds. (T.c. pp. 8-10, 21-22.) 1893. The Birds of London. London (Sonnenschein): 1893. Collation—1 vol. f’cap 8vo, pp. xv + pp. 136. (Pub. 2s.) Winter Notes from Epsom. (Nat. Jour. i. pp. 100-1.) 1894. April in a London Park. (Op. cit. i. pp. 26-7.) *1894. Strix flammea (the Barn Owl) and its varieties. (T.c. pp. 80-2, 107-8, 131-2.) 1895. Our Feathered Friends and Foes. (Op. cit. iv. pp. 34-6, 93-5, 97-8, 124-6.) *1895. The American Goshawk. (T.c. pp. 149-50, 187-8.) 1896. A Concise Handbook of British Birds. London (Wheldon): 1896. Collation—1 vol. fcap 8vo, pp. vili+pp. 210. (Pub. 3s. 6d. net.) The American Robin. (Ornithologist, i. pp. 101-4.) [With H. 8. Davenport and W. J. Horn.] Nesting Habits of the Willow-Warbler and Chifichaff. (T.c. pp. 155-60.) 1899. [Edited by.] Essays and Nature Studies, with Lectures. By W. J.C. Miller. London (Bale): 1899. [See under Minter (W. J. C.).] 1900. Nidology of the Cuckoo. (Science Gossip, N.S. vi. pp. 355-7.) 1903. [Edited by.] Morris’s British Birds. Fifth Edition. 6 vols. roy. 8vo. London: 1903. [See under Morris (F. 0.).] 1913. A Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British Birds, With their History, Meaning and first usage; and the Folk-lore, Weather-lore, Legends, etc., relating to the more familiar species. London (Witherby): 1913. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii+ pp. 266. Preface dated Dec. 12, 1912. 570 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [swEEr SWAYSLAND (WALTER), 0b. ca. 1888 This author was a well-known taxidermist and naturalist at Brighton. He was a Fellow of the Zoological Society, and was held in esteem by many ornithologists of the past genera- tion, for whom he was instrumental in procuring many rarities on the Sussex coast. In addition to the undernoted, he also collaborated with W. A. Blakston in. preparing The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds (Cassell: 1890). The plates to Familiar Wild Birds were chiefly drawn by A. Thorburn. [—— ?] List of British Birds. Brighton, s.1. etd. 1 sheet, folio. 1883[-88 ?] Familiar Wild Birds. First [to Fourth] Series. London (Cassell) : 1883[-88 2] Collation—4 vols. cr. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. viii+pp. 160, with 40 col. pl. Vol. II. pp. viii+ pp. 160, with 40 col. pl. Vol. III. pp. vili+pp. 160, with 40 col. pl. Vol. IV. pp. viii+pp. 160, with 40 col. pl. In this original issue Vol. I. is dated 1883, the others undated. At end of each vol. is a part of Eggs and Egg-Collecting by R. Kearton, including 4 of the col. pl. in each vol. Idem. Reissued in 4 vols., N.D. The latest reissues have the plates reprinted by three-colour process. The publisher’s catalogues often found at the end of the volumes generally carry a date at foot of first page, which gives the year of issue. Sweet (RoBert), 1783-1835 This celebrated horticulturist, author of the British Flower Garden and other similar works, which contain fine examples of hand-coloured plates, was born in 1783 at Cockington, near Torquay, being the son of William Sweet and his wife Mary. When sixteen years of age he was placed under his half-brother, James Sweet, at that time gardener to Richard Bright of Ham Green, near Bristol, with whom he remained nine years. He subsequently was gardener at Woodlands, the residence of John Julius Angerstein. In 1810 he entered the Stockwell Nursery as a partner, and when that was dissolved in 1815, became foreman to Whitley, Brames and Milne of Fulham, until 1819, when he entered the service of Messrs. Colvill. While in their employment he was SWEET] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 571 charged with having received a box of plants knowing them to have been stolen from the Royal Gardens, Kew, but was acquitted after trial at the Old Bailey on February 24, 1824. In 1826 he left the Colvills, and until June 1831, when his health gave way, he occupied himself wholly in the production of his beautiful botanical works, while still cultivating plants in his gardens, first at Parson’s Green, Fulham, and later at Chelsea. He died January 20, 1835, leaving a widow, but no family. He had been a Fellow of the Linnean Society since February 14, 1812. He is said to have kept most of the Sylviadae in confine- ment for many years, and observed them closely in their natural state. His British Warblers appears to have met with much misconception at the hands of bibliographers. The “Six” plates on title appears to have been generally taken (cf. Coues, p. 378) for a misprint for “ sixteen,” and few seem to have been aware that the book exists with both six and sixteen plates. We consider that the work was first issued with stv coloured plates, with full descriptive text, while later on the other ten plates with extended text followed. Neville Wood (Ormth. Text Book, p. 37, 1836) gives the dates of issue as 1823-32, while C. T. Wood (Ormith. Guide, 1835) says it ‘‘ appeared in 3 Numbers.”” We have handled three copies with the text to the six coloured plates as mentioned, and abbreviated text to the other ten. 1823[-32.] The | British Warblers. |— | An| Account of the genus | Sylvia ; | illustrated by | six[teen] beautifully coloured figures, | taken from | Living Specimens in the Author’s Collection ; | with | directions for their treatment according to the | author’s method: | in which is explained, | how the interesting & fine singing birds belonging | to this genus may be managed, | and kept in as good health as any common | birds whatever. | — | By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. | [&c. 2 lines] | The Drawings by E. D. Smith, artist for the Geramaceae. | — | London: | published for the Author. | [&c. 2 lines.] | 1823[-82.] Collation—-1 vol. 8vo, title+pp. 48(?) paged only to p. 24, and 16 col. plates. (Pub. 16s. 6d.) Idem. Abbreviated edition. Perhaps the earliest issue ? (vide ante) containing 6 col. plates only, with the full text to each as above (=pp. 1-18 + title), and with abbreviated text to Nos. 572 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [sy mE 7-16 (but no plates) on 10 pp. (=pp. 19-24 and 4 pp. un.). Copies of this are rare. 1833. Natural History of the Reed Bird (Ripaecola arundinacea, Rennie). (Field Nat. Mag. i. pp. 484-5.) Syme (Patrick), 1774-1845 Syme, by profession a drawing-master and flower-painter, was born in Edinburgh, September 17, 1774, and educated in that city. In 1803 he took up his brother’s practice as a drawing - master, and subsequently his time was largely devoted to teaching. He occasionally practised portraiture, but: is best known as a flower-painter; and in the early Scottish exhibitions, which began in 1808, his flower pieces were much admired. In 1810 he published Practical Directions for learning Flower - Drawing, and in 1814 a translation of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours. He also superintended the colour- ing of the plates of Jardine and Selby’s Illustrations of Ornithology, 1825-43. His Treatise on British Song-Birds, published anonymously, is more notable, however, from its scarceness than from any particular merit in the plates. Syme is stated to have been one of the associated artist members of the Royal Institution, and to have taken a leading part in the foundation of the Scottish Academy. He married a daughter of Lord Balmuto, the Scots judge, and towards the close of his life was art master at Dollar Academy, Clackmannanshire, at which place he died in July 1845. 1823. [Anonymous.] A | Treatise on British | Song-Birds. | Including | Observations on their natural habits, man- | ner of incubation, &c. with remarks on | the treatment of the young and | manage- ment of the old birds|in a domestic state. | With | fifteen Coloured Engravings. | John Anderson, jun. Edinburgh, | 55 North Bridge-street ; | and Simpkin & Marshall, London. | — | MDCCCXXIII. Collation—1 vol. 8vo and 12mo, pp. vi+ pp. 231, 15 col. plates. Note.——The coloured plates occur in two states, viz. with and without coloured backgrounds. Also issued with plain plates. No name of author on title-page but introduction signed by Patrick Syme, Edinburgh, July 15, 1823. An advertisement states that the work was issued “ 8vo. 16s. bds.; 12mo, 12s. bds.” TAYLOR] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 573 TaLBot (WILLIAM), fl. 1845-79 William Talbot, who resided at Mount Pleasant, Wakefield, where he was still living in 1879, states in his preface to the undernoted list that he was “ greatly indebted to numerous gentlemen and friends . . . who have kindly given me free access to their valuable collections and have furnished me with much information.” He would seem, however, from his correspondence (some of which, together with the copy of the Birds of Wakefield, from which the colla- tion below appended is taken, is in the Westfield Place Library) to have been a capable ornithologist. 1877. The Birds of Wakefield, with particulars of the occasional visits of rare species and of those that have been observed to breed in the neighbourhood from 1845 to 1876. Huddersfield: 1877. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. iv+ pp. 3-33+4 pp. poem inscribed to the author. Reprinted from the Naturalist for 1875-76 (vol. i. pp. 65-8, 81-4, 99-103, 120-24, 147-51, 165-6 ; vol. u. pp. 5-7, 81-3). Tate (G.). See EmBieton (R. C.) Taytor (JoHn Evtor), 1837-95 This popular natural history writer was born at Levenshulme, near Manchester, September 21, 1837, being the son of Wiliam Taylor, a foreman in a Lancashire cotton factory. He was entirely self-educated, having commenced life as a store-boy at the L.N.W.R. locomotive works at Longsight. In 1863 he obtained a position as sub-editor on the Norwich Mercury, and subsequently became editor of the Norwich People’s Journal. His leisure was devoted to scientific study and lecturing, and in 1864, with John Gunn, he founded the Norwich Geological Society, while in 1872 he was appointed Curator of the Ipswich Corporation Museum. He became F.G.S. in 1869 and F.L.S. in 1873, and was editor for twenty years from 1872 onwards of Hardwicke’s Science Gossip, and also author of a number of small popular works on natural history. Although possessed 574 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [TEGETMEIER of an all-round knowledge of natural science, we do not think he had anything more than a mere general acquaintance with ornithology, and his account of mountain birds in the second work undernoted is largely compiled from St. John and other writers. He died at Crescent Road, Ipswich, September 28, 1895. 1879. Half-Hours in the Green Lanes: a Book for a Country Stroll. Fifth Edition. London: 1879. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vill + pp. 328, front. and 262 figs. Ch. IV. (pp. 103-42) deals with, ‘“‘ The Birds of the Green Lanes,” with 19 figs. Natural History Rambles, Mountain and Moor. London (8.P.C.K.): 1879. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. iv un.+pp. 5-256, with figs. Chaps. X. and XI. (pp. 206-39) are on “ Our Mountain Birds,” with figs. See also under STEVENSON (H.). TAYLOR (JOSEPH), 1762-1844 J. Taylor, of Newington Butts and the London Royal Exchange Insurance Co., also wrote Naturales Curwosae, or Curiosities in Natural History (1818), as well as various other works more or less akin to natural history. 1815. Tales of the Robin, | and other | Small Birds, | Selected from the British Poets, | for the | Instruction and Amusement of Young People. |—| By Joseph Taylor, | Compiler of the General Character of the Dog, Wonders of| the Horse, &c., &c. | (Quotation, 2 lines.] | London: | Printed and sold by Wilham Darton Jun. | No. 58, Holborn-Hill. | —*| 1815. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 140+contents 4 pp. un., with ener. front. and 5 pl. Tayior (Sizas). See Date (SaMuEL) TEGETMEIER (WiLLIAM BERNHARD), 1816-1912 W. B. Tegetmeier, best known as a writer on, and breeder, exhibiter and judge of, poultry and pigeons, as well as bees, was born at Colnbrook, Bucks, November 4, 1816. Being the son of a surgeon in the Navy, he was originally intended to follow his father’s profession, and, with this object in view, TEGEYMEIER] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 575 passed the necessary examinations in medicine and surgery at University College, London, and for a time practised as a surgeon; but ultimately his natural tastes led him to abandon the profession. His best known works are his Pigeons (1868), Poultry (1873), and Pheasants (vide infra), but he also wrote several smaller works, which are still esteemed. His edition of Blyth’s Natural History of the Cranes (1881) was enlarged and reprinted from Blyth’s articles in the Feld. Darwin acknowledged his assistance in the preparation of two of his works, and it is interesting to learn that they were first introduced to one another by Yarrell. Tegetmeier before his death possessed over 160 letters from Darwin, chiefly bearing on the subject of evolu- tion and variation, in which they were both interested. He: was for over fifty years editor. of the poultry and pigeon columns in the Field, and also did much journalistic work for the Queen and other journals. He died at his son’s house at West Hampstead on November 12, 1912, at the great age of ninety-six. *1873. Pheasants for Coverts and Aviaries. Illustrated with full-page engravings drawn from life by T. W. Wood. London (H. Cox) : 1873. Collation—1 vol. roy. 4to, pp. vi un.+pp. 122, 8 col. and 3 uncol. pl., also text cuts. (Pub. 12s.) *1881. Pheasants, their Natural History and Practical Management. 2nd edit., greatly enlarged, illustrated with full-page engravings drawn from life by T. W. Wood. Ib.: 1881. Collation—I vol. roy. 4to, pp.iv+pp. 142, with ill. (Pub. 15s.) Idem. 3rd edit., enlarged. With engravings by Millais, Frohawk, Wood, Smith, etc. Ib.: 1897. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 1x + pp. 237, with ill. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) Idem. 4th edit., enlarged. Ib.: 1904. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii+pp. 255, with col. front. and title. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) Idem. 5th edit., enlarged. Ib.: 1911. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii+pp. 268, with col. pl. 1888. Pallas’s Sand-Grouse, its Natural History, with a Plea for its Preservation. London: 1888. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 24, with col. pl. and woodcuts. 576 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [rHompson 1896. [Edited by.] A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, by F. O. Morris. See under Morris (F. 0O.). [Edited by.] British Game Birds and Wildfowl, by B. R. Morris. Fourth Edition. See under Morris (B. R.). Eggs of the Cuckoo and the Foster Parents. (Mield, May 2, p. 692.) 1897. Spangled Variety of Partridge. (Field, Feb. 13, p. 202, fig.) Elongated Beaks in Starlings. (Z.c., Mar. 27, p. 454, 4 figs.) 1897-98. Orders Columbe, Pterocletes and Galline. [In British Birds, with their Nests and Eggs, vol. iv. pp. 204-18; vol. v. pp. 1-48.] London: 1897-98. 4to. 1899. The House-Sparrow in relation to Agriculture and Gardening ; with Practical Suggestions for lessening its Numbers. With an Appendix by Eleanor A. Ormerod. London: 1899. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vl + pp. 90. THEAKsTon (S. W.) The publisher states: ‘‘ We are indebted to Mr. Roberts of Scarbro’ for the following lists of Zoology.” 1871. Theakston’s Guide to Scarborough: comprising a brief Sketch of the Antiquities, Natural Productions, . . . of the Town and Neighbourhood. Tenth Edition. Scarborough (8. W. Theakston) 1871. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. viii +pp. 242, front. map and cuts in text. Zoology, p. 135. Aves, pp. 138-46. THomas (EDWARD), viv. This writer is also the author of British Country Life in Autumn and Winter (1908), British Butterflies and other Insects (1908), etc. 1908. Some British Birds. Tlustrated. London (Hodder & Stoughton) : 1908. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo. pp. 192. (Pub. 6s.) Tuomas (T. H.). See Carpirr Naruraists’ Society Tuompson (Epwarp Pert), fl. 1832-51 This author, a native of Dover, also wrote Life in Russia (1848) and The Passions of Animals (1851). The undernoted THOMPSON] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 577 work contains a ‘“ List of the more rare Birds of Kent” and other ornithological matter. 1845. The | Note-Book | of | A Naturalist. | By | E. P. Thompson. | [Quot. 2 lines.] | London: | Smith, Elder & Co., | 65, Cornhill. | 1845. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xii+pp. 275, with engr. title. Contains essays on the Migration of Birds; the Robin; Nests of Birds, etc., while the last item, ‘“‘ Miscellanea,” contains a “List cf the more rare Birds of Kent ”’ (pp. 264-6). THompson (Wrt11AM), fl. 1780-1810 ? This writer, who is described as “‘ late gardener to the Duke of Ancaster, and author of New Gardener’s Calendar, was also editor of the New and Complete Pigeon-Fancier (1805), a new edition of Girton’s work which appeared in 1799 (same title). He informs us that he has “ made the management of Birds his favourite Study upwards of Twenty years.’ [1780 2] The New and Complete | Bird-Fancyer ; | or | Bird-Fancyer’s Recreation and Delight. | Containing the Newest and | Very Best Instructions | for | Catching, taking, feeding, rearing, &c., | all the Various Sorts of | Song-Birds, | Particularly, | [etc. 13 lines] | The whole Revised, Corrected, and Improved, | By Mr. William Thompson, | [etc. 3 lines] | Assisted by the most eminent Fancyers. | Embellished with a beautiful frontispiece, | elegantly designed and | executed. | London : | Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the Original | King’s-Arms, No. 16, Pater-Noster-Row. | (Price only one Shilling.) | n.p. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. i-iv+pp. iv un.+pp. 13-100 (mispr. 200), with engr. front. containing figs. of 12 birds. Note.—The “ Introductory Preface ” is signed “‘ The Authors.” Idem. The | New and Complete | Bird-Fancier, |... by Mr. William Thompson, |. . . assisted by G. Wright, Esq. . . . | A New Edition. . . , | London: | (Hogg, 16 Paternoster Row) N.D. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 58, col. front. of 12 figs. Idem. A new edition. By Mr. William Thompson, assisted by G. Wright Esq. and the most eminent Bird-Fanciers. . . . Corrected and improved, embellished with Twelve beautiful engravings. London: 1852. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. iv + pp. 48, with front. of 12 figs. 2P 578 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [rHomPsoN THompson (WILLIAM), 1805-52 This well-known Irish ornithologist was the son of a linen merchant in Belfast, and was born in that city December 2, 1805, and apprenticed to the linen trade, 1820, For a time he carried on his father’s business, but apparently with little success, and ultimately abandoned it and devoted himself to science. In 1826 he went for a four months’ tour on the Continent and published his first bird paper in the following year. In 1840 his Report on the Fauna of Ireland to the British Association at Glasgow brought him into notice. In 1841 he went on a voyage to the Levant with Edward Forbes, and about that time began to publish his valuable papers on the Birds of Ireland in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. The first volume of his History appeared in 1849, and the fourth (on Mammals) posthumously in 1856 under the editorship of Robert Patterson, George Dickie, and Robert Ball. In 1843 he was elected President of the Natural History Society of Belfast. He died February 17, 1852, while on a visit to London, but was interred at Belfast. He was never married. Coues had a high opinion of his Natural History of Ireland, stating that his ‘“‘ numerous detached papers on the same subject, no less than the present work, show him to have been a close, accurate, and faithful observer for a period of years, and whose results are sufficient to place him among the very first writers on this special subject. It may be not inapt to compare him with his Scotch compeer, Macgillivray, at least in originality, fidelity, and diligence. The work is a practical out of doors ornithology, carefully digested in the study, with abundant consultation of other writers.” 1834. Catalogue of seventeen species of Birds new to the Irish Fauna. (P.Z.8. ii., 1834, pp. 29-31.) 1835. Notices of some additions to the British Fauna. (Op. cit. iii., 1835, pp. 77-82.) 1837-38. Contributions to the Natural History of Ireland. (Mag. of Zool. and Bot. i., 1837, pp. 459-65 ; ii., 1838, pp. 42-57, 170-79, 427-40 ; Ann. of Nat. Hist. i., 1838, pp. 12-26, 181-95.) Irish Vertebrate Animals: selected from the Papers of the late THOMSON] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 579 John Templeton, Esq., Oranmore. (Charlesworth’s Mag. Nat. Hist. i. pp. 403-13.) 1838. Notes on Irish Birds. (Ann. N.H. i. pp. 156-8.) Notes upon the Natural History of a portion of the South-West of Scotland. (Qp. cit. ii. pp. 18-21.) 1839. Zoological Notes on a few species obtained from the South-West of Scotland. (Op. cit. iii. pp. 585-7.) Note on the Effects of the hurricane of Jan. 7, 1839, in Ireland on sone Birds, Fishes, etc. (Z.c. pp. 182-5.) 1840-48. Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. (Op. cit. v., 1840, pp. 6-14 ; vii., 1841, pp. 477-82; xv., 1845, pp. 308-22; xviil., 1846, pp. 310-15 ; xx., 1847, pp. 169-76; Ser. 2, 1., 1848, pp. 62-5.) 1841. Report on the Fauna of Ireland: Div. Vertebrata. (Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sct., 1840, pp. 353-409.) 1841-43. The Birds of Ireland. (Ann. and Mag. N.H. vi., 1841, pp. 273-88; vili., 1841, pp. 353-60, 406-30, 486-502; ix., 1842, pp. 141-5, 221-30, 373-81; x., 1842, pp. 50-59, 171-9; xi., 1843, pp. 283-90 ; xii., 1843, pp. 31-8, 254-8.) 1849. On the Physical and Geographical Distribution of the Birds of Ireland. (Edin.‘New Philos. Jour. xlvi. pp. 264-76.) 1849-56. The | Natural History | of | Ireland. | — | Vol. I. [-IV.] | Birds, | [Vol. IV., Mammalia, etc.] | comprising the orders | [ete.] | — By | Wm. Thompson, Esq. | [etc. 3 lines.] | London: | Reeve, Benham and Reeve, King William Street, Strand. | — | 1849 [-56.] Collation—4 vols. 8vo. Vol. I., 1849 (Raptores and Inses- sores), portrait, + pp. xx, p. short title,+pp. 434. Vol. II., 1850 (Rasores and Grallatores), pp. xiit+pp. 350. Vol. III., 1851 (Natatores), pp. vuit+pp. 492. Vol. IV., 1856 (Mammalia, Reptilia, Fishes and Invertebrata). 1853. Supplementary Report on the Fauna of Ireland. (Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1852, pp. 290-96.) THomson (ArnTHUR LANDSBOROUGH), nat. 1890 Mr. A. L. Thomson of Castleton House, Old Aberdeen, N.B., eldest son of Prof. J. Arthur Thomson (wde infra), was born at Edinburgh, Oct. 8, 1890. He studied at the Universities of Heidelberg, Aberdeen, and Vienna ; graduated M.A. and B.Sc. at Aberdeen. He is a Fellow of the Royal Physical Society (Edinburgh), and has been a member of the B.O.U. since 1911. He is best known by his Britain’s Birds and thew Nests described, illustrated with coloured 580 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [rHomson plates, showing on the one plate the bird with its nest and eggs in situ. He is an assistant editor of the Scottish Naturalist, and prepared the Reports of the Aberdeen University Bird Migration Inquiry (1912-16); he also con- tributed notes on migration, etc., to the British Bird Book (1911-13), vide Kirkman (F. B. B.). He held the appoint- ment of assistant to the Professor of Natural History in Aberdeen until gazetted to a temporary commission in Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. 1909. Marking birds: Notes on the Work at the Rossitten Station. (Brit. Birds, u. pp. 362-7.) 1910. Britain’s Birds and their Nests described. With Introduction by J. Arthur Thomson. Illustrated with 132 drawings in colour by George Rankin. London: 1910. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. xxvili+ pp. 340, with 132 col. plates. 1911. The Migration of the White Stork. (Brit. Birds, iv. pp. 357-60.) Recovery of Marked Birds (Aberdeen University). (Op. cit. v. pp. 103-5.) 1912. Aberdeen Univ. Bird Migration Inquiry: 1st interim report, 1909-12. (Scott. Nat. pp. 145-53, 169-74, 217-24, 241-8.) THomson (JoHN ARTHUR), nat. 1861 Prof. J. A. Thomson was born in East Lothian, July 8, 1861, and educated at Salton, Gifford, and the Universities of Edinburgh, Jena, and Berlin, taking his M.A. from Edin- burgh in 1884. He has been Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen since 1899. 1910, The Fauna of Buchan. [In The Book of Buchan, etc., edited and arranged by J. F. Tocher.] Peterhead (The Buchan Club) : 1910. Collation—1 vol. 4to. Fauna at pp. 26-33. : Note on a peculiar clutch of Blackbird’s Eggs and some other abnormalities. (Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin. xviii. pp. 95-7.) Scientific Appreciation. [In Life of William Macgillivray.} London: 1910. 8vo. [Introduction to.] Britain’s Birds and their Nests, b y A. L. Thomson. London: 1910. 8vo. See Toomson (A. L.). rHoRNTON] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 581 THomson (Dr. Witttam). See Bucuanan (JoHN LANE) THORBURN (ARCHIBALD), nat. 1860 This well-known zoological artist, who resides at 66 Muirayfield Gardens, Edinburgh, was born at Lasswade, Midlothian, in 1860; son of the late Robert Thorburn, A.R.A., miniature painter ; and educated at Dalkeith and Edinburgh. He began his portion of the work on Lilford’s Birds in 1887, and completed it in 1897. He has illustrated several works on British birds as below noted, and is well known for his paintings of bird life. He is F.Z.S., M.B.0.U. 1883[-88 ?]. [Illustrations in] Familiar Wild Birds. See SWAYSLAND (W.). 1885-97. [Illustrated by.] Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. See Litrorp (Lord). 1895. [Illustrated by.] Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire. See Litrorp (Lord). 1896. Sabine’s Gull in Cornwall. (Zoologist, 1896, pp. 475-6.) 1909. [Illustrations in] The Natural History of British Game Birds. See Miuuais (J. G.). [He has now in the press an important illustrated work on British birds.] THORNHILL (RicHARD BADHAM), ca. 1804 The undermentioned work is chiefly of sporting interest, but contains chapters on the natural history of the Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, Woodcock, Snipe, etc., also Game Laws, etc., and technical terms for associations of birds. 1804. The | Shooting Directory. | By R. B. Thornhill, Esq. | Vide lege crede. | London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, | 39, Paternoster-row. | 1804. Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. ix+pp. 432+pp. vi un. +2 folding tables, with portrait and aquatint pl. by Medland. THornton (Col. THomas), 1757-1823 This celebrated sportsman was the son of William Thornton, of Thornville Royal (now Stourton), Yorkshire, 582 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [TIcEHURST M.P. for York, and Colonel of the West Riding Militia. Thomas Thornton was born in London in 1757, and educated at the Charterhouse and Glasgow University. On succeeding to his father’s estates he devoted great attention to sports, including falconry. He was appointed Colonel of his father’s old regiment, but resigned in 1795. His sporting tour to the Highlands was undertaken in 1786; he chartered a sloop for the expedition and proceeded partly by sea and partly by land, devoting his time to hunting, shooting, angling, and hawking. He also made two visits to France, on the latter of which he was introduced to Napoleon. His experiences were later published in A Sporting Tour in France (1806). After disposing of Thornville Royal to Lord Stourton in 1805 Thornton resided in Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, and Wiltshire. He subsequently revisited France, and after Waterloo pur- chased an estate and rented the Chateau of Chambord, styling himself Prince de Chambord and Marquis de Pont. He sold his estate in 1821 to Casimir Perier, and lived in lodgings in Paris until his death on March 10, 1823. The undermentioned work contains much information on falconry, especially Grouse-hawking, Snipe-hawking, Kite- hawking, etc. He mentions (p. 107) eyries of the Goshawk in the Forest of Rothiemurchus. 1804. A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and great part of the Highlands of Scotland. . . . By Colonel T. Thornton, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. [Quotation.] London: [etc.] 1804. Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. xxii un. + pp. 312+ pp. 5 ut. +16 pl. Idem. Reissted in 1896 in Sir Herbert Maxwell’s Sporting Library. Tourn (KE. F. Im). See Im Tourn (E. F.) TrceHuRsT (NoRMAN FREDERICK), nat. 1873 N. F. Ticehurst is the eldest son of the late Augustus Rowland Ticehurst, M.R.C.8., formerly of St. Leonards-on- Sea, and Huntbourne, High Halden, Kent. He was born in 1873, and educated at Tonbridge School and Clare College, TICEHURST] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 583 Cambridge. B.A., 1895; M.A., 1899; B.C., 1901; M.B., 1903. He has held various appointments at Guy’s Hospital ; he became F.R.C.S. in 1902, and a member of the B.O.U. in 1893, and was on the Committee of that Society from 1911- 1914. He was one of the original members of the B.O.C. Migration Committee (1904), and has acted as secretary from 1909 up to the present time. He is an able field naturalist, and now resides and practises at St. Leonards-on-Sea. He is an assistant-editor of British Birds (magazine), also EZ.8; MBO, In the preface to his Birds of Kent he tells us that “ The preparation of this work occupied the author sixteen years, and it is his hope that his years of work in the field, in libraries and museums, and all the valuable information so generously given him by a large number of correspondents, afford sufficient justification for the publication of another, and it is hoped exhaustive work, on the birds of our beautiful county.” This work forms a valuable addition to our county faunas. 1900. Some remarks on the Birds seen in the south-east part of the main- land of Orkney in October 1899. (Zoologist, pp. 54-64.) 1903. Some notes of rare Birds from Kent and Sussex. (Op. cit. pp. 418-22.) 1907. On the nesting of a pair of Herons on Dungeness Beach. (Brit. Birds, i. pp. 97-101.) On the Yellow Wagtails and their position in the British Avifauna. (T.c. pp. 188-42.) On tle Grey Wagtail as a Sussex Bird. (Hastings Nat. i. pp. 60-62, pl. vi, vii.) 1907-9. [With H. F. Witherby.] On the more important additions to our knowledge of British Birds since 1899. Pt. I. (Brit. Birds, i. pp. 52-6); Pt. Il. (L.c. pp. 81-5); Pt. III. (L.c. pp. 109-14); Pt. IV. (L.c. pp. 147-52); Pt. V. (L.c. pp. 178-84); Pt. VI. (T.c. pp. 246-56); Pt. VII. (7.c. pp. 280-84); Pt. VIII. (L.c. pp. 314-22); Pt. IX. (Z.c. pp. 347-50); Pt. X. (Op. cit. ii. pp. 24-7); Pt. XI. (Zc. pp. 51-7); Pt. XI. (Le. pp. 83-7); Pt. XIII. (L.c. pp. 125-9) ; Pt. XIV. (L.c. pp. 146-50) ; Pt. XV. (T.c. pp. 228-9); Pt. XVI. (T.c. pp. 267-70); Pt. XVII (Tc. pp- 805-8); Pt. XVII. (L.c. pp. 327-34); Pt. XIX. (Lc. pp. 368-75); Pt. XX. (T.c. pp. 406-21). 584 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [rownLEY Also reprinted separately, thus forming a Supplement to Saunder’s Manual (1899). 1908. [With H. F. Witherby.] The spread of the Little Owl from the chief centres of its introduction. (Brit. Birds, i. pp. 335-42.) 1909. A History of the Birds of Kent. London: 1909. Collation—1 vol. sq. 8vo, pp. lvi+pp. 557,+24 plates and folding map. (Pub. 21s. net.) Starlings’ Nesting Sites. (Brit. Birds, ii. pp. 118-20.) 1910. On a Curious Horn-like Excrescence on a Lapwing. (Qp. cit. iv. pp. 14-16.) On the Down-plumage and Mouth-colouration of Nestling Birds. (T.c. pp. 70-72.) The Black Wheatear in Sussex: A New British Bird. (Op. cit. iii. pp. 289-92.) 1911. On the Distribution of the Nightingale during the Breeding Season in Great Britain. (Op. cit. v. pp. 2-21.) Tomes (RoBERT FisHER), 0b. ca. 1906 This writer, the second son of John Tomes, of Weston, who resided at South Littleton, Evesham, was more interested in mammalia than in ornithology, and in the former department he assisted the late Professor Bell with the second edition of his History of British Quadrupeds (1874). He wrote the bird sections for two of the Victoria Histories, that on the county of Worcestershire comprising a good annotated list of 207 species, while that on the county of Warwick contains 205 species. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society and a corresponding member of the Zoological Society ; he resigned from the B.O.U. in 1866. 1859. On the occurrence of White’s Thrush near Stratford-on-Avon, with remarks on the genera Oreocincla, Turdus, and Merula. (Ibis, 1. pp. 379-89.) 1901. Birds. [In Victoria History of the County of Worcestershire, 1 pp. 139-70.] London: 1901. 4to. 1904. Aves. [In Victoria History of the County of Warwick, i. pp. 189-207.] London: 1904. 4to. ‘TOWNLEY (RicHaRD), ca. 1790 The author of the journal below quoted seems to have resided at Ambleside. TRADESCANT] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 585 1791, A | Journal | kept in the | Isle of Man, | giving an account of the | Wind and Weather, and Daily Occurrences, | For upwards of Eleven Months: | with observations on the | Soil, Clime, and Natural Productions | of that Island. | [etc. 16 lines.] In Two Volumes | By Richard Townley, Esq.| Volume The First [Second]. Whitehaven: | Printed by J. Ware and son. | [etc. 4 lines.] 1791. Collation—2 vols. 8vo, vol. i. pp. xi un.+pp. xii-xvii+pp. 3 un. +pp. 320. Vol. ii. pp. 4 un. + pp. 322. Birds, vol. i. at pp. 3, 4, 16, 19, 26, 53, 55, 56, 94, 104-5, 180-1, etc. etc., passing notes of no great importance. TRADESCANT (JoHN, the Younger), ob. 1662 In these days, when almost every town of any importance in this country boasts of a more or less well-equipped museum, it seems somewhat strange that the first English museum of which we have any detailed knowledge or printed account was formed less than two hundred and seventy years ago, and that it owed its inception, not to a native of these islands, but to the enterprise of a Hollander and his son who had settled in this country. This was the famous Tradescant Museum, an account of which was published in 1656, but has now become very scarce in a complete state, partly owing to the fact of the portraits prefixed having been engraved by Hollar, and consequently being desiderata to the collector of prints. Of the two Tradescants but little is known, and that partly conjectural. John Tradescant the elder was, according to Anthony Wood, a Dutchman by birth, and seems to have settled in this country during the reign of James I. As a young man he is said to have travelled and collected in Europe and Asia, and to have accompanied a fleet which sailed against the Algerians in 1620, and some few years after this we find him settled at South Lambeth, where he had “‘ A 1 Evelyn, the diarist, who knew the Tradescant Museum, also mentions, under date December 16, 1686, the “ Collection of varieties of Mr. Charleton in the Middle Temple . . . such as I had never seen in all my travels abroad, either of private gentlemen or princes.” This extensive collection had been gathered during many years’ travel in Europe, and must have been formed very shortly after the Tradescants’ collection, if it was not coeval with it. 586 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [TRADESCANT Physic Garden of the greatest extent.” In 1629 he obtained the appointment of gardener to Charles I., and seems to have died about 1650. He left a son of the same name, the subject of our notice, who inherited his father’s tastes, voyaged to Virginia, returned thence with a large collection of seeds and plants, and published the undermentioned work. The book in itself is a source of never-ending interest and amusement to the curious reader. As the late Professor Newton said in his address to the Museums’ Association in 1891, “‘ Did time permit, I would gladly go over this little book page by page, for I believe there is hardly a leaf but would furnish the text for a sermon.” It mentions several British birds, such as “the Bustard as big as a Turky, usually taken by Greyhounds on Newmarket-heath.” There is also mention of the Dodo under the title of ‘‘ The Dodar, from the Island of Mauritius, it is not able to flie being so big,” while among other rarities the collection comprised ‘‘ Two feathers of the Pheenix tayle,”’ and ‘“‘ The Claw of the bird Rock; who, as authors report, is able to truss an elephant.” John Tradescant the younger died in 1662, and was buried in Lambeth Church, April 25, of that year. He had bequeathed his collection to Elias Ashmole, his friend, by deed of gift with his wife, who, however, refused to deliver it after his death, but was compelled by the Court of Chancery. She was soon afterwards found drowned in a pond in her own - garden (vide Ashmole’s Diary), and it then (1677) passed into Ashmole’s possession. The original paintings of the Trade- scant portraits are preserved in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Tradescant’s Museum, or “ Ark,” as it was generally called, ‘‘ attracted the curiosity of the age, and was much frequented by the great.’’? *1656. Musaeum Tradescantianum : | or, | a Collection | of | Rarities. | Preserved | at South-Lambeth neer London | By | John Trade- scant. | — | [Colophon] | London, | Printed by John Grismond, 1 See also an article by Mr. Mullens in British Birds, 1911. TRISTRAM] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 587 and are to be sold by | Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, | M.DC.LVI. Collation—1 vol. 18mo, front. of Arms, 2 portr. pp. 20 un. + pp. 178, list of “ Principall benefactors,” 5 pp. TRAIN (JOSEPH), 1779-1852 A life of this writer, who hardly claims notice as an ornithologist—his passages on birds being compiled—is pre- fixed to his works, while another long account will be found in the Dict. Nat. Biography. He was born November 6, 1779, at Gilminscroft in the parish of Sorn, Ayrshire, where his father was then grieve and land-steward, and was apprenticed to a weaver in Ayr, but subsequently became an excise officer. He attracted the attention of Scott by his poetical publica- tions, and became a member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He died December 1, 1852. 1845. An | Historical and Statistical | Account | of the | Isle of Man, | from the earliest times to the present date; | with a view of its | ancient Laws, peculiar customs and | popular super- stitions. | By Joseph Train, F.S.A. Scot. | In two volumes. | Vol. I. [II.] | Douglas, Isle of Man: [etc.] mpccoxtyv. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Birds at pp. 23-7 of vol. i. TREVISA (JOHN). See BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS TrimMeR (Mrs. Mary). See Borneman (T.) TRISTRAM (Rev. Henry BaxsEr), 1822-1906 The Rev. Henry Baker Tristram, LL.D., Canon of Durham, one of the founders and original members of the British Ornithologists’ Union, was well known as an author, a traveller, a naturalist, and an antiquary. It is, of course, to his work in natural history that we shall mainly allude in the following notice. He was born on May 11, 1822, at Eglingham, near Alnwick, of which his father, the Rev. H. B. Tristram, was at that time Vicar. He was educated at Durham School, and after- 588 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [rRISTRAM wards at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1844, taking a second class in Classics. In 1845 Tristram was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Exeter, and priest in the following year, having been appointed Curate of Morchard Bishop. But, showing signs of a weak chest, he was ordered abroad, and passed two years (1847- 1849) as naval and military chaplain in Bermuda. In the latter year he was nominated Rector of Castle Eden, in Durham, and in 1860 Master of Greatham Hospital and Vicar of Greatham, where he remained until 1873, when he was appointed Canon of Durham, and resided in that city till his decease on March 8, 1906. From his early youth devoted to natural history, Tristram commenced his writings in the Zoologist, the first being “ On the Occurrence of the Little Auk in Durham,”’ published in 1853 (Zool. p. 3753). Other short notes in the same periodical followed in 1854, 1856, 1859, and 1861. His first visit to Algeria was made in the winter of 1855-56. The results of this and subsequent expeditions were a series of papers -on the ornithology of Northern Africa published in the [bis in 1859, 1860, and 1861, and the very attractive volume on his journeyings in the “ Great Sahara,”’ issued in 1860. Another country to which Tristram devoted special attention was Palestine, which he first visited in 1858, while in 1872, 1881, 1894, and 1897 he paid other visits, and in 1884 his Fauna and Flora of Palestine was issued by the Palestine Exploration Fund. His best-known work, however, was The Natural History of the Bible (1867), which passed through many editions. His extensive and valuable collection of birds’ skins, containing “20,000 specimens referable to 6000 species, of which 150 are types,” was acquired by the Liverpool Museum before his death. About the same time the Canon’s large and valuable collection of birds’ eggs was disposed of to Mr. Philip Crowley, of Waddon House, Croydon. At Crowley’s death, in 1901, it was directed that the whole of his collec- tion of eggs should be presented to the British Museum. ruck] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 589 Tristram was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1868, and was also a fellow, member, or correspondent of a number of other scientific and learned societies at home and abroad. He died at his residence at Durham on March 8, 1906. 1905. Birds. [In Victoria History of the County of Durham, i. pp. 175-91.] London: 1905. 4to. TRISTRAM-VALENTINE (JOHN TRISTRAM), ob. 1893 The author of the undernoted work, a Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological. Societies and a Member of the B.O.U., resided at Sheffield Gardens, Kensington. He took the additional name of Tristram in 1889. The first part of the work comprises ‘‘ Notes from the Zoo,” the second part on London Birds being the result of personal observations during his “almost daily walk from Kensington to West- minster through the parks.” Pt. III. includes “ The Farne Islands,”’ etc. 1895. London Birds and Beasts. With a Preface by F. E. Beddard. London: 1895. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xii+pp. 319. Birds in London at pp. 171-254. The Farne Islands at pp. 260-70, etc. Tuck (Rev. JuLIAN GEORGE), viv. The Rey. J. G. Tuck was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1875, and proceeding M.A. in 1884. He was ordained in 1875, and became Rector of Tostock, Bury St. Edmunds, in 1887. He has been for over forty years a most indefatigable observer and recorder, the natural history journals for that period abounding with his notes. He is included here on account of having contributed the bird section to the Victoria History of Suffolk. 1870-75. Notes on the Sea and Shore Birds of Aldeburgh and Birds observed at Aldeburgh. (Zoologist, ser. 2, v. pp. 2368-9; vi. pp. 2804-5 ; vil. pp. 8306-7 ; vil. p. 3799; x. pp. 4536-7.) 1876. Sea Birds at Flamborough. (Op. cit. xi. pp. 4758-9, 5040.) 590 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [TucKER 1891. Ornithology of Suffolk. Sheffield: 1891. Collation—Pamphlet, 8vo, 11 pp. Reprinted from White’s History of Suffolk. Notes on the Great Bustard in Suffolk. (Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc. v. pp. 209-11.) 1893. The Ornithology of Tennyson. (Naturalist, pp. 41-8.) 1903. Sabine’s Gull in Yorkshire. (Zoologist, pp. 353, 394-5, 436.) 1911. Birds. [In Victoria History of the County of Suffolk, 1. pp. 177-214.] London: 1911. 4to. Tuck (M. F. P.). See Pixe (0. G.) Tuck (Witt1am HENRY), v0. The author of the undernoted little pamphlet was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (B.A. 1863, M.A. 1866), and is brother of the Rev. Julian G. Tuck. The pamphlet bears the author’s name at end, with address “Tostock, Bury St. Edmunds.” [1894.] The Avi-fauna of a Suffolk Village, 1847-93. Bury St. Edmunds: , N.D, Collation—Post 8vo, pamphlet, pp. 7, title at head of p. 1. Tucker (ANDREW G. C.), fl. ca. 1809 Dr. Tucker, of Ashburton, Devon, is frequently mentioned by Montagu, and seems to have made many important obser- vations on Devonshire birds. His projected Ornithologia Danmoniensis came to a very untimely end. “ But the two parts shew the author to have been a physiologist, anatomist, and outdoor observer far beyond most men of his time” (Newton, Dict. Birds, Introduction, p. 44). The engravings in this work were by W. R. Jordan. In the copies we have seen only six out of the seven plates are coloured, but pre- sumably all seven were originally coloured. 1809. Ornithologia Danmoniensis ; | or, | an History of the habits and economy | of | Devonshire Birds. | embellished with Coloured Plates, engraven from Accurate and | Beautiful Drawings from Nature : | With | An Appendix, | containing | such British Birds as are not ranked among those of Devon. | By Andrew G. C. Tucker. | Vol. I. | [quotation from Thomson] London : | Printed TUGWELL] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 591 for the author, and published by T. Cadell and | W. Davies, Strand. | 1809. Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. Ixxxvill and vii. plates. Only two parts of this incomplete work were published. The introduction was not even finished. From the advertisement it would appear to have been published with coloured and un- coloured plates. 1823. List of some rare Land-Birds which have been discovered in the neighbourhood of Ashburton. [In Rev. J. P. Jones’s Guide to the Scenery in the neighbourhood of Ashburton, Devon.] Exeter : 1823. 8vo. Not seen. (Contains a list of 43 species.) Tucker (RoBEeRT and CHARLES), ca. 1826 These gentlemen were sons of Dr. A. G. C. Tucker (wide supra), but we are unaware that they did anything more in natural history than is comprehended in their assistance with the undernoted book. 1826. Lists of Birds and Insects of Dartmoor. [In Carrington’s Dartmoor : a Descriptive Poem.] London: 1826. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. cv+ pp. 204+ pp. 4 un. and plates. Tupor (Joun R——), ca. 1883 This author, a writer in the Feld newspaper, under the pseudonym of “ Old Wick,” has given a résumé of the ornitho- logy of the Orkneys and Shetland in some 8 pp. of his book. 1883. The Orkneys and Shetland, their past and present state, with chapters on Geology ... Floras . . . ete. London (Stanford) : 1883. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xxxiii+pp. 703, front., maps, and pl. Birds at pp. 211-18. TUGWELL (Rev. GroreE), ob. 1904 The Rev. George Tugwell was educated at Eton and at Oriel College, Oxford, and was M.A. of that University (1856). He was Curate of Ilfracombe, and subsequently Rector of Bathwick from 1871 to his death in 1904. He is best 592 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [ruNSTALL known as author of A Manual of the Sea Anemones (1856). He also wrote the North Devon Scenery Book (1863), and several works of a theological nature. [1857.] [Edited by.] The North Devon Hand Book: being a Guide to the Topography and Archwology, and an Introduction to the Natural History of the District. London & Ilfracombe : N.D. [1857.] Collation—-1 vol. 8vo, title + pp. 252, with front., map, and 13 pl. Contains a list of birds at pp. 235-40. Idem. 2ndedit. n.p. [1860.] 1 vol. 12mo, pp. xi +pp. 299, with plates. Birds at pp. 271-6. Idem. 3rd edit. Not seen. Idem. 4th edit., 1 vol. 8vo. 1877. TuNnsTALL (MARMADUKE), 1743-90 For our somewhat meagre information concerning this eminent ornithologist we are chiefly indebted to the ““ Memoirs of Marmaduke Tunstall” in George Fox’s Synopsis of the Newcastle. Museum (1827).. Tunstall was born in 1743 at Burton Constable in Yorkshire, and was the son of Cuthbert Constable, by his second marriage, with Ely, daughter of George Henneage of Hainton, Lincolnshire. In 1760 he succeeded to the family estates of Scargill, Hutton, Long Villers, and Wycliffe, and then reassumed the family name of Tunstall, which his father had changed for that of Constable on succeeding to the Burton Constable property in 1718. Being of the Catholic religion, he was educated at Douai in France, and on completing his studies resided for several years in Welbeck Street, London, where he formed not only an extensive museum, but also kept a considerable collection of living birds and animals that he might “study their habits, manners, and ceconomy.’ Here Peter Brown the naturalist had the advantage of his patronage and collection, and from specimens in it were drawn twelve of the figures of birds in Brown’s New Illustrations of Zoology (1776). In 1776, on his marriage with Miss Markham of Hoxly, Lincolnshire, the museum was by degrees removed to Wycliffe, a special room having been erected for its reception ; and it was then TURBERVILLE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 593 reckoned as one of the finest in the kingdom, at least, as regards the birds. His “printed tract” Ormthologia Britannica, which was privately published when he was twenty-eight, and his wide circle of correspondents, which included Linnzeus, bear witness to his abilities as a naturalist. He became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries when only twenty-one years of age, and in 1771 was elected F.R.S., but he does not appear to have contributed more than a single paper to the Philosophical Transactions (1783). He died on October 11, 1790, at his seat at Wycliffe and was buried in the chancel of the parish church. On his death his estates passed to his half-brother, William Constable, who survived him but six months. It was while Wycliffe was in the possession of Mr. Constable that Bewick accepted an invitation from that gentleman and spent two months at Wycliffe making drawings from the specimens of birds in the collection. To Wm. Constable, Edward Sheldon succeeded in the possession of Wycliffe, and by him-the museum was sold to Mr. Allan of Grange, near Darlington, from whose son it was purchased by the Newcastle Society in 1822, thus forming the basis of the Newcastle Museum. 1771. Ornithologia Britannica: | seu | Avium omnium Britannicarum tam Terrestrium,| quam Aquaticarum | Catalogus, | Sermone Latino, Anglico & Gallico redditus : | Cui Subjicitur Appendix, | Aves Alienigenas, | In Angliam Raro Advenientes, Complectens. | In tenui labor: at tenuis non gloria—Virg. | London : Printed for the Author by J. Dixwell, in St. Martin’s Lane. MDCCLXXI. Collation—1 vol. folio, pp. 2 un.+pp. 4. Figure of Water Ouzel on p. 1. A catalogue of birds giving their Latin, English, and French names, with a few short notes. Idem. Reprinted by the Willoughby Society. Edited by Alfred Newton. 1 vol. 8vo. London: 1880. TURBERVILLE (GEORGE), 1540 (?)-1610 (?) Turberville, or Turbervile as it is sometimes spelt, is more widely known as a poet than otherwise, yet his work under- noted is one of the most prized of falconry books. He was a 2Q 594. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [ruRBERVILLE Dorsetshire man, of “right ancient and genteel family ” (Wood), and was born, it is thought, about 1540 at Whitchurch, being the second son of Nicholas Turberville, or Turbervile, of that place, by a daughter of the house of Morgan of Mapperton. James Turberville, Bishop of Exeter, was his great uncle, while an ancestor, Henry de Turberville, was Seneschal of Gascony. He was educated at Winchester College, became Perpetual Fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1561, left it next year before he was a graduate, and went to one of the Inns of Court, ““ where he was much admired for his excellencies in the art of poetry.” He afterwards became secretary to Thomas Randolph during his embassy to the Court of Russia, and wrote his first volume of poems on that country. Of his various poetical works and translations, however, we need say nothing here. Little seems to be known of his private life, although, says Wood, “ after his return from Muscovy he was esteemed a most accomplished gentleman, and his company was much sought after and desired by all men.” The date of his death is unknown, but is thought to have been about 1610, or at any rate before the 1611 edition of his Faulconrie appeared. (Cf. Dict. Nat. Biography.) 1575. The Booke of Faulconrie or Haw- | king; for the Onely de- | light and pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen. | Collected out of the best aucthors, as well Italians as Frenchmen, | and some English practises withall concernyng Faulconrie | the contents whereof are to be seene in the next page followyng. | By George Turber- ville, gentleman. | Nocet Empta Dolore Voluptas. | [woodcut] | Imprinted at London for Christopher Barker, at the signe of | the Grasshopper at Paules Churchyarde. Anno 1575. Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. xiii un.+1 p. blank +pp. 371 [370] + pp. v un., with cuts. Copy in Brit. Mus. Library. Idem. 2nd edit., “Now newly revived, corrected, and augmented with many new additions proper to these present times.” London: 1611. Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, 3 prelim. ll. + pp. 370 + epilogue 2 Il. Both this and the first edition are usually found bound up with a work ascribed to the same author entitled The Noble Art of Venerie, or Hunting. The second edition is further distinguished from the first by the cuts on pp. 81 and 112 having the bust of Queen Elizabeth cut out and the portrait of James I. substituted. TURNER] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 595 TURNBULL (WILLIAM PaTTERsoN), 1830-71 William Turnbull of Gladsmuir, who was born at Fala, Midlothian, June 20, 1830, published the first edition of his Birds of East Lothian in Philadelphia; the records of species, many of them rare, being chiefly made during his younger days, and very scanty details of most of them were given. In 1867 he privately issued at Glasgow a revised edition, to which “some of the recently acquired notes ” were supplied by Robert Gray, and ‘full use”? was also made of the notes communicated by Lord Binning, on the rarer birds of East Lothian and Berwickshire. This edition was illustrated with lithographs by Frank Bott from designs by William Sinclair, the coloured plate being by E. Shepherd. It is said that, owing to a fire at the publishers, a large portion of the limited issue was destroyed, and the work is somewhat scarce. Coues deemed it “‘ very beautifully executed.” Another similar work on the birds of East Pennsylvania was also privately printed by this author. The present work enumerates 235 species. 1867. Birds of East Lothian and a portion of the adjoining counties. Glasgow, printed for private circulation [by A. K. Murray & Co.]. 1867. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, 4 Il. prelim. +48 pp., with col. front. of Picus major and 13 ill. (Only 150 printed.) Also Large Paper 4to (50 printed, two of which are said to have been on vellum, and all but twelve destroyed by fire). TuRNER (Emma Louisa), viv. Miss Turner, who of late years has attracted much favour- able notice by her admirable photographs and painstaking observations of marsh birds in Norfolk and elsewhere, resides at Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, and is a Fellow of the 1 [1863.] Birds of East Lothian and a portion of the adjoining counties, from Memorandums made between 1845-50. Philadelphia: Caxton Press of C. Sherman, Son & Co. [N.p.] Collation—I1 vol. 8vo, pp. 16 (cf. Coues, Fourth Instalment Orn. Bibl. p. 433, 1880). We have not seen this edition, title and date of which we give on the authority of Coues. 596 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [rURNER Linnean and Zoological Societies, and an hon. member of the B.O.U. 1907. [With P. H. Bahr.] The Home Life of Some Marsh Birds. Photo- graphed and described. (Special Photographic [Extra] Number of British Birds.) London: 1907. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 62, 32 pl. (Pub. 2s. 6d. net.) The re-appearance of the Ruff as a nesting species in Norfolk. (Brit. Birds, i. pp. 65-8.) Some Notes on the Coot and Great Crested Grebe. (Trans. Norf. and Norw. Soc. vii. pp. 449-54.) 1908. Green Woodpecker versus Starling. (Brit. Birds, iu. pp. 141-5, pl. iv.) 1909. A remarkable incident in the life history of the Water-Rail. (Op. cit. in. pp. 65-8, pl. 3-10.) 1910. Ona Mallard Duck removing her Eggs. (Op. cit. iv. pp. 66-9.) 1911. The Return of the Bittern to Norfolk. (Qp. cit. v. pp. 90-97.) TuRNER (HENRY JEROME), nat. 1856 Mr. Turner, who was born at Redhill, Surrey, in August 1856, is a Fellow of the Entomological Society, and was for many years Secretary of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society, of which he is now President. He is also acting editor of the Entomologists’ Record, in succession to the late J. W. Tutt. 1909. Aves (Birds). [In A Survey and Record of Woolwich and West Kent. . . . In Commemoration of the 12th Annual Congress, 1907, of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies.] 8vo. Woolwich : 1909. Annotated list of birds at pp. 237-55. TURNER (WILLIAM),? ca. 1500-1568 William Turner was born at the beginning of the sixteenth century at Morpeth, in Northumberland, the exact date of his birth being unknown, as the registers of his native town date only from the year 1582. He is said to have been the gon of a tanner, but of his childhood and early education we have no record. Through the influence of Thomas, Lord 1 Of. also article by Mr. Mullens, Brit. Birds, June 1908. TURNER] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 597 Wentworth, Turner in due course became a member of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1529-30. He became a Fellow of his College in 1531, and its Senior Treasurer in 1538. It was in this latter year that he pub- lished his Libellus de re Herbaria. His M.A. degree he com- menced in 1533. How long he retained his Fellowship is uncertain. Dr. D. Jackson, who prefixed a Life to his edition of the Inbellus (1877), thinks he may have held it until his marriage with Jane, daughter of George Ander, alderman of Cambridge. At Cambridge Turner was a contemporary of the famous John Caius, founder of the college which bears his name, and also one of our earliest writers on natural history (his De Rariorum Animalium atque Stirpium Historia was published at London, 1570). It was probably during his residence at Cambridge that Turner first directed his attention to the study of birds; while there, no doubt the fascination of the Fens fell upon him as it has fallen on many since his time, and it was in the Fens that many of his most valuable observations were made on birds which, then resident, are now only known as rare stragglers to this country. It seems unlikely that Turner could have devoted much time to natural history before he went to the University, as he himself informs us that he had never seen the nest of the Water Ouzel or Dipper, a some- what curious fact when we remember that he was a native of Northumberland. _ During his stay at Cambridge, Turner became an intimate friend of Nicholas Ridley (1500-1555), and of Hugh Latimer, Ridley’s fellow-martyr at the stake. From Ridley Turner received his first instruction in Greek, and, influenced by the teaching of the Reformers, he now embraced those religious views for which he laboured so zealously during the remainder of his life. Leaving his University, he travelled through a considerable part of England, preaching, and while at Oxford he was imprisoned for preaching “ without a call.” When “at length being let loose, and banished, he travelled into Italy.” 598 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [TURNER In Italy Turner studied botany under Luca Ghini at Bologna, and took the degree of M.D. either at that University or at Ferrara. Continuing his travels, he visited the illustrious Conrad Gesner at Zurich, and became a firm friend and trusted correspondent of that great naturalist. Turner seems to have been at Basle in 1543, and the following year at Cologne. From this latter place he issued in 1544 his Avium Precipuarum .. . historia, dedicated to Edward, Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VI.), and in the same year edited the posthumous work of his friend, Gybertus Longolius, of Utrecht (1507-43), entitled Dialogus de Avibus. Turner’s polemical works now followed each other in quick succession, and were prohibited by a proclamation of Henry VIII. On the deathof that monarch, Turner returned to England, and whilst waiting for ecclesiastical preferment acted as physician to the Lord Protector, Somerset; he also estab- lished a botanic garden at Kew. In 1551 he published in London Part I. of his celebrated Herbal (Part II. not being issued until 1562 at Cologne). At length, after several dis- appointments, Turner obtained the Deanery of Wells in 1550. The accession of Queen Mary saw Turner again a fugitive, and his writings were once more prohibited in England, and ordered to be destroyed wherever found. He returned to his native country when Elizabeth succeeded her sister, and was reinstated in his Deanery (1559). In 1564, however, he was again suspended for nonconformity, and took up his abode in London, where he completed the third part of his Herbal (Cologne, 1568). There he died on July 7, 1568, and was buried in the Church of St. Olave, Crutched Friars, where may be seen a tablet to his memory erected by his widow. His Avium Precipuarum . . . historia was reprinted by Dr. George Thackeray, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, in 1823 ; the reprint is said to be as rare as the original ; and again by Mr. A. H. Evans, in 1903, at the Cambridge Uni- versity Press. Mr. Evans’s edition contains a full translation and many valuable notes. Turner’s object in writing this work is set out both in the TURNER] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 599 title and in the Epistola Nuncupatoria thereof. This was to determine the principal kinds of birds named by Aristotle and Pliny in their writings. In addition to this, he also added copious notes on those which came under his own immediate observation, “ and in so doing he has produced the first book on birds which treats them in anything like a scientific spirit,” and not merely from a medical point of view. But the great value of Turner’s work consists in the fact that he is always most careful to tell us whether he observed the birds he describes in England or abroad, and it is for this reason that his comments are of such importance to the student of British ornithology. , Turner was held in great estimation by Gesner, who quotes him freely in his writings, under the title of Turnerus Anglus (cf. Evans’s ed., p. xi, etc.). There is no evidence that Turner studied mammals, but he devoted much attention to the study of ichthyology. We have been unable to trace the existence of any book by him on this subject, but Bale credits him with a work De Piscibus (1557) ; and he certainly con- templated one, as he informs us in the Preface to his Herbal, 1568: “So that I maye haue rest and quietnes in my olde age, and defence from my enemies, whiche haue more then these eight yeares continuallye troubled me verye muche, and holden me from my Booke, and sicknes wil suffer me, I extend to set out a Booke of the names and natures of fishes that are within youre Majesties dominions, to the great delite of noble men and profit of your hole Realme.” . . . He also supplied Gesner (q.v.) with much information about the fishes of Great Britain. It only remains to add that the authentic books of this remarkable man, the father of British ornithology, number no less than thirty-nine, and to quote the description of him by John Ray: Vir solidae eruditionis et judicii. 1544. Avivm | Praecipv | arvm, qvarvm | apvd Plinivm et Ari- | stotelem mentio est, breuis & | succincta historia. | Ex optimis quibusque scripto- | ribus contexta, scholio illu | strata & aucta. | _Adiectis nominibus Grecis, Germanicis & | Britannicis. | Per Dn. 600 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [ruRTON Guilielmum Turnerum, artium & Me- | dicine doctorem. | Colonize excudebat Ioan. Gymnicus, | Anno M.D.XLIIII. Collation—1 vol. sm. 8vo, pages unnumbered (157). In’ 1823 a reprint of the above was issued by Dr. George Thackeray, of Cambridge [¢f. infra, Wess (W. M.)], which is probably as rare as the original. In 1903 Mr. A. H. Evans, of Cambridge, published a reprint with full translation, notes, etc., 1 vol. 8vo. TurTON (WILLIAM), 1762-1835 Turton is chiefly remembered by his translation of Gmelin’s edition of Linnaeus, and also his works on British conchology. He was born at Olveston, Glos., May 21, 1762, being the fifth child of William Turton, solicitor, of that town. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, graduating B.A., February 3, 1785, proceeding M.A. February 22, 1791, and M.B. on July 16 of the same year. He commenced to practise in Swansea, but devoted, it is said, more than half his leisure time to the study of Natural History, especially conchology. He married a Miss Salmon in 1797, and had a son and three daughters. In 1809 he was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society. Later he lived for some time in Dublin, then at various places in Devonshire, and died at Bideford, December 28, 1835. His collection of shells subsequently passed into the hands of Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, and is now (with the latter’s own collection) in the U.S. Nat. Mus. at Washington. 1807. British Fauna, | Containing | a compendium | of | The Zoology | of the | British Islands: | Arranged according to the | Linnean System. By W. Turton, M.D.F.L.S.| Vol. I. | Including the Classes | Mammalia, Birds, Amphibia, | Fishes, and Worms. | [quotation from Linnaeus] Swansea. | Printed by J. Evans, Wind- Street. | 1807. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 230 + pp. viii, Index and ‘“‘ Additions and Corrections.” Birds treated ‘of pp. 18-77, comprising 294 species. “This author’s incompetent performances, etc.” Cf. Coues, p. 373. [ca. 1810.] [With Kingston (J. F.).] The | Natural History | of the District of | Teignmouth, Dawlish | ULLYETT] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 601 and Torquay; ... By | W. Turton, M.D., and J. F. Kingston | Teignmouth: . . . n.v. [ea. 1810]. 1 vol. 12mo, pp. un. Note.—34 pp. devoted to birds. Miller Christy ascribes this work to 1810. Tutt (JAMES WILLIAM), ob. 1913 This author, who resided at Westcombe Hill, London, 8.E., was a Fellow of the Entomological Society, and his name is chiefly known as that of an entomological writer, and founder and editor of the Hntomologist’s Record. His works on the British lepidoptera are valuable and authoritative, while he took but a minor interest in ornithology. 1894. Woodside, Burnside, Hillside, and Marsh. London (Sonnenschein): 1894. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. v+ pp. 241. Contains figs. and accounts of some few common British birds. [1897.] Chats about British Birds. London: [1897.] Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 209. Tyas (Ropert), 1811-79. See Cotron (JoHn) This author is best known for his works on botany, which comprise Popular Flowers, Favourite Field Flowers, etc. Utiyetr (HENRY), ca. 1880 The author of this work is described as “ B.Sc., F.R.G.S. and Honorary Secretary to the Folkestone Natural History Society.” He states that in respect of the lists of plants, lepidoptera, birds and shells he is “ indebted much more to the endeavours of my friends than to my own researches, although I can personally vouch for the greater portion of them. . . . The list of birds is by Messrs. F. Tolputt and V. Knight.” 1880. Rambles of a Naturalist round Folkestone, with occasional papers on the Fauna and Flora of the District, etc. Folkestone : 1880. Collation—-1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vi un. + pp. 157. List of Birds at pp. 150-55. 602 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [UssHER Ure (Davin), ob. 1798 This writer, who principally devoted his attention to geology, was the son of a Glasgow weaver, and he commenced life at that trade in consequence of his father having died while he was still young; but, being resolved to enter the ministry, he obtained an education at the city Grammar School, and afterwards at the University of Glasgow, where he graduated M.A. in 1776. In 1783 he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Glasgow, and afterwards became assistant to David Connell, minister of East Kilbride in Lanarkshire. On the death of Connell he came under the notice of Sir John Sinclair, who employed him on his Statisti- cal Account of Scotland. In 1795 he was presented to the parish of Uphall in Linlithgowshire, where he died March 28, 1798. The birds in his work are very scantily dealt with, more attention being paid to the botany and. mineralogy. 1793. The | History | of | Rutherglen | and | East-Kilbride. | Published with a view to promote the study | of antiquity and natural history. | Illustrated with plates.| By | David Ure, A.M. | Preacher of the Gospel. | Corresp. Memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. Edinb. | [Quot.] | Glasgow : | Printed by David Niven. | 1793. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi+1 1. contents +pp. 334+11 Il. subscriber’s names, with 20 pl. Birds at pp. 230-31. 1795. [Birds of] Killearn Par., Stirlingshire. [In Sir John Sinclair’s Statist. Account of Scotland, xvi. p. 109.] 8vo. Edinb.: 1795. UssHER (Ricuarp JouNn), 1841-1913 The late Mr. Ussher, of Cappagh House, Co. Waterford, one of the most eminent of Irish ornithologists, was born in April 1841, and at the age of twelve was sent to. school at Portarlington, and subsequently to Chester. Afterwards, being delicate, he was educated by a tutor. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, as a non-resident, but, owing to ill- health, never took his degree, but passed successive winters travelling with his mother and a tutor in Spain, Italy, Corfu, etc. UssHER] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 603 When twenty-five, he married the eldest daughter of the Rev. John Finlay, of Corkagh House, Co. Dublin, and again travelled abroad for some years. On his return he devoted himself to public duties in his own county and became Deputy- Lieutenant and High Sheriff, and taking a great interest in Church matters was for many years a member of the General Synod. His interest in egg-collecting and ornithology dated from boyhood, and his tastes in this direction are said to have been developed by the circumstance of his wife becoming a con- firmed invalid in 1877. His summers were spent at Ardmore, on the coast of Waterford, where the cliffs and sea-birds were a constant source of attraction, and he became an expert climber and a great egg collector. Almost every part of Ireland was in time visited in ceaseless search for the breeding haunts of rare birds, and the assistance of correspondents was enlisted in nearly every county, so that his egg collection became almost unique, and was acquired some years ago by the National Museum in Dublin, after which he gave up egg- collecting, but paid even greater attention than before to ornithology. His volume on the Birds of Ireland, written in con- junction with another veteran ornithologist, Robert Warren, is the standard work on the avifauna of Ireland, and represents an immense amount of patient labour with a maximum of skill in selection and condensation of the enormous amount of material that must have been collected. Ussher was also greatly interested in cave exploration, and enjoyed working underground. He made many “ finds,” among which may be mentioned the remains of the Great Auk discovered in Co. Waterford. In appearance he is described (Memoir in Brit. Birds, vii. pp. 182-5) as a “ fairly big man, almost six feet high, well set-up, with reddish hair and beard. He had a rugged, but good-natured face, kindly blue eyes, and a quiet, courteous manner.” He died, after a short illness, on October 12, 1913, aged seventy-two years, 604 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [VENABLES and was buried in the family vault at Whitchurch, near his residence. 1883. 1884, 1886. 1892. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1900. 1902. 1904. 1908. 1910. 1912. The Siskin in Ireland. (Zoologist, p. 493 et seq.) Irish breeding-stations of the Gannet. (Op. cit. p. 479 et seq.) Bird Life on the Saltees and the Keraghs, Co. Wexford. (Op. cit. pp. 88-98.) Breeding of the Fork-Tailed Petrel on the Blasquets, Co. Kerry. (T.c. pp. 367-8.) The Crossbill in Ireland. (Irish Nat. i. pp. 6, 28.) Report on the Breeding Range of Birds in Ireland. (Pr. R. I. Acad. xix. pp. 401 et seq.) The Birds of the Co. of Cork. Cork: 1894. 8vo (?). An ornithological exploration in Donegal, Fermanagh, Sligo, and Roscommon. (Irish Nat. iv. pp. 142 et seq.) The Birds of Connemara. (Qp. cit. v. pp. 319 et seq.) On the reported occurrence of the Gold-vented Thrush and Spotted Eagle in Ireland. (Zoologist, pp. 161-5.) The distribution of Birds breeding in Ireland. (Irish Nat. pp. 64- 73.) The Great Auk once an Irish Bird. (Op. cit. pp. 1-3, pl. 1.) [With R. Warren.] The Birds of Ireland: an account of the distribution, migration and habits of Birds as observed in Ireland, with additions added to the Irish list. Including an introduction and tables showing the distribution birds in the breeding season. London: 1900. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxxli+pp. 419, col. i maps, and illustrations. (Pub. 30s. net.) Also Large Paper, with photo. portraits of the authors. The Bird-Fauna of Ireland as affected by its Geography. (Br. Assoc. Rept. pp. 658-60.) Birds met with in the Shannon Valley. (Irish Nat. pp. 125-33.) A List of Irish Birds, showing the species contained in the National Collection, Museum of Science and Art, Dublin. Dublin: 1908. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 54. The Birds of Rosepenna. (Irish Nat. xix. pp. 170 et seq.) Clare Island Survey, pt. 20, Aves. (Proc. R. Irish Acad. xxxi., July 20, 1912.) Roy. 8vo, pp. 54, 5 plates. [With C. V. Stoney.] The Fulmar in Ireland. (Irish Nat. pp. 180- 182.) VENABLES (Rev. E.). See Morn (A. G.) wane] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 605 Victoria HistorIEs OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND. See ALEXANDER (B.) [Kent], Bhatawayt (F. L.) [Somerset], Browns (M.) [Leicestershire], Bucknriz (J. A.) [Surrey], Caristy (M.) [Essex], Crark (J.) [Cornwall], Crossman (A. F.) [Herts], D’urzan (W. 8S. M.) [Devon], Exuiorr (J. 8.) [Bedford], Forbes (H. O.) [Lancs], Forrest (H. EH.) [Salop], Grasuam (0.) [Yorks], Hares (C. R.) [Rutland], Harrerr (E.) [Bucks], Jour- paIN (F.C. R.) [Derbyshire], MacrHerson (H. A.) [Cumberland], MasErietp (J. R. B.) [Staffs], Mzapu-Watpo (E. G. B.) [Hants], Mituats (J. G.) [Sussex], Nopie (H.) [Berks], Puinuies (EH. C.) [Hereford], Stater (H.H.) [Northants], Sourawext (T.) [Norfolk], Tomes (R. F.) [Warwick and Worcester], Tristram (H. B.) (Durham], Tuck (J. G.) [Suffolk], WairaKer (J.) [Notts]. Vos (GEorRGE HERKLOTS), nat. 1854 This writer, the son of John Michael Vos, was born in India, and educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge (B.A. 1878, M.B. 1884, M.R.C.8. 1882), and was afterwards in prac- tice as a surgeon in London. The work undernoted describes fifty-two species found “in and near London ” (7.e. a radius of 6 to 16 miles from the city), and makes remarks on about as many more, and it is “ illustrated by reproductions of photographs of each bird, its nest and eggs, made by the author from Nature, and of incidental scenes.” [1907-9.] Birds and their Nests and Eggs found in and near Great Towns (First Series.) London (Routledge): n.p. [June 1907.] Idem. Second Series [June 1908]; Third Series [May 1909.] Also 3 series in 1 vol. post 8vo. [1909.] Series I. pp. xii+ pp. 148; Series IT. pp. vi+ pp. 223 ; Series III. pp. viii + pp. 240. (Pub. 3s. 6d.) Wave (EpwarpD WALTER), viv. Mr. Wade, of North Ferriby, East Yorks, a member of the B.O.U. since 1902, appears to have only published the under- noted little brochure. [1907.] The Birds of Bempton Cliffs. A Concise Description of the different Wild Birds that frequent the Chalk Cliffs, with full details respect- ing the habits of the Guillemot. London, Hull and York: n.p. Collation—I vol. post 8vo, pp. 41, 12 pl. (Pub. 1s. net.) Idem. 2nd edit., y.D. Same collation. 606 © A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WALcoTT Wake (ROBERT), ca. 1839 The author of this local Suffolk book, a surgeon, has dealt with the birds at some length in a section extending to about 13 pp. He appears to have published nothing else relative to our subject. 1839. Southwold, | and its vicinity, | ancient and modern. | By | Robert Wake, | M.R.C.S.L. | [device] | Yarmouth: | Printed and pub- lished by F. Skill, | [etc. 2 lines] | 1839. Collation—1 vol. large post 8vo, pp. xvili+pp. 420, fold. pl. Birds at pp. 228-40. Watcott (JOHN), ob. 1831 John Walcott was, according to a writer in Notes and Queries (series viii. vol. ix. p. 383), the son of John Walcott who died at Bath, December 11, 1766. He was an industrious naturalist, and is variously described as of the ‘“ Polygon near Southampton,” of Higham Court, Gloucestershire, and of Bathwick, Somersetshire. He died, however, in Great Pulteney Street, Bath, February 5, 1831. His best known works are Flora Britannica Indigena, with Descriptions taken from Innnaeus (1778); and Descriptions and Figures of Petri- factions . . . near Bath(1779). William Yarrell in the preface (p. vil) to his History of British Fishes, dated 1836, expresses his ‘‘ obligations to W. Walcott, Esq., of Bristol, for the use of a valuable MS. with a collection of more than one hundred drawings of British fishes, executed by his father, the author of the Synopsis of British Birds and other works on natural history, during his residence at Teignmouth.” He also published 2 Nos. in 4to of Figures and Descriptions and History of Exotic Animals comprised under the classes Am- plabia and Prsces of Iannaeus (London, 1788). His Synopsis is more curious and scarce than of intrinsic merit. He states in his preface that ‘‘ The following work contains the descrip- tion and manners of nearly all our British birds, with a figure of each, copied by the Author from nature. He procured two hundred of them by his own industry ; the rest were drawn from others in a high state of preservation, in the Museums watcorr] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 607 of Mr. Parkinson and Mr. Latham. . . . He has also to con- fess, that the descriptions of such birds as were drawn in the above-mentioned Museums, were taken from Mr. Latham’s valuable work, The General Synopsis of Birds... . £ A very few plates, marked with an asterisk, were copied from Brisson and others.” Coues states, on the authority of Newton, that “ The story has always gone that Walcott, being dissatisfied with the book, had nearly the whole impression destroyed ; but copies do not seem to be rare.” The sequence of the species appears to be nearly that of the Linnaean Systema Naturae, beginning with Vultur and ending with Caprimulgus. Walcott is generally credited with the first British record of the Crested-tit, which bird he figures, and states that it had lately been observed in Scotland. 1789. Synopsis | of | British Birds. | By John Walcott, Esq. | The Works of the Lord are great : | Sought out of all them that have Pleasure therein. | Psalms, cxi. 2. | London: | Printed by W. Justins, Shoemaker Row, Blackfriars, | For the Author: | And sold by Mess. White and Son, Fleet Street ; | Robson and Clarke, New- Bond Street ; | And J. Mathews, Strand. | m,pcc,LXxx1rx. Collation—2 vols. 4to, not paged, 255 pl. (published also with coloured plates). Note—The work is very rare with the plates coloured; one such, Walcott’s own copy, is in the W.P.L. The plates were engraved on copper by P. Mazell, and occupy the upper half of each page, with the text below, and the reverse blank. A portrait of Walcott will be found on the frontispiece of his Flora Britannica. Watcott (Mackenzie Epwarp CHaRLEs), 1821-80 Mackenzie Walcott, only son of Admiral John Walcott (ob. 1868), was born at Bath, December 15, 1821, and educated at Winchester and Exeter College, Oxford (M.A. 1847, B.D. 1866). He held many curacies, and was precentor of Chichester Cathedral from April 1863 to the time of his death. He was a voluminous author, and wrote much on churches, cathedrals, and ecclesiastical history ; he was also responsible 608 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WALLACE for several guide-books. He died at 58 Belgrave Road, Pimlico, December 22, 1880. 1859. A Guide to the South Coast of England, from the Reculvers to the Land’s End, and from Cape Cornwall to the Devon Foreland. London (Stanford): mpcccirx. 1 vol. 12mo, pp. xxiv + pp 601, maps. Birds of Sussex, pp. 158, 184, 185, 187, 217, 218, 253. Rare Birds, pp. 105, 260, 265, 303, 339, 368, 382, 414. A Guide to the Coast of Devon & Cornwall. London (Stanford) : MDCCCLIX. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. viii + pp. 413-590, map. Published separately, but forms a section of above work. A brief mention of “ rare birds” at p. 414. 1860. A Guide to the Coasts of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, descriptive of Scenery, etc. London (Stanford): 1860. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, title + pp. v-xi+pp. 126, with map. Birds of Suffolk at pp. 48-9; of Norfolk at p. 80. [1861]. A Guide to the Mountains, Lakes, and North-West Coast of England, descriptive of Natural Scenery, etc. London and Carlisle : N.D. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. iv+pp. 243, with map. Birds of Cumberland, etc., at p. 16. WALLACE (Rey. JaMEs), 1639-88 The earliest record we have of this author is his studying at the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A. April 27, 1659. He was shortly afterwards appointed minister of Ladykirk in the Orkneys, from whence he was translated to Kirkwall in November 1672. He married Elizabeth Cuthbert, and had three sons and a daughter. He died of fever in November 1688, “in the fiftieth year of his age,” his Description of the Isles of Orkney, which was written about 1688, being published posthumously in 1693 by his eldest son and namesake, James Wallace. The work was dedicated to Sir Robert Sibbald, at whose request Wallace had originally undertaken it, and to whom a MS. draft of it appears originally to have been sent. In 1700 his son published in his own name an Account of the Islands of Orkney, which consisted of the 1693 work, with some addi- tions, including a chapter on the plants and shells, but with WALLIS] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 609 the preface and the dedication to Sibbald omitted, and a dedication to the Earl of Dorset substituted. For further particulars vide Introduction to Brown’s reprint. 1693. A | Description | of the Isles of | Orkney; | By Master James Wallace, late | Minister of Kirkwall, Pub- | lished after his Death by his Son. | To which is added, an Essay con- | cerning the Thule of the Ancients. | [Engraving of Crown] Edinburgh, | Printed by John Reid, In the Year | m.pc.xctmI. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 12 un. + pp. 94+ pp. 1-36, 3 folding plates of cuts, including one of “ Ember Goose.” Birds at pp. 16, 17, 18. 2nd edit. : 1700. An | Account | of the | Islands | of | Orkney. | By James Wallace, M.D. | And Fellow of the Royal Society. | To which is Added, an Essay con- | cerning the Thule of the Ancients. | London, | Printed for Jacob Tonson within Gray’s- | Inn-Gate, next Gray’s- Inn-Lane, 1700. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 10 un. + pp. 182 and plates. Birds treated of on pp. 47, 48, and 49. Idem. Reprint [by Brown of] Edinburgh. 1883. 1 vol. 8vo. (Edited by John Small.) Note.—Title not in facsimile, and pagination different to first edition. WaLuace (Ropert L.) This writer, who we understand was postmaster at Dudley, was also author of The Canary Book (1879: 2nd edit. 1884). [1886]. British Cage Birds. . . . Illustrated with Coloured Platesand .. . Wood Engravings. London (Upcott Gill). N.p. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 504, 32 pl. num. cuts in text. Wattis (JoHN), 1714-93 This author, one of the earliest of English county natural historians, was born at Castlenook, South Tindale, in the parish of Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, in 1714, and was the son of John Wallis, or Wallace, of Croglin, Cumberland. He entered the University of Oxford, matriculated from Queen’s College, February 3, 1732-33, graduated B.A. in 1737, and proceeded M.A. in 1740. He took Holy Orders, becoming a curate first in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth and after- wards at Simonburn, Northumberland, where he devoted his 2R 610 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WALLIS leisure time for more than twenty years to the study of natural history, and the collecting of materials for his great work on Northumberland. The plants appear to have received great attention from him, and these he named according to Ray ; but his identification of some two or three of the more re- markable ones has been held erroneous (cf. N. J. Winch, Tr. Nat. Hist. Soc. Northumb. ii. p. 145). The first volume of the undernoted book contains the natural history, including an important section on the birds, and the second volume the antiquities. In 1771 a change of rectors caused Wallis to leave the curacy, and for a time he resided with his college friend, Edward Wilson, vicar of Haltwhistle. In 1775 he acted as temporary curate at Haughton le Skerne, and from that year until 1792 was curate of Billingham, near Stock- ton, resigning in the latter year on account of increasing infirmities. Shortly before this a small estate had fallen to him on the death of a brother, and Bishop Shute Barrington allowed him an annual pension after his resignation, but during the whole of his working life he never had anything better than a curacy of £30 a year (Nichols, Lit. Anec. viii. p. 745). He died at Norton, whither he had removed, on July 19, 1793, leaving a small but valuable collection of natural history and other books. His wife Elizabeth, with whom his fifty-six years of married happiness is said to have become almost proverbial in their neighbourhood, survived until 1801 (Winch, T.c. p. 145). 1769. The | Natural History | and | Antiquities | of | Northumberland : | And of so much of the County of | Durham | As lies between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed ; | commonly called, | North Bishop- tick. | In Two Volumes. | By John Wallis, A.M. | Vol. I. [IL] | London : | Printed for the Author, by W. and W. Strahan ; | and sold by 8. Bladon, in Pater-noster-Row. | MpccLxrx. Collation—2 vols. 4to (Vol. II. treats of “the Antiquities.’’). Vol. I. pp. 4 un. + pp. xxvii+pp. 4 “‘ Contents ” + pp. 438 +p. 1 errata. Vol. IL. pp. 4 un.+pp. 562+pp. 23 “ Appendix of Instruments and Errata.” Birds treated of in Vol. I. pp. 309-46. warp] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 611 WALPOLE-BonD (JOHN ARTHINGTON), nat. 1878 Mr. Walpole-Bond, son of the Rev. John Bond, who was born at Woolwich, February 6, 1878, and educated at Winchester and St. John’s College, Oxford, is best known as the author of Bird Life in Wild Wales, a portion of our islands concerning which ornithological books are lamentably few in number. He is also a well-known contributor to the Field. 1901. The Birds of Bromley, Kent, and its neighbourhood. Bromley (S. Bush & Son): 1901. Collation—8vo pamphlet, pp. 17, wrapper. 1903. Bird Life in Wild Wales. Illustrated with photographs by Oliver G. Pike. London: 1903, Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xvi+pp. 283, front. and 59 ill. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) Idem. Cheaper reissue, 1904. 1905. The Habits of the Tawny Owl. (Field, Dec. 2.) Spotted Woodpeckers. (Op. cit., Nov. 18.) The Habits of the Long-eared Owl. (Op. cit., Nov. 4.) 1906. Habits of the Black Guillemot. (Qp. cit., Dec. 29.) 1907. Irish Golden Eagles. (Op. cét., March 2.) Nesting of the Oyster-Catcher. (Z.c., June 29.) 1909. The Lesser Redpoll in Sussex. (Brit. Birds, ii, pp. 20-25.) Warp (JAMES), ca. 1871 We know nothing of this author, nor does he appear to have published anything else relating to ornithology. He dates his Introduction from Ely Court, Staplehurst, 1867. 1871. British Ornithology, or Birds of Passage. Maidstone: 1871. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. ix+pp. 10-288, front. and pl. [Warp (THomas)], fl. 1714-28 We have no information regarding this author, other than the indication as to his places of residence given in the titles as quoted below. 1714. [Anonymous.] The Bird-Fancier’s Delight : | or Choice | Observa- tions | and | Directions | Concerning | The Taking, | Feeding, | 612 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WARNER Breeding and | Teaching all sorts of | Singing Birds. |... The Like not extant. | London: Printed for Tho. Ward: and sold at his | House in White-cross Street, near Cripple-gate, 1714. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 83. 1728. [Anonymous.] The Bird Fancier’s Recreation. | Being Curious | Remarks | on the Nature of | Song-Birds, | with choice | In- structions | Concerning | The Taking, Feeding, Breeding and Teach- | ing them, | and to know the Cock | from the Hen. | Also | the Manner of taking Birds With | Lime-Twigs, and the Preparations | necessary thereto. | With | An Account of the Distempers Inci- | dent to Song-Birds, and the | Method to cure them. | London: Printed for T. Ward, and | Sold at his House at the Bell and Bird-Cage, | the Corner of Silver-Street, in Wood- street, near | Cripple-Gate, 1728. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. vi+ pp. 96. Engraved frontispiece. [Warine (8.)], ca. 1832 This authoress, a sister of Samuel M. Waring (1792-1827), also wrote The Wild Garland (1827). The undernoted is merely a compilation. *1832. [Anonymous.] The | Minstrelsy of the Woods; | or, | Sketches and Songs | Connected with the | Natural History | of | Some of the most interesting British and Foreign | Birds. | By the Author of “The Wild Garland” &c. | London: | Harvey and Darton, | Gracechurch Street. | 1832. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xi+pp. 227. 18 plates. (Pub- lished with plates both coloured [9g.] and uncoloured [6s.].) Warner (Rev. RicHarp), 1763-1857 This indefatigable antiquary was born in Marylebone, October 18, 1763, being the son of Richard Warner, “a respectable London tradesman.’ He was sent to a school near London until his father removed to Lymington, Hamp- shire, when he went to the Grammar School at Christchurch. After several disappointments he entered an attorney’s office, but appears to have had a disposition for Holy Orders. On October 19, 1787, he matriculated from St. Mary’s Hall, Oxford, and kept eight terms at the University, but left without taking a degree. About 1790 he was ordained by the Archbishop of York, becoming soon afterwards curate of WARNER] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 613 Boldre, near Lymington, by the appointment of the vicar, the celebrated William Gilpin, the influence of whose work is perceptible in Warner’s writings. He afterwards held several other curacies, culminating in that of St. James’s, Bath, where he remained twenty-two years, and became the best- known man of letters in the city. In 1809 he received an appointment to the Rectory of Great Chalfield, Wilts, which he held until his death, together with one or two later preferments. He died July 27, 1857, in his ninety-fourth year, and was interred in the chancel of Chelwood Church, Somerset, a monument being erected to his memory. His widow, who resided at Bath, survived until 1865. In addition to the undernoted, Warner was author of Hampshire extracted from Domesday (1789), Southanvpton Guide (1790), Walk through Wales (1798), A Second Walk through Wales (1800), Walk through some of the Western Counties of England (1800), A Walk through Somerset, Devon and Part of Cornwall (1809) [2nd edit. of the last], Bxcursions from Bath (1801), History of Bath (1801), and a number of miscellaneous works, including his Literary Recollections (2 vols. 1839). 1789. A Companion in a Tour round Lymington, comprehending a brief Account of the Place and its environs, the New Forest, Isle of Wight [etc.]. Southampton: 1789. 12mo. Not seen. Idem. Reissued in 1847 as “ The Handbook for the town of Lymington.” Lymington: 1847. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. vi+pp. 156. Contains mere passing references to birds at pp. 126-7, 133-4, 139-40, the species being identified. 1793. Topographical Remarks | relating to the | South-Western Parts | of | Hampshire. | To which is added | a Descriptive Poem | In Two Volumes | By the Revd. Richard Warner, | of Fawley, near Southampton | Vol. I [II] | London: | Printed for R. Blamire, Strand | M.Dcc.xciit. Collation—2 vols. sm. 8vo, vol. I. pp. vit+pp. 299; vol. IT. pp. Vili + pp. i + pp. 215 +appdx. pp. 70 + errata, etc., pp. iii. un. Note.—A fire at a copper-plate printer’s consumed the whole of the plates and impressions for this work. Cf. note at end of vol. ii. It contains hardly anything relating to birds, although cited by Kelsall and Munn. 614 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WARREN 1795. The | History | of the | Isle of Wight; | Military, | Ecclesiastical, Civil, & Natural : | to which is added | A View of its Agriculture. | By the Rev. Richard Warner; | Editor of | ‘“ Hampshire extracted from Domesday Book,” and of | the “ Antiquitates Culinariae ; ” | and Author of | “ Topographical remarks relating to Hampshire,” and | “‘ An attempt to ascertain the situation of | the ancient Clausentum.” | [Latin quotation] | Southampton. | Printed for T. Cadell, jun., and W. Davies, (successors | to Mr. Cadell) in the Strand, London; | and T. Baker, Southampton. | MDCCXCY. “ — Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xiv+pp. 312+pp. 14 appendix + pp. 19 errata and index. Map and 2 pl. Chap. iv., pp. 225-46, treats ‘‘ Of the Ornithology of the Isle of Wight.” WarrEN (ROBERT), 1829-1915 This veteran Irish ornithologist, who died at his Cork residence, Ardnaree, Monkstown, on November 20, 1915, while these sheets were passing through the press, was born at Cork, March 22, 1829. About the year 1846 he was assisting William Thompson with information for his Natural History of Ireland, and it was through Thompson that Warren turned his attention particularly to the study of the gulls and terns. In 1851 he left Cork and settled on the shores of Killala Bay, his residence for the latter half of his life being at Moyview, Ballina, on the banks of the Moy, in Co. Mayo, for which county he was J.P. He made the Estuary of the Moy and other localities in Mayo and Sligo his especial observation grounds for very many years, and his notes in the zoological journals, apart from the longer articles below cited, are truly legion. He added many birds to the Irish list. The Birds of Ireland, in which he colla- borated, was almost wholly written by Mr. R. J. Ussher, Warren only writing the chapters on the White Wagtail, Surf Scoter, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Bartailed Godwit and Sandwich Tern, although he also placed much material at Mr. Ussher’s disposal. 1857. Notes on the Natatores of Killala. (Nat. Hist. Rev. (Pr. Soc.) iv. pp. 50-56.) 1880. Ornithological Notes from the Co. of Mayo. (Zoologist, pp. 129-33.) WATERTON] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 615 1881. Ornithological Notes from Mayo and Sligo. (Op. cit. pp. 131-7, 254-6.) 1895. The breeding birds of Loughs Conn, Carra and Mask. (Irish Nat. pp. 117-21.) Birds observed breeding on the coasts of Sligo and Mayo. (Zc. pp. 180-4, 198-206.) 1896. The Terns, Skuas, and Gulls of Killala Bay. (Op. cit. pp. 145-53, 258-63, 169-76.) 1897. On the breeding range of the Yellow Wagtail in Ireland. (Zoologist, pp. 346-8.) 1898. The Long-tailed Duck in Killala Bay and the Estuary of the Moy. (Irish Nat. pp. 121-4.) The White Wagtail in Ireland. (7.c. pp. 160-3: Zoologist, pp. 245-8.) . 1900. [With R. J. Ussher.] The Birds of Ireland. London: 1900. See UssHer (R. J.). 1902. Increase in the numbers of breeding birds in Mayo and Sligo. (Irish Nat. pp. 246-9.) 1904. Ornithological Notes from Killala Bay and the Moy Estuary. (Zoologist, pp. 301-6.) 1906. Disappearance of many of our home-bred birds in Autumn. (Op. cit. pp. 459-62.) 1907. Breeding of Tree-Sparrows and Dunlins in Co. Mayo. (Op. cit. pp. 344-6.) 1908. Some Ornithological Notes from Mayo and Shgo. (Qp. cit. pp. 75-6, 229-30.) 1911. White-tailed Eagle no longer breeding in Ireland. (Op. cit. pp. 346- 348.) White Wagtail on migration visiting Killala Bay. (Z.c. pp. 197- 199, 385.) WATERTON (CHARLES), 1782-1865 Waterton, although a name of considerable eminence in the roll of British naturalists, claims but small place in this work, as he did little that relates to our subject beyond his notable Essays, many of which relate to British birds, and a few notes in the journals of his day. He is perhaps best known by his celebrated Wanderings in South America (1825). He was a man of good family and estate, being the eldest son of Thomas Waterton, of Walton Hall, Yorks, and his wife Annie, daughter of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh, Nor- folk, and was born at Walton Hall, June 3, 1782. He was 616 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [waTERTON educated as a Roman Catholic. Of his adventurous travels in South America we propose to say nothing here. He was married, after his return, in 1829, in the English convent at Bruges, to Anne, daughter of Charles Edmondstone of Car- dross, at whose house in Demerara he had often stayed. She died little more than a year later, leaving an only son Edmund. His wife’s two sisters henceforward kept house for him. At Walton Hall he always slept on the bare floor of his room, with a block of wood for a pillow, and rose at three. He then lit his fire, and lay down for half an hour while it burned up: then dressed, and spent the hour from four to five in his chapel. He breakfasted at eight and spent a great part of the day in his park. On May 25, 1865, he had a severe fall while carrying a log on his shoulder, and died of internal injuries on the 27th. He was buried between two old oaks, on the shore of the lake in his park, under a stone cross which he had put up a year before, with the epitaph : “Orate pro anima: cujus fessa juxta hance crucem sepe- liuntur ossa.” 1831. Remarks on Professor Rennie’s edition of Montagu’s Ornithological Dictionary. (Loudon’s Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. pp. 516-20.) 1832. The Habits of the Barn Owl and the benefits it confers on man (Op. cit. v. pp. 9-15.) Remarks on the Rook. (Z.c. pp. 241-5.) On the supposed pouch under the bill of the Rook. (Z.c. pp. 512- 515.) 1833. The Starling. (Op. cit. vi. pp. 37-40.) The Habits of the Carrion Crow. (Z.c. pp. 208-14.) The Habits of the Pheasant. (T.c. pp. 308-14.) The Habits of the Jackdaw. (T.c. pp. 394-8.) 1834. Observations on the habits of the Rook. (Qp. cit. vii. pp. 100-6.) A Description of the habits of the Ringdove. (Z.c. pp. 328-33.) 1835. Notes of a visit to the haunts of the Guillemot. (Qp. cit. viii. pp. 162-5.) Notes on the habits of the Kingfisher. (7.c. pp. 251-4.) Notes on the habits of the Tawny Owl. (Z.c. pp. 322-4.) Notes on the habits of the Wigeon. (Zc. pp. 361-3.) Notes on the habits of the Heron. (TZ.c. pp. 453-8.) Notes on the habits of the Mallard. (Z.c. pp. 541-4.) 1836. Notes on the habits of the Jay. (Op. cit. ix. pp. 187-90.) Notes on the habits of the Magpie. (T.c. pp. 225-31.) WATKINS] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 617 Notes on the habits of the Stormcock or Mistletoe Thrush. (Tc. pp. 409-12.) Notes on the Habits of the Windover Hawk. (T.c. pp. 460-2.) *1838-57. Essays | on | Natural History, | chiefly | Ornithology. | By | Charles Waterton, Esq. | Author of ‘‘ Wanderings in South America” | With an Autobiography of the Author, and a View of Walton Hall. | [Series I.4—II.—III.] London: Longman, [&e.] | 1838 [—1844—1857]. Collation—3 vols. post 8vo. Vol. I., pp. Ixxxiii + pp. 312 and front. Vol. II., pp. exlii+1 1.+pp. 186, front. Vol. IIL., pp. xlvii + pp. 290, with port. Nete-—Some of these Essays first appeared in Loudon’s Mag. of Nat. Hist. (vide supra). They are on a great variety of subjects, but include a number on British birds, especially in the 1st series, which includes 23 essays on the habits of as many species of British birds. Idem. Another edit. Edited by Norman Moore. 1870. Cr. 8vo, 1 vol. 1867. Birds seen in the grounds of Walton Hall, pp. 111-12 [and other observations]. [In Charles Waterton, his Home, Habits and Handiwork: by R. Hobson, 2nd edit.] London: 1867. Post &vo. Watkins (Rev. Morcan GEORGE), 1835-1906 The undernoted is a popular work of little ornithological value. The author was born at Southwell, Notts, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford; B.A. 1886, M.A. 1859. He was rector of Kentchurch, Herefordshire, 1885, until his death in 1906. {1881.] Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil, by the Rev. M. G. Watkins, M.A. With Illustrations by Giacomelli. London [Cassell & Co.]. N.D. Collation—1 vol. folio, pp. 144. Watkins (WATKIN JAMES YUILLE STRANG), nat. 1867 Mr. Watkins, of 33 Evelyn Gardens, 8.W., was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge; B.A. 1889; barrister Inner Temple 1891. He is a Fellow of the Zoological Society and became a member of the B.O.U. in 1896. 1897. [With J. R. V. Marchant.] Wild Bird Protection Acts, 1880-96, with complete index. 1897. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 174. 1 Not so stated on title of first vol. 618 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [watson 1903. The Birds of Tennyson. Illustrated by G. E. Lodge. London: 1903. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 202. Watson (JAMES) We extract the undermentioned pamphlet from Mr. Miller Christy’s list. He states that it was “a paper read to the members of the Church of Scotland Young Men’s Guild ; not seen.” The date would be before 1891. [—— ?] Some Local Wild Birds to be found in the Vicinity of Elgin. Elgin: w.p. 8vo. Watson (JOHN), vv. Mr. John Watson, a former Fellow of the Linnean Society, is the founder and principal proprietor of the Northern News Syndicate, Kendal. His Ornithology in Relation to Agricul- ture was contributed to by Miss Ormerod, Messrs. Aplin, Whitehead, Morris, Murdoch, Fortune, Nelson, Southwell, Wood, Gurney, Weir and Tuck. Mr. Watson wrote Chap. II. (Owls). He resides at Eden Mount, Kendal. 1885. Eagles’ Haunts in the North of England. (Field, Jan. 24, p. 110.) The Dotterel and its Migrations. (Op. cit. Nov. 14, p. 708.) 1886. Notes on the Eagles of the Lake District. (Naturalist, pp. 343-6.) 1888. Ornithology of Skiddaw, Scafell, and Helvellyn. (Op. cit. pp. 161-9.) Notes on the Birds of the Lake District. (Z.c. pp. 201-2.) List of Birds of the Lake District. [In Westmoreland Note-Book and Nat. Hist. Record, Pts. 1, 2, and 4.] Kendal: 1888. 8vo. 1889. Sylvan Folk. Sketches of Bird and Animal Lifein Britain. London: 1889. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 286. The Northern Distribution of the Dotterel. (Westm. Note-Book and Nat. Hist. Rec. pp. 162-4, 176-9.) 1890. Nature and Woodcraft. With Illus. by G. E. Lodge. London (Smith & Innes): 1890. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 302, front. and pl. 1893. [Edited by.] Ornithology in Relation to Agriculture and Horti- culture. By various Writers. London (W. H. Allen & Co.): 1893. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 220. Chap. IT. (Owls), pp. 11-26, by the Editor. wartERs] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 619 Warr (HucH Boyp), nat. 1858 Mr. Watt was born at Glasgow and educated at the High School, Park School, and Technical College of that city. He is one of the founders of the Andersonian Naturalists’ Society, Glasgow, and was sometime Secretary, also President in 1901-2, but now resides in London. He has been a member of the B.O.U. since 1903 and is a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He is author of papers and notes on various natural history subjects, including the undernamed on birds. 1893. The Return of the Swallow—a Narration and an Enquiry. (Anns. Andersonian Nat. Soc. pp. 83-8.) 1900. Heronnes, Past and Present, in the Clyde Faunal Area. (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, v. New Series, pp. 378-98.) 1901. A Census of Glasgow Rookeries. (Z.c. vi. pp. 21-4.) 1908. A List of Scottish Heronries, Past and Present. (Anns. Scot. Nat. Hist. pp. 218-23.) 1909. Bibliography of London Birds. (Zoologist, 1909, pp. 15-16.) Bibliography of London Birds—Supplement. (Op. ci., 1910, pp. 386-90.) 1910. A List of Bibliographies of the Writings of Gilbert White. 8vo. [1910]. Reprinted from Nature Notes. Scottish Heronries, Past and Present—Supplement to 1908 List. (Zoologist, pp. 68-70.) 1911. Scottish Heronries and a Census of Herons. (T.c. pp. 72-5.) 1912. Casual Birds in the British Isles. (Knowledge, xxxv. pp. 157-8.) Warrers (JoHn J——), ca. 1853 Watters supplied a good deal of information to Thompson for the volumes on birds in the Natural History of Ireland, and it was at Thompson’s wish that he published the under- noted work, that naturalist, whose friend Watters was, having “expressed a desire to see a cheap work on the subject published.” 1853. The Natural History of the Birds of Ireland, Indigenous and Migratory, containing Descriptions of the Habits, Migrations, Occurrence, and Economy of the 261 Species comprised in the Fauna. Dublin and London: 1853. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xv + pp. 300. 620 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wrse WEAVER (JoHN), ob. ca. 1890 This author wrote the fauna portion for the undernoted work, which deals with Harting in Sussex. Mr. Harting tells us he died at Eastbourne in the “ nineties,” ‘‘ precise date not known.” 1877. The Birds of the District around Harting. [In H. D. Gordon’s The History of Harting.| London: 1877. Collation—1 vol. &8vo. Birds at pp. 252-95. Wess (WILFRED Mark), nat. 1868 Mr. Webb is well known as the Secretary of the Selborne Society, for which he edited White’s Nature Calendar, pub- lished in facsimile in 1911. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society. The little brochure undernoted on the Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary—a small wood lying on the canal near Ealing, and formerly known as Perivale Wood—enumerates in its first edition 67 species observed, including 27 nesting, and in its third edition 86 species observed, including 36 nesting. The same wood was previously dealt with by Mr. R. H. Read (Rept. & Trans. Ealing Nat. Sci. Soc., 1896, pp. 1-28). 1899. Appendix giving a list of birds hitherto recorded as occurring in Berks and Bucks. [In A Guide to the Museum of Eton College.] Eton College : 1899. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii+pp. 30+ pp. vi+pp. ii, plates. Birds, 2nd Appendix, pp. vi, including the collection of Dr. Thackeray, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. 1907. The Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary. Selborne Society (Brent Valley Branch): 1907. Collation—18mo pamphlet, 14 pp. ill. Idem. 2nd edit., 1910. 8vo. 34 pp. ill. Idem. 3rd edit., 1911. 8vo. 34 pp. ill. 1909. How to Attract Wild Birds. (The Country Home, iv. p. 163.) 1910. Nests in the Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary. (Op. cit. p. 293.) Curious Nesting Places. (Op. cit. v. p. 49.) 1911. Nesting Boxes for Birds, 2 pts. (Op. cit. vi. p. 287; vii. p. 117.) The Encouragement of Insect-eating Birds. (Knowledge, xxxiv. p. 99.) [Edited by.] Gilbert White’s “A Nature Calendar.” London: 1911. See under WHITE (GILBERT). werr] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 621 1912. The Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary, Notes on the Ninth Season. (Selborne Magazine, xxiii. p. 188.) The Putting-up of Nesting Boxes and Trays. (T.c. p. 59.) The Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary. An Experiment in Bird Pro- tection. (Knowledge, xxxv. p. 437.) Wesster (Arcus D.), vv. The two undernoted works by this author are of interest as dealing with the avifauna of restricted localities. The work on Greenwich Park contains observations and a list of 81 species, found during six years, 34 of which breed. That on the Regent’s Park contains an account of the wild bird life and a list of water-fowl on the lake. 1902. Greenwich Park: its History and Associations. Greenwich and London: 1902. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 112, ill. (Pub. 3s. 6d. net.) Birds at pp. 46-51. 1911. The Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill. History and Antiquities. London (Greening): 1911. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. x+pp. 11-112, map and pl. (Pub. 5s. net.) At pp. 46-55, Bird and Animal Life of Regent’s Park. Weir (Harrison WILLIAM), 1824-1906 This well-known book illustrator, always known as Harrison Weir, was born at Lewes, Sussex, May 5, 1824, his father being manager of a bank there. An uncle was John Jenner Weir, Controller-General of the Customs, also known as an ornithologist. Harrison was articled to George Baxter, the colour printer, at Lewes, in 1837. On leaving him he was employed as a wood-engraver on the Illustrated London News, and later worked for the Field and other journals. Most of his book illustrations relate to poultry, etc. He died at Appledore, Kent, on January 3, 1906. [1883.} Every Day in the Country. With Drawings for every day and the months, and eight coloured pictures by the Author. London (Warne) [date on dedication]. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, unpaged, 8 col. pl. and cuts. Numerous references to and cuts of birds. 622 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WESTELL WeELLs (S——) 1899. [Article “‘ Birds” in] Handbook to Dover. (Prepared for members of the British Association.) 1899. 1 vol. post 8vo. Not seen. WeEsTELL (WILLIAM PERCIVAL), nat. 1874 This writer, who resides at Icknield Way, Letchworth, Herts, is principally known as an author of popular little works, of which he has produced a very great number ; indeed, in an autobiographical article he has recently pub- lished he terms himself a “ scribbler ” and confesses to having turned out fifty books, presumably all more or less relating to natural history. He tells us that, like so many others, his mentor was Gilbert White’s Natural History of Selborne, and goes on to say: ““T have only had one serious illness in my life. Thus I have been most fortunate in being able to be out and about a great deal. For several years I travelled daily to London, and Country Rambles, although the actual result of a year’s solid outdoor work, was written in Basinghall Street during the time that my clerical labour was not in request. A Year with Nature came out a short time before Country Rambles, both half-guinea companion volumes, and The Early Life of the Young Cuckoo was sandwiched in between. This carries me to the year 1903. In 1904 my little library con- sisted of six books, all written by myself, and then, leaving town, I accepted a commercial engagement by day and went on writing by night.” Later he resigned his commercial appointment and signed a five years’ agreement to write for a well-known publisher alone, an appointment he resigned owing to ill health after two and a half years’ service, during which time he wrote twelve books. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and a member of the B.O.U. 1897. Handbook of British Breeding Birds. London: 1897. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 188, ill. Idem. Reissue (?) Drane: 1899. WHARTON] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 623 1900. A Year with Nature. 170 illustrations from photographs. Drane : 1900. Collation—-1 vol. imp. 8vo, pp. 292. (Pub. 10s. 6d.) Reissued 1901, 1902. Early Life of the Young Cuckoo. Burleigh: 1902. 1905. British Bird Life: being popular sketches of every species of bird now regularly nesting in the British Isles. London: 1905. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xxxv+pp. 338, col. front. and 60 ill. (Pub. 3s. 6d.) 1906. Every Boy’s Book of British Natural History. Illustrated by 8. N. Sedgwick. R.T.S.: 1906. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. 296. (Pub. 3s. 6d.) 1907. Fifty-two Nature Rambles. R.T.S.: 1907. 1910. British Nesting Birds. Dent: 1910. 1911. The Young Ornithologist. Methuen: 1911. Bird Life of the Seasons. Black: 1911. 1912. A Year in the Country. Headley: 1912. Natural History of the Garden. Black: 1912. Nature Craft. Gale & Polden: 1912. The Book of Nature. Hodder: 1912. Wonders of Bird Life. Milner: 1912. Wuarton (Henry THORNTON), 1846-95 Henry Thornton Wharton, physician and scholar, third son of Rev. Henry James Wharton, was born at Mitcham, Surrey, November 6, 1846; M.R.C.S. 1875; died at South Hampstead August 22, 1895. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford (M.A. 1874). His best-known work is that on Sappho, published in 1885. He was a_ brother of Edward Ross Wharton, classical scholar and Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. 1877. A List of British Birds. The genera arranged according to Sunde- vall’s method. The Nomenclature revised by Henry Thornton Wharton. London (Van Voorst) : MDCCCLXXVII. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. iv+pp. 20. 1879. On the Orthography of some birds’ names. (Ibis, pp. 449-54.) 1881. On the proper generic designation of the European Woodpeckers. (Op. cit. pp. 253-8.) 1882. The meaning of English Bird-names. (Zoologist, pp. 441-8.) 624 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF (WHEELWRIGHT ), ca. 1875 The undernoted work contains only a brief account of the birds, and merits no special mention. | 1875. [Birdsin] Bristol and its Environs. (British Association Handbook.) London and Bristol: 1875. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vili+ pp. 475, with map and 10 pl. Birds of the District at pp. 400-4. WHEELER (EK WHEELER (WILLIAM HENRY), viv. The author, a member of the Inst. of Civil Engineers, and author of a work on Tidal Rivers and another on the Drainage of Fens, does not appear to have any considerable knowledge of ornithology, judging by his remark that ‘‘ Cranes were very common: there are a few still left in the neighbourhood of Bicker Fen,” which implies that the species is a resident one. Some particulars of wild-fowling and the decoys are given. [1894.] A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire. Second edition, greatly enlarged. Boston and London. [N.p.] Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo. Chap. xvii. is devoted to the natural history, with birds at pp. 471-6. Idem. Ist edit. in 1868, post 8vo, pp. vi+pp. 7-188, map and ill., but contains nothing on birds. WHEELWRIGHT (HorAcCE WILLIAM), 1815-65 Wheelwright is best known by his nom de plume of “ Old Bushman,” over which signature he was an old and constant contributor to the columns of the Field newspaper. He was the second son of the Rev. C. A. Wheelwright, rector of Tansor, Northamptonshire, and Prebend of Lincoln Cathedral. He was born at Tansor on January 5, 1815, and educated at Reading Grammar School under Dr. Valpy. He was brought up to the profession of the law, and practised as a solicitor in his native county between 1843 and 1847. From boyhood, however, he was unsettled, with a love of field sports and a yearning for adventure; and in the year last mentioned he was off to the wilds of Norway and Sweden. In 1851 he went to Australia and had several years of bush life, return- WHITAKER] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 625 ing in 1856 to Sweden, and taking up his residence at Gardijo, near Carlstad, from whence he went in 1862 to Lapland for a spring and summer, the results of which expedition are narrated in one of his best-known works, A Spring and Summer wn Lapland (1864: and a reissue with col. plates). His Swedish experiences are narrated in Ten Years in Sweden (1865), a work which contains a very good account of the birds of Sweden. He also wrote Sporting Sketches and Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist. He died in England November 16, 1865, and was buried at Crowhurst, Surrey. 1859. Comparative List of the Birds of Scandinavia and Great Britain, 1859. Carlstad: 1859. Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. 18. Printed in double columns, Swedish and English. WHITAKER (JOSEPH), nat. 1850 Mr. Whitaker, of Rainworth Lodge, near Mansfield, who may justly be termed the most noted ornithologist of his county, having made the birds of Nottinghamshire his special study for over forty years, was born at Ramsdale on July 12, 1850. His father, Joseph Whitaker, who died in 1874, was one of the finest all-round sportsmen of his day, and an account of him will be found in Ditchfield’s Old English Country Squires, 1912 (pp. 180-4). Rainworth Lodge, which stands on ground formerly part of Sherwood Forest, was first built about the end of the eleventh century for one of the King’s Foresters, but the portion of this date has disappeared, although the Tudor part is still existing. Nature made the spot a paradise for birds, and its owner has for many years striven to improve on Nature by making it a sanctuary for them, and how he has succeeded is shown by the multitude of birds about the place, both on the lake before the house and in the beautifully timbered grounds in which over 300 nesting boxes have been constructed or set up. The waterfowl on Rainworth Water, as the lake is called, are a great feature of the place. Here 28 626 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF (WHITAKER the Tufted Duck nested as far back as the “ thirties,” the earliest record of their doing so in England; and here, besides Wild Duck, have been shot Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon, Pochard, Garganey, Pintail, Scaup, Scoter, Smew, Red- breasted Merganser, Golden-eye, Goosander and Spoonbill, while Bitterns, Ospreys, and other rare birds have been noted. A total of 158 species of birds has, in fact, been observed by Mr. Whitaker within a radius of one mile of the Lodge, while the only British example of the Egyptian Nightjar was shot by his keeper just outside this radius. Within the quaint old house is an extensive collection of albinos and varieties of birds and animals, which total over 500, this having long been a favourite subject with Mr. Whitaker, who had a note on it in the Zoologist as long ago as 1872. Mr. Whitaker, who was educated at Uppingham, is J.P. for his county and the borough of Mansfield, and Vice-President of the Selborne Society and F.Z.8. He has written a great deal, the earliest printed communication we have noted being’ in the Zoologist for 1871 (pp. 2803-4), and his notes and observations in that journal, as well as in British Birds, the Field, Land and Water, Country Life, Country Side, Country- side Monthly, Shooting Times, the Ornithologist, etc., from that date to the present time are very numerous, although not many of them are lengthy enough for us to detail below. Many will be found under Notts in the contemplated Geographical Section of this work, however. In addition to his bird books, he has written a valuable Descriptive Inst of the Deer Parks and Paddocks of England (1892), and Namrod, Ramrod, and Fishing-Rod Tales (1909). 1872. A Visit to the Freshwater Cliffs. (Zoologist, pp. 3109-11.) 1876. Ornithological Notes from Perthshire. (Op. cit. pp. 5100-3.) 1879. [With W.J.Sterland.] Descriptive List of the Birds of Nottingham- shire. Mansfield: 1879. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 71. Comprises 238 species. Now scarce. 1885. Abnormal Plumage. (Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc. iv. pp. 61-66.) 1904. Scribblings of a Hedge-row Naturalist. Nottingham: 1904. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 294, portrait and illustrations, watt] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 627 1906. Birds. [In Victoria History of County of Notts, i. pp. 156-76.] London: 1906. 4to. 1907. Notes on the Birds of Nottinghamshire. London: 1907. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xviii +298, 2 pl. (Pub. 10s. 6d. net.) 1912. Jottings of a Naturalist. London: 1912. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 298. Waite (GILBERT), 1720-93 This celebrated naturalist and author was born on July 18, 1720 (O.8.), at the parsonage house at Selborne, where his parents were staying with his grandfather and godfather, Gilbert, who was then vicar of the parish. Gilbert White was the eldest son of John White, barrister-at-law (1688- 1758), and of Anne (1693-1739), only child of Thomas Holt (ob. 1710), rector of Streatham, in Surrey. John’s father, also named Gilbert (1650-1728), was the fourth son of Samson White (1607-84), who was Mayor of Oxford in 1660, and who, acting as the King’s Butler at the Coronation of Charles II., was knighted by that monarch. Gilbert White was the eldest of eleven children, three of whom died in infancy, and of his boyhood there is little to relate. He went to school at Farnham and afterwards to the Grammar School at Basingstoke, Thomas Warton (ob. 1745) being head master, and in November 1740 became a commoner of Oriel College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1743, proceeding M.A. in 1746, having been elected Fellow in 1744. In March 1749 he was ordained priest in the Chapel in Spring Gardens, London, by James Beauclerk, Bishop of Hereford, acting for the Bishop of Winchester. In 1751 he became curate-in-charge of Selborne, the Vicar, Dr. Bristowe, being non-resident, and seems to have occupied the parsonage house. In 1752 he became Junior Proctor to his University, that office having come to the turn of Oriel. In May 1753 his term as Junior Proctor expired ; he also held, about this time, the office of Dean to his College, the most important post after the Provostship. He became a candidate for the Provostship when that office became vacant in 1757, but he 628 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wHitE was unsuccessful, although he seems to have had influential support. In September 1753 he became curate at Durley, near Bishop’s Waltham, where he resided for a year, and in October 1753 he resigned his Deanship of Oriel. In 1755 he was for a time curate of West Dene or Deane, on the Wilt- shire-Hampshire border, and he also seems at the same time to have held the curacy of Newton Valence, near Selborne. Towards the end of 1756 the naturalist appears to have resigned both these curacies and to have become curate-in- ‘ charge of Selborne for the second time, when he boarded with his father at “‘ The Wakes,” and only used the Vicarage for sleeping accommodation. In 1757 the perpetual curacy of Moreton Pinkney in Northampton, in the gift of Oriel, fell vacant, and in the Provost’s notebook occurs the following entry : “ Agreed to give it to the Senior Fellow (7.¢. Gilbert White) who will serve it in person.” Gilbert White was duly licensed to this living in May 1758. However, he did not go into residence at Moreton Pinkney, and the living was served by Mr. Cotton as curate. In 1757 Gilbert White was again acting as curate of Dene and Newton Valence, but the death of the Vicar of Selborne, Dr. Bristowe, which took place in 1758, found him back there again as curate-in-charge for the third time. In October 1759 he resigned the curacy of Selborne to Mr. Etty, the new Vicar, and set out for London and his brother-in-law’s house at Lyndon, near Rutland, where he made a visit of some six months’ duration. This was his last considerable absence from Selborne, where he was shortly to settle down for the remainder of his life. In 1761 he became curate of Farringdon in Hants, near by Selborne, which he served for twenty-five years, living at “The Wakes,” and riding backwards and forwards to his duties by the bridle-path across the “ North Field.” In 1763 an important event took place in the life of the naturalist ; in this year he inherited from his uncle, Charles White, “‘ The Wakes,” 1 to whom it had come by marriage with Elizabeth, 1 There is, however, no mention of “‘ The Wakes” in Charles White’s will, and Gilbert inherited as “‘ heir at law.” cicad BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 629 daughter of Gilbert White, the Vicar of Selborne. In 1763, on the death of Charles White, the Rector of Bradley, Gilbert applied to Lord Chancellor Henley, in whose patronage it lay, for this living ; he was, however, unsuccessful in this, and the disappointment seems to have decided him to pass the rest of his life quietly at Selborne, since we find him in course of time declining numerous offers of college livings. In 1784 Gilbert White resumed the curacy of Selborne for the fourth time—he was never Vicar, as has sometimes been stated—and this office he held till his death. He was never married. During the last years of his life the widow of his brother John, who had died in 1780, kept house for him at ‘‘ The Wakes.” That part of his life which is of the greater interest to us, viz. aS a naturalist, now claims our attention. In 1751 Gilbert White commenced to keep a diary, which he headed ‘The Garden Kalendar for the year 1751.” This he continued until 1767, when he replaced it by an oblong notebook with printed headings, which he entitled “The Naturalist’s Journal, the gift of the Honourable Mr. Barrington, the Inventer.” Both these diaries are in the British Museum. But the com- mencement of his real work may be said to date from the beginning of his correspondence with Thomas Pennant in 1767, although they do not appear to have become personally acquainted until 1771. Most probably it was through his brother Benjamin, the publisher of Pennant’s British Zoology, that Gilbert White made the latter’s acquaintance. His first letter to Pennant is dated August 4, 1767 (being the tenth of the printed series, the others being prefixed when Gilbert White wrote his book), and the last to this correspondent November 30, 1780. His other great correspondent was Daines Barrington, with whom he commenced to correspond June 30, 1769, and to whom his last letter is dated June 25, 1787. And it is these letters, forty-four to Pennant and sixty-six to Daines Barrington, that form the Natural History of Selborne as it appeared in the original edition? Thomas 1 Gilbert White’s published letters, at any rate to Pennant, were rewritten for the purpose of publication, and differ very considerably from those of the original 630 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wnire Pennant (q.v.) was then engaged on the octavo edition of his British Zoology (1768-70), in the compilation of which he freely availed himself of the information he received from Gilbert White. It has been frequently stated that Pennant did not give Gilbert White due acknowledgment for his contributions, but we must remember that at the time Pennant wrote such acknowledgment was rare, that Pennant was in his own opinion and that of his contemporaries by far the more eminent naturalist of the two, and that, moreover, in the octavo edition of the Zoology (1768) Pennant does make some acknowledgment (vide Preface, p. xii, and Appendix, p. 498), slight though it may be. It was through the Hon. Daines Barrington (q.v.), to whom the other letters in the Natural History were addressed, that White’s papers on the Swallows and Swifts were presented to the Royal Society. They were written in 1774-75 and were printed by the Royal Society in the Philosophical Trans- actions, and it was owing to Barrington’s persuasion that the Natural History of Selborne was published (cf. Bell, vol. 1. pp. xlviii and 1). When Gilbert White first thought of embodying these letters in book form is uncertain, but we do know that in 1770 he was in correspondence with Barrington about ‘“‘ my drawing up an account of the animals of this neighbourhood ” (Letter V. to Barrington), and four years afterwards he writes to his brother John (April 1774): “ Out of all my journals I think I might collect matter enough . especially as to the ornithological part, and I have, moreover, half a century of letters on the same subject.” In February 1776 he writes to his nephew, Samuel Barker: “Mr. Barr[ington] wants me to join with him in a Nat. Hist. publication ; but if I publish at all I shall come forth by myself.” A few weeks later Grimm was at Selborne taking views of the “ Hermitage” and other places subsequently engraved for the volume, and in 1777 White was in consulta- tion with an engraver as to the cost of producing Grimm’s correspondence, a fact we have been able to verify from examination of the White- Pennant letters in possession of the Earl of Denbigh. wuire] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 631 drawings. In November 1780, writing to Samuel Barker, he says: “ Were it not for want of a good amanuensis I think I should make more progress; but much writing and trans- scribing always hurts me.” And on January 8, 1788, we find him writing to the same correspondent: “I have been very busy of late and have at length put my last hand to my Nat. Hist.” However, the book itself did not appear until December of that year (the date on title-page being 1789). It was at once a success and brought Gilbert White into correspondence with some of the leading scientific men of the day, including George Montagu (1752-1815), and Robert Marsham, F.R.S. (1708-97). To the Natural History of Selborne, against the wish of his friend and constant correspondent, J. Mulso (Letter 189, p. 294, Mulso’s Letters to Gilbert White),1 Gilbert White added the Anti- quities, in which he was much helped by Dr. Richard Chandler (1738-1810), the Greek traveller and antiquary, and also re- ceived valuable assistance from Ralph Churton (1754-1831). Gilbert White died after a short but severe illness on June 26, 1793, having caught cold while officiating at the funeral of a parishioner on June 10, the*®last entry in the Selborne Parish Register signed by him being as follows : “Mary Busbey, aged 16, of this parish, was buried June 10, 1793. Registered June 10 by me, Gil. White, Curate.” For long no portrait of Gilbert White was known to exist, and although it has been asserted that the figure ascending the hill in the large folding plate of the first edition of the Natural History is intended to represent him, we must accept the authority of Bell to the contrary. The persons repre- sented in the plate are: (1) The Rev. Richard Yalden, Vicar of Newton; (2) Mrs. Yalden; (3) Mr. Etty, brother of the Vicar of Selborne; (4) Mr. Thomas White, Gilbert’s brother (cf. Bell, vol. 1. and vol. ii. p. 130). Quite recently a possibly authentic portrait in oils of Gilbert White has, however, turned up, having been bought in the North London Cattle Market for a few shillings and resold to a 1 Edited by Rashleigh Holt-White. 1 vol. 8vo. London: w.p. [1906]. 632 ‘A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WHITE West End picture-dealer for as many pounds and subse- quently engraved. Two other reputed sketch portraits have also this year (1914) been unearthed in Gilbert White’s copy of Pope’s translation of Homer’s Iliad, presented to him by the poet on his taking his B.A. at Oxford in 1743. (This is now in the British Museum.) There is also an oil paint- ing in the possession of the Earl of Lytton at Knebworth, which bears on the back an inscription stating it to be a portrait of Gilbert White (cf. Selborne Magazine, Aug. 1913, p. 142). He is thus described by his nephew, Francis White, who well remembered his uncle, in the preface to Bell’s edition, p. lviii: ‘‘ He was only five feet three inches in stature, of a spare form and remarkably upright carriage.” In manner he was kind and courteous, and, though never possessed of more than moderate means, liberal to his relations and parishioners and fond of entertaining. For fuller biographies see Bull. B.O.C. No. exe. (1913), by Mr. Mullens ; Life and Letters of Gilbert White, by Mr. Rashleigh Holt- White, 2 vols. 8vo , London, 1901; and private reprint of art. for Dict. of Nat. Boog. by Professor Newton, 1899. Gilbert White's most interesting observations in orni- thology were on the three ‘“ Willow Wrens,’ and he was undoubtedly the means of clearing up the confusion which had hitherto existed on the subject (cf. Yarrell, 4th edit. vol. 1. p. 427, art. “ Wood Wren ”’), and of establishing the status of the Wood Wren. The Common Cuckoo and the Nightjar, or Fern Owl as Gilbert White called it, were also studied by him with great care, and his observations on these birds have been freely quoted by later writers, and often without acknowledgment. His conjectures as to the descent of the domestic pigeon from the small blue Rock-Pigeon (Columba livia) and not from the Wood-Pigeon (C. palumbus) or Stock- Dove (C. anas) are especially worthy of mention. 1774. Account of the House Martin or Martlet. (Plal. Trans. Ixiv. pp. 196-201.) 4to. 1775. Of the House-Swallow, Swift and Sand-Martin. (Op. cit. Ixv. pp. 258-76.) 4to. wutTE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 633 1789. The | Natural History | and | Antiquities | of | Selborne, | in the | County of Southampton : | with | Engravings, and an Ap- pendix. |. . . | [Quotations 7 lines.] |... | London: | Printed by T. Bensley ; | For B. White and Son, at Horace’s Head, Fleet Street. | M,Dcc,Lxxxrx. | Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. v+pp. 468+pp. 13 un. (12 index and 1 errata), ix pl. There are no pages numbered 441, 442 (p. 398 misprinted 389). The name of the author is not on the title-page, but appears at the end of the advertisement, p. v, as “ Gil. White, Selborne, January 1, 1788.” This was the only English edition published in the author’s lifetime. The nine plates+ were drawn by 8. H. Grimm, and three of these, viz. the two of the Church and. that of the Plestor, were engraved by Peter Mazell, who had also engraved the plates for Pennant’s Britesh Zoology. The authorship of the large folding plate facing the title-page is uncertain, but is probably the work of Grimm (see notice at head of list of plates, first edition). This, the editio princeps, is a scarce book, and uncut copies command high prices. In 1792, a German translation in a garbled form was published at Berlin by F. A. A. Meyer, under the title of White’s Beytrige zur Naturgeschichte von England (16mo, pp. 8 un. + pp. 168). An edition in quarto is assigned to the year 1793 by Agassiz and Strickland (Bibliographia Zoologia et Geologie, vol. iv. p. 560), probably in error (ef. Newton, Notes and Queries (5), vii. p. 241). 1795. A | Naturalist’s Calendar, | with | Observations in Various Branches | of | Natural History ; | extracted from the Papers | of the late | Rev. Gilbert White, M.A.| of Selborne, Hampshire, | Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | Never before published. | London: | Printed for B. and J. White, Horace’s Head, | Fleet Street. | 1795. | Collation—I1 vol. 8vo, pp. iv +pp. 170 + pp. 6 un. Also Large Paper 4to. Identical. Probably privately printed and intended to be bound up with the Natural History. Facing p. 65 is a coloured plate of a hybrid bird by J. F. Miller after the drawing by E. Elmer. The above was edited by John Aikin (q.v.). 1802. The Works, | in| Natural History, | of the late | Rev. Gilbert White, A.M. | Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | Comprising | The Natural History of Selborne ; | The Naturalist’s Calendar; | and Miscellaneous Observations, | Extracted from his papers. | To which are added, | A Calendar and Observations, | By W. Markwick, Esq., F.L.S.|In Two Volumes, | Vol. I. [II.] | London : | Printed for J. White, Fleet Street, | By T. Bensley, Bolt Court. | 1802. | 1 Plate 5 forms the title-page to the Antiquities. 634 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF (ware Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I.: 2 pl.+pp. vili+pp. 392; Vol. II. : 2 col. pl. +title + pp. 300. The “ Antiquities” of the original work are omitted. The Advertisement is signed “J. W.,” t.e. John White, Gilbert’s nephew, and contains a short biographical sketch of the author. 1813. The | Natural History | and | Antiquities | of | Selborne, | in the | County of Southampton. | To which are added, | The Naturalist’s Calendar ; | Observations on Various Parts of Nature ; | And Poems. | By the late Rev. Gilbert White, | formerly Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.| A new Edition, with Engravings. | London: | Printed for White, Cochrane and Co. ; | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Mawman; 8. Bagster ; J.and A. Arch; J. Hatchard ; R. Baldwin; and T. Hamilton. 1813. | Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. x + pp. 587 + list of pl. +12 pl. [1 col.] (p. 527 misprinted 275). This is sometimes known as Mitford’s edition, the Rev. John Mitford of Benhall supplying the notes. Idem. In 2 vols. Large Paper (124 ins. by 93 ins.). Collation as above, but with 13 plates [2 col.], the extra one being the coloured plate of the picture in Selborne Church (the reproduction was the work of J. Harris of Kennington). This plate appears in three or more states, viz. : (1) Uncoloured, with printed title below, and lettered “* Drawn and etched by J. Harris.’ This is similar, save in size of paper, to the plate in the 4to edition of the same date. (2) Coloured and lettered as above, but with no printed title. (8) Coloured and unlettered and with no printed title. Note.—This is the rarest of all the numerous editions. It was published, bound in boards, with paper label at back bearing legend, ‘‘ White’s Natural History of Selborne. Large Paper. Only 50 copies printed. Vol. J. [I].] 52.5 s. boards.” Idem. The | Natural History | of | Selborne, |... A new Edition, with Engravings. | In Two Volumes. |... 1813. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I.: pp. viii + pp. 351, 2 pl. (1 col.). Vol. II.: short title, title +pp. 364, 2 pl. (In Vol. I. p. 345 misprinted p. 355.) 1822. Title the same as the 8vo edition of 1813, but: | Printed for J. and A. Arch ; Longman, Hurst, Rees, | Orme and Brown; Lacking- ton and Co., J. Mawman|...{| R. Saunders; and Hurst and* Robinson. | 1822. | Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I.: pp. viii+pp. 351, 2 pl. Vol. II.: short title, title and pp. 364, 2 pl. This is merely a reprint of the 1813 8vo edition. 1825. Title as above, but with a fresh list of publishers. Collation as above, 2 vols. 8vo. WHITE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 635 Note.—The 8vo editions of 1813, 1822, 1825 have two plates, one coloured, that of the hybrid bird, which is found bound in either Vol. I. or II. JARDINE’S EDITIONS 1829. The | Natural History | of | Selborne. | By the late | Rev. Gilbert White, A.M. | Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | With Additions | by | Sir William Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., M.WS. | Author of “Illustrations of Ornithology.” | A new edition. | Edinburgh : | Printed for Constable and Co. | and Hurst, Chance, and Co., London. | 1829. | Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xv [index pp. xi-xv] + pp. 348, with front. Idem, but forming vol. xlv. of Constable’s Miscellany, with different title-page, there being a blank between ‘ Bart.” and “ Edinburgh.” Collation—1 vol. sm. 18mo, engraved title+pp. x+pp. 330 (no index). Idem. “A new edition” [also vol. xlv of Constable’s Miscel- lany], title-page as in separate issue above, and index added as in that issue (pp. X1-xv). Collation—1 vol. sm. 18mo, engr. title + pp. xv + pp. 330. Note.—These two issues of vol. xlv. of Constable's Miscellany both appeared in 1829, and the separate issue above was printed in larger size from the second issue. 1830. The | Natural History | of | Selborne ; | Observations on various parts of Nature ; | and the Naturalist’s Calendar. By the late | Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. | Fellow of Oriel College, Qxford. | With additions, | by | Sir William Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., M.W.S. | Author of “Illustrations of Ornithology.” | A new edition. | Edinburgh : | Printed for Constable and Co. and | Hurst, Chance, and Co. London. | mpcccxxx. | Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xviii+pp. 430, front. [repro- duction by Ewbank of folding plate in orig. edit.]. Idem. New Hdition. | Printed for | Whitaker, Treacher & Co. London : | & Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh. | 1832. | Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xv + pp. 325, engraved front. and woodcuts. Idem. New edition, | with eighteen engravings, by Branston. | 1833. | Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. viii + pp. 440, 18 cuts. Idem. New edition. | Printed for Whitaker and Co. London. | 1836. | Collation—1 vol. 18mo, engr. title+pp. xvi+pp. 323, with 18 pl., 1 coloured. 636 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [waite Idem. New edit. London (Cooke’s Nat. Illus. Libr.) : 1853. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, front., engr. title pp. xviii + pp. 342. Idem. New edition with notes by Sir W. Jardine. London (Routledge’s Excelsior Series) : n.D. [1887.] Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xix +pp. 475. (Pub. 2s.) Idem. Another issue. London (Routledge): 1890. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vili + pp. 475. Idem. Another issue. London (Sir John Lubbock’s Hundred Best Books, No. 9): London (Routledge) : 1891. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xxviii+ pp. 475. (Pub. 3s. 6d.) Idem. Another reissue in 1893. (Pub. 2s.) Again 1895. Idem. Another edit. by Routledge, 1904. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xxviii+pp. 475 with 6 col. pl. by Harrison Weir. Idem. Reprinted in post 8vo, N.D., pp. xxvili + pp. 475, no pl. Lapy Dover’s Epitions 1833. The | Natural History | of | Selborne. | By the | Rev. Gilbert White, A.M. | Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | [Engraving.] | Arranged for young persons. | London: | Printed for N. Hailes, 168, Piccadilly. | 1833. | Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. x + pp. 316, woodcuts. Dedication to H. A[gar] E[llis] (afterwards Lord Clifden) and signed “‘ Your affectionate Mother,” 7.e. Lady Dover. There were reissues of this, the first “‘ Bowdlerized ” edition, by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, (as below). It was also reprinted some seven or eight times in New York by Harper & Bros. } 1840. Dated issue? Not seen. 1842. Dated issue. 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vili+pp. 328 ill. [1850 2] w.p. issue. Not seen. [1860 ?] wN.D. issue. 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 338, ill. 1863 ? (1862 according to Selborne Card Index.) (1870 2] wN.D. issue. 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. x +pp. 339, ill. also cited as [1871]. 1875 (4) 1877 (?) and 1880 (?). Issues in these years according to Selborne Society Card Index, but we can get no verifica- tion from the 8.P.C.K. [1883 2] w.p. issue. 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. x + pp. 345, ill. 1888 (?) Issue this year according to Selborne Society Card Index. 1893. Dated issue. 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. x + pp. 345, ill. Brown’s Eprrions 1833. The | Natural History | of | Selborne ; | Observations on various parts of Nature: | and the Naturalist’s Calendar. | By the late | WHITE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 637 Rev. Gilbert White, A.M. | Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | With notes, | By Captain Thomas Brown, F.L.S., M.K.8., &c. | President of the Royal Physical Society. | [Colophon.] | Edin- burgh : | Published, for the Proprietors, | by James Chambers, Edinburgh ; W. Orr, London: | and W. Curry, Jun. & Co. Dublin. | mpccecxxxutt. | Collation—1 vol. 12mo, advt. 1 1.+pp. xii+pp. 356, front. 7 pl. and cuts in text. (W.P.L.) Note.—Above is also found with colophon in larger size. Idem. ‘‘ Second Edition. | Edinburgh : | Fraser & Co., North Bridge ; | Orr & Smith, Paternoster Row, London ; | W. Curry, Jun. & Co. Dublin | mpccoxxxiv.” Collation as above. [In coll. Selborne Soc.] Idem. “ Third Edition.” Same imprint and date. Collation as above. (W.P.L.) Idem. ‘“‘ A New Edition. | Edinburgh : | Fraser & Co., North Bridge ; | Smith, Elder & Co., Cornhill, London ; | W. Curry, Jun. & Co. Dublin. | 1834.” Collation as above. [In coll. Selborne Soc.] Idem. “A new Edition. | London: | Published by | Orr & Smith, Amen Corner, Paternoster Row. | Mpcccxxxiv.” Collation as above, but with slip of “ Directions for placing the plates,” after p. xii. (W.P.L.) Idem. “ Fourth Edition | Edinburgh : | Published by Fraser & Co. | Orr & Smith, Paternoster Row, London ; | W. Curry, Jun. & Co. Dublin. | mpcccxxxv.” Collation as above. (W.P.L.) Idem. “ Fifth Edition. | London: | Thomas Tegg & Son, Cheapside ; R. Griffin & Co. | Glasgow, Tegg, Wise & Co. Dublin. | 1835.” Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xii+pp. 356, front. and 7 pl. (W.P.L.) Note.—All these early editions (up to 1843) have on p. 356, “* Edinburgh : | printed by Andrew Shortrede, Thistle Lane.” Idem. Sixth edit. Edinburgh (Fraser), etc.: 1836. Collation as last edition. (W.P.L.) Idem. “ With Extensive Additions by | Captain Thomas Brown, F.L.8. &c. | A New Edition. | London: | Allan Bell & Co., Warwick Square ; | and | H. Washbourne, Salisbury Square. | — [136 Collation as above. (W.P.L.) Idem. Seventh edit. Edinburgh (Fraser) and London (Wash- bourne): 1838. Collation as before. [Not seen, but vouched for by Mr. Poole, Libr. Selborne Soc.] 638 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WHITE Idem. “ With Extensive Additions by | Captain Thomas Brown, F.L.S. &c. | Illustrated with eight engravings. | Kighth Edition. | London: | John Chidley: 123 Aldersgate Street, | MDCCCXL.” Collation as above. (W.P.L.) Idem. “ Highth Edition. | London: |I. J. Chidley, 123, Aldersgate Street, | MDcccxLi1.” Collation as 1840 edition. [In coll. Selborne Soc.] Idem. “Eighth edition. | London: | John Chidley, | 123, Aldersgate Street. | 1844.” Collation as above. (W.P.L.) Idem. “Eighth Edition. | London: | John Chidley, 123, Aldersgate Street, | mpcccoxLv.” Collation—pp. xii+pp. 348 (index omitted) with 8 pl. incl. front. Note-—The explanation of these eight editions appearing in twice as many issues appears to be that they were stereotyped “trade” editions issued by several publishers at once with different title-pages only. Idem. Illustrated with engravings. 9th edit. London (J. J. Griffin & Co.) : 1853. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xii+pp. 348, col. front. col. title and 12 col. pl., also cuts in text. (W-.P.L.) Also issued with plain plates; plates differ from those in previous editions. Idem. 10th edit. London (R. Griffin & Co.): n.p. [1853.] Collation as 9th edit. Idem. Ith edit. London: James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, MDCCCLVI. Collation—1 vol. fcap. 8vo, pp. xii+pp. 348, with eight pls. (different from previous issues). Also issued without plates. Idem. An edition in Chatto & Windus’s ‘‘ Golden Library,” 1875. 1 vol. sqr. post 8vo, pp. iv+pp. 348. Apparently from stereos of the previous editions. Reprinted by same firm, 1880, 1890. REnnIz’s EpDItion [1833.] The | Natural History and | Antiquities | of | Selborne. | By the late | Rev. Gilbert White.| A new Edition, | with notes, by several eminent naturalists. | And an Enlargement of | The Naturalist’s Calendar. | [Engraving of East Woodhay Warbler.] London : | Printed for J. and A. Arch ; [etc. 6 lines.] | N.p. (but dated on the Short Title, 1833). Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii + pp. 562, with woodcuts, wurre] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 639 The preface is signed “J. R.,” ¢.e. Professor Rennie, but the Rev. W. H. Herbert and Robert Sweet also contributed notes. Buytu’s Epirions 1836. The | Natural History | of | Selborne, | with its | Antiquities ; Naturalist’s Calendar, &c., | By | the Rev. Gilbert White, A.M. A new edition, | with notes by Edward Blyth. | [Engraving.] London: | Published by Orr & Smith, Paternoster Row. MDCCCXXXVI. | Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, map, title+pp. iv+short title + pp. xix + pp. 418 and woodcuts. Idem. To which is added | A Description of the Village and Neighbourhood, | written on the spot for this Edition | by the Late Robert Mudie. | mpccct. Collation as above. 1 vol. post 8vo. Idem. | Thomas Nelson & Sons, | London, Edinburgh, and New York. | mpccc.iviil. Collation as above. 1 vol. 12mo. BENNETT’S EDITION [1837.] The | Natural History and Antiquities | of | Selborne. | By the | Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. | with | the Naturalist’s Calendar ; and Miscellaneous Observations, | extracted from his Papers. [Engraving.] | A New Edition ; | with Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett, Esq. | F.L.S., etc. Secretary of the Zoological Society ; | and others. | London: | Printed for J. and A. Arch ; Longman and Co.; Baldwin and Craddock ; | [etc. 4 lines.] | n.p. (Date on Short Title 1837.) Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxiii + list of illus. + pp. 640, numerous cuts. See also under Hartine’s Eprrions, infra. JENYNS’s EDITION 1843. The | Natural History | of | Selborne. | By | the Late Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. | [Engraving. | Quotation from Scopoli.] | A new edition, with notes by | the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S., | ete. | London: | John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLIII. | ; Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xvi+pp. 398, numerous cuts. From the surplus material collected by Jenyns for this edition he prepared his Observations in Natural History, published in 1846 (q.v.). An edition of 1842 (cf. Sherborn’s Bibliography in Sharpe’s edition, Vol. II.) is actually the above, dated 1843, but first issued before the close of 1842 (cf. English Cat. of Books). 640 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF (watrs JARDINE AND JESSE’S EDITIONS 1851. Natural History of Selborne ; with Observations on various parts of Nature and The Naturalist’s Calendar, . . . with additions and supplementary notes by Sir W. Jardine, [etc.]. Edited... by Edward Jesse, Esq. With Forty Engravings. London (Bohn): 1851. : Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xxiv + pp. 416, with front. and 40 woodcuts. Issued both with plain and coloured plates. New editions: 1854, 1861, 1867, 1870, 1872, 1876, 1878, 1888, 1890, 1900, post 8vo (all dated). Woon’s Epitions 1854. The Natural History of Selborne. With additional notes, by the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. Illustrated with engravings on wood. London: Geo. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street : 1854. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii (incl. front. and woodcut title) + pp. 428, plates, and cuts in text. Idem. New editions: 1857, 1860, 1864, 1869, also undated [1875 2], and dated 1893, each 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii (with or without woodcut title)+pp. 428. The Selborne Society’s card index also cites editions of 1872, 1876, and 1879. (Not seen and not in their collection.) BuckLaNnp’s EDITIONS 1875. Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. . . . With notes by Frank Buckland. A chapter on Antiquities, by Lord Selborne. And New Letters. Illus. by P. H. Delamotte. London (Macmillan): 1875. Collation—i vol. royal 8vo, pp. xxxiv un. (incl. front. and 1 pl.) +1 p. facsim. M8. + pp. 592, with 9 pl. (1 col.) and 2 maps, num. cuts in text. (Note—The 9 pl. are in the Appendix.) (Pub. 3ls. 6d.) Reissued reduced to 21s. in 1877. For Newton’s opinion of this edition see Dict. Birds, Intro. p. 19. Idem. New edit., 2 vols. 4to. 1876. Collation—Vol. I., pp. xli+pp. 308, with 15 photo. ill. Vol. IL., pp. viii + pp. 284, with 8 photo. ill. (Pub. £4 : 4s.) Idem. New edit. in cr. 8vo, 1880. (Pub. 6s.) Reprinted, with slight corrections, 1883, 1887, 1891 and 1897. Idem. Cheaper reissue, cr, 8vo, 1907. (Pub. 3s. 6d. net.) wurre] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 641 Hartine’s Epitions 1875, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. . . . The standard edition by E. T. Bennett. Thoroughly revised, with additional notes by James Edmund Harting. [etc.] Illustrated with En- gravings by Thomas Bewick, Harvey and others. London (Bickers) : 1875. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxii + pp. 532. Idem. 2nd edit., with ten letters not included in any previous edition of the work. London (Bickers): 1876. 1 vol. 8vo. Note—The ten letters cited are those from White to Marsham, with the latter’s replies. They were first published in Trans. Norf. & Norw. Nat. Soc. Idem. 38rd edit. Ib.: 1880. 1 vol. 8vo. Idem. 4th edit. London (Sonnenschein) : 1887. 1 vol. 8vo. Idem. 5th edit. Ib.: [? date, not seen.] Idem. 6thedit. Ib.: 1888. 1 vol. 8vo. Idem. 7th edit. Ib.: 1889. 1 vol. 8vo. Idem. Stereotyped edition. Ib.: 1891. 1 vol. 8vo. Idem. Stereotyped edition. Reissue. Ib.: n.p. 1 vol. 8vo. (Note——There appears to have been more than one issue undated.) BE LL’s EDITION 1877. Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. Edited by Thomas Bell. London (Van Voorst) : 1877. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. IL, pp. lix+pp. 507, with 8 ill. Vol. IT., pp. 3+ pp. 410, with 6 ill. Idem. Large paper, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. Collation as above. Davigs’s EpritTions [1879.] Natural History of Selborne, and the Naturalist’s Calendar. A new Edition. Edited with notes by G. Christopher Davies. London (Warne’s Chandos Classics): w.p. [1879.] (Pub. 3s. 6d., 2s. and 1s. 6d.) Collation—I1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xvi+pp. 470, ill. Idem. Reissue (not Chandos Classics). Warne: n.p. 1 vol. post 8vo. Idem. Reissued. London (Gibbings): 1890. 8vo. (Pub. 7s. 6d.) And again 1895. Idem. Reissued in the “Golden Classics.” London: Myers & Co., 2 New Banner St., H.C. w.v. Collation as above. 2T 642 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WHITE JEFFERIES’S EDITIONS 1887. Natural History of Selborne. With a preface by Richard Jefferies. (In the Camelot Classics, ed. by E. E. Rhys.) London: Walter Scott : 1887. (Pub. 1s.) Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xii + pp. 366. Idem. Reissue, illustrated, 1896. (Pub. 2s. 6d.) Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. 472. Idem. Reissue in the Scott Library, London (Walter Scott) : N.D. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xii+ pp. 366. HaweEts’s EDITION 1886. Natural History of Selborne, with an Introduction by Rev. Hugh Reginald Haweis. London (Routledge’s World Library, Vol. V.) : 1886. Collation—1 vol. 16mo, pp. 160. Mor.ey’s Epition 1887. Natural History of Selborne. Edited with introduction by Henry Morley. London (Cassell’s National Library): 1887. Collation—2 vols. feap. 8vo, each pp. 192. Grant ALLEN’s EDITIONS 1900. Natural History of Selborne. Edited with notes by Grant Allen. Illustrated by KE. H. New. London (John Lane): 1900. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. xl+pp. 528. (Pub. 21s.) Idem. Reissued 1906. (21s.) Idem. 1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xl+pp. 552, ill. 1902. (Pub. 5s.) Contains bibliography of editions by A. Paterson. Burroucues’s Epirion 1895. Natural History of Selborne and Observations on Nature, with the text and new letters of the Buckland edition. Introduction by John Burroughes. Illus. by Clifton Johnson. London and New York. (Macmillan & Co.): 1895. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I., pp. xxiii + pp. 208. Vol. IL., pp. vit+pp. 231, with pl. This edition was also printed in America by D. Appleton & Co., New York. wurre] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 643 SHARPE’s EDITION 1900. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne and a Garden Kalendar. New Edition. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe. With an introduction to the Garden Kalendar by the Very Rev. S. Reynolds Hole, and illustrations by Keulemans, Railton and Sullivan. London (Freemantle) : 1900. Collation—2 vols. sq. 8vo. Vol. L., pp. xv+pp. 427. Vol. II., pp. xv +pp. 443. (Pub. £3 net, afterwards reduced by Constable (1902) to £2 : 2s. net.) Vol. II. contains a bibliography of editions by C. Davies Sherborn (pp. 349-64). Idem. Large paper with plates. 2 vols. 4to. The illustra- tions to this large paper edition were also issued separately in case. Limited to 160 copies. PoLiarp’s EDITION 1900. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. Edited by A. W. Pollard. London (Macmillan) (in the Library of English Classics) : 1900. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. x+pp. 476. Reprinted 1905. Misi AND Fow.er’s EpItion 1901. Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, edited with introduc- tion and notes by L. C. Miall and W. Warde Fowler. London (Methuen): 1901. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xl+pp. 386. (Pub. 6s.) Idem. Another issue in Methuen’s “Standard Library.” London (Methuen): 1906. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xl+pp. 286. (Pub. 1s. net and 6d. net.) WEEKES’s EDITION 1901. The Natural History of Selborne. With notes by Charles Weekes. London (Dent’s Temple Classics) : 1901. Collation—1 vol. feap. 8vo, pp. 390. (Pub. 1s. 6d. and 2s, net.) - Idem. Reprinted 1902. Kearton’s Epitions 1902. Natural History of Selborne, with notes by Richard Kearton, and 123 illustrations from Photographs taken direct from Nature. London (Cassell) : 1902. 644 1905. 1906. 1906. 1908. 1909. 1910. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wHiTE Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xvi + pp. 294, with front. and ill. (Pub. 6s.) Idem. Reissued 1903 (6s.) and 1911 (8s. 6d.). Collation as above. Mostry’s Epirion Natural History of Selborne, re-arranged and classified under sub- jects by Charles Mosley. London: 1905. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vii + pp. 266. WINDLE’s EDITION The Natural History of Selborne. With an introduction by B.C. A. Windle. (In Everyman’s Library, edited by Ernest Rhys.) London (Dent): 1906. (Pub. 1s. net and 2s. net.) Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xvi+pp. 279. First edition Feb. 1906. Reprinted April 1906. Lrrz’s EpITIon The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. (In Methuen’s Standard Library, edited by Sidney Lee.) London: 1906. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xl + pp. 286. GROSER’s EDITION The Natural History of Selborne, with Introduction and Explana- tory Notes. London (Andrew Melrose) : -n.D. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 167. Signed Horace G. Groser at end of Intro. Bruton’s EpItion Selections from White’s Natural History of Selborne. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Glossary by F. A. Bruton. London (Macmillan) : 1909. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. xix+pp. 136, with front. and ill. (Pub. 1s.) SHoosmirn’s Eprrion The School Selborne: Being Selections from the Natural History of Selborne, arranged and edited by F. H. Shoosmith. London, etc. (Charles and Dible): n.v. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. 96, ill. (Pub. 6d.) WHITE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 645 Coutins’s Epition 1911. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. Illustrated in colour by George Edward. Collins. London (Macmillan) : 1911. Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. x + pp. 476, with col. pl. (no editorial matter). (Pub. 10s. 6d. net.) Browne’s EDITION [?Date.] The Natural History of Selborne. Edited by H. B. Browne, M.A. (Arnold’s English Texts). London (T. Arnold): N.v. Collation—1 vol. 18mo, pp. 96. (Pub. 6d.) Anonymous EpItrions 1862. The Natural History of Selborne. With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory Notes. London (Bell & Daldy): 1862. Collation—1 vol. 24mo, pp. vi+ pp. 426. [1882.] The Natural History of Selborne. With 160 illustrations. (In Routledge’s Sixpenny Series.) London: wn.p. Collation—1 vol. 4to, pp. 64. 1902. Natural History of Selborne. (In the World’s Classics, Vol. 22) London (Richards) : 1902. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 263. (Pub. 1s. net and 2s. net.) Idem. Reprinted by Henry Frowde. wn.p. [1904.] [1903.] Natural History of Selborne and Naturalist’s Calendar. New Edition. London (Blackie): Nv. Collation—1 vol. er. 8vo, pp. 252, ill. (Pub. 2s.) 1908. The Natural History of Selborne. (In the People’s Library.) London (Cassell) : [1908]. Collation—1 vol. er. 8vo, pp.299. (Pub. 1s. 6d. net and 8d. net.) 1911. The Natural History of Selborne. (World Library.) London (Ward, Lock): 1911. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. 256. (Pub. 1s. net and Qs. net.) 1911. A Nature Calendar. Edited with an Introduction by Wilfred Mark Webb. London (Selborne Society): 1911. Collation—1 vol. folio, pp. 62+xx. (Pub. £1: 5s. net.) Facsimile reproduction of White’s hitherto unpublished MS. Calendar for 1766. This must not be confused with the Naturalist’s Calendar, published in 1795. 646 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF (waite Setzorniana. (Separate books and reprinted articles, exclusive of those included in editions of the Selborne) 1876. [Edited by J. E. Harting.] Ten Letters from the Rev. Gilbert White, M.A., to Robert Marsham, F.R.S., 1790-93. [Reprinted from Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc., 1876.] London (Chiswick Press): 1876. 8vo. (Incorporated in Harting’s second edition.) There is also a reprint of the above, with a Preface or Foreword signed T. §. (7.e. Thomas Southwell.] 1877. Newton (A.). The Published Writings of Gilbert White. (Notes and Queries, ser. V., vol. vil. pp. 241-3, 264-5.) Reprinted separ- ately. London: 1900. 8vo. [1897] Martin (E. A.). A Bibliography of Gilbert White. London: N.D. 1 vol. post 8vo. See under Martin (E. A.). 1899. Newton (A.). Gilbert White of Selborne. (Art. written for Dictionary of National Biography.) Private Reprint: 1899. 8vo, 34 pp. 1901. Holt-White (R.). The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne, written and edited by his great-grand-nephew. London: 1901. 2 vols. 8vo, with 36 portraits, plates, etc. (Pub. 32s.) 1901. Sharpe (R. B.). Pilgrimage of the Whitefriars Club to Selborne. Privately printed. May 18, 1901. Collation—Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 11. 1905..Tompkins (H. W.). Selborne. With Illustrations by H. J. Howard. London (Dent): 1905. 1 vol. 12mo, 87 pp. (Pub. Is.) 1906. Holt-White (R.). The Letters to Gilbert White of Selborne, from his intimate Friend and Contemporary, the Rev. John Mulso, with notes and introduction. London: 1906. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xvi+ pp. 362, with facsimile front. 1907. Mullens (W. H.). Gilbert White of Selborne. A lecture. (Hast- ings and St. Leonards Natural Hist. Soc.) : 1907. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, 32 pp., with 6 pl. and facsimile title of first edition of Selborne. 1909. Mullens (W. H.). Gilbert White and Sussex. (Reprinted from South-Eastern Nat., 1909.) Collation—8vo, pamphlet, pp. 23, 7 plates, also large paper “revised ” [4to], pp. 23, 7 pl. Shelley (H. C.). Gilbert White and Selborne. Illustrated from photographs by the author. London: 1909. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, 226 pp. (Pub. 6s. net.) Watt (Hugh Boyd). A List of Bibliographies of the writings of Gilbert White. Reprinted from the Selborne Magazine. London: 1909. ; Collation—Pamphlet, pp. 4, 8vo. WHUTLocK] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 647 Wright (J. C.). “Saint” Gilbert: The Story of Gilbert White and Selborne. London: (E. Stock): Nn.p. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. 90, ill. [1913. Mullens (W. H.). (I.) Guide to Selborne. (II.) Synopsis of the Life of Gilbert White. (Bull. B.0.C., No. CXC.) London: 1913. Collation—Pamphlet, 8vo, 27 pp. Mullens (W. H.). [Edited by.] The Introduction to Fauna Cal- pensis, by John White, London. (Selborne Society): 1913. 1 vol. 4to.] . Wartine (James Epwarp), nat. 1850 ? Mr. Whiting, a Hampstead taxidermist, is well known as a local ornithologist,. and is lecturer on Nature Study to the Council Schools. He was born October 29, 1850 or 1851. * 1898. Where Wild Birds Sing, being the Notes of a Naturalist. London: 1898. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vili+pp. 158. 1900. Notes on the Birds of Hampstead. (Hampstead Annual for 1900, pp. 387-45.) London: 1900. 1 vol., large 8vo. Enumerates 123 species. 1911. A Collection of Hampstead Birds. [Reader’s Guide and Student’s Review, iv. pp. 38-40 and 95-8.] List of the collection and a selected list of books on the birds of the London district. 1912. Bird-life of Hampstead. [A chapter in T. J. Barratt’s Annals of Hampstead, iii.] Hampstead: 1912. Wuittock (F. B.) Whitlock was as a young man a bank cashier at Basford, near Nottingham. He was a most energetic ornithologist, a likeable man, and an able writer, but did not fulfil the early promise of his career. In 1896 he was an assistant editor with Mr. H. Kirke Swann of the Ornithologist, and in 1897 published a well-written criticism of Giatke’s Heligoland. 1886. Birds of the Derbyshire Peak. (Naturalist, 1886, pp. 130-2.) 648 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WIGLESWORTH 1891. Ornithological Notes from Notts., Autumn and Winter, 1890-91. (Op. cit. pp. 46-9.) Notes on the Birds of Leicestershire. (Zoologist, pp. 21-33.) 1893. The Sirds of Derbyshire. Annotated by A. 8. Hutchinson. London and Derby: 1893. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 235, map and 6 pl. Birds [In the Brit. Assoc. Handbook to Notts.| Cr. 8vo, 1893. Northumberland Bird Notes. (Naturalist, pp. 83-5.) 1894-97. Bird Notes from the Mid-Trent Valley. (Naturalist, 1894, pp. 1-6: 1895, pp. 63-8: 1897, pp. 53-7.) 1894. Further Notes on the Migrations of the Yellow Wagtail. (T.c. pp. 77-80.) 1896. Nesting Habits of the Oyster-Catcher. (Ornithologist, i. pp. 9-12.) Effect of winds on the flight of birds. (T.c. pp. 46-9.) Breeding Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk. (Zc. pp. 81-2, 164-5.) *1897. The Migration of Birds, a consideration of Herr Gatke’s views. London: 1897. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 140. WHITTLE (PETER ARMSTRONG), 1789-1867 This author was born at Kirkham, in Lancashire, and was for forty years a bookseller at Preston. He wrote the History of Preston (1821) and other topographical works. The books undernoted are said to contain partial lists of no particular account. We cite titles, etc., from Mr. Miller Christy’s list. 1831. New Description of Blackpool. Preston: 1831. Collation —1 vol. 8vo. Birds of the district at pp. 46-9. Not seen. Marina, or an historical and descriptive account of Southport, Lytham, and Blackpool. Preston: 1831. Collation—1 vol. 8vo. “ Birds visiting Lytham,” at pp. 60-5. WIGLESWORTH (JOSEPH), nat. 1853 Dr. Joseph Wiglesworth, M.D., F.R.C.P., has been a member of the B.O.U. since 1898; he resides at Springfield House, Winscombe, Somerset. The undernoted brochure was reprinted from the Transactions of the Liverpool Bio- logical Society, being a Lecture delivered before the Society WILLIAMS] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 649 “on an ornithological expedition to the island in the summer of 1902.” *1899. Inaugural Address on Flightless Birds. (Reprint from Trans. Liverpool Biolog. Soc.) 8vo, pp. 33. 1901. Note on the Spread of the Fulmar. (Op. cit. xv, pp. 85-91). 1903. St. Kilda and Its Birds. Liverpool: 1903. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 69, 5 photo-plates. Witucox (8. J. B.) We are unacquainted with the undernoted little locally- published work, nor do we know anything of its author. 1894. Egg Collector’s Dictionary of Local Names of British Birds. Portsmouth : 1894. Collation—1 vol. 16mo, pp. 48. Not seen. WittiaMs (RoBert), 1810-81 This well-known Welsh scholar was born at Conway, Carnarvonshire, June 29, 1810, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was curate of Llangernyw at the time of publish- ing his history of his native town, which contains an account —of some slight importance—of the natural history of the district, including annotated lists of the birds and plants, with the Welsh names added. He died April 26, 1881. 1835. The | History and Antiquities | of | the Town | of | Aberconwy | and its | Neighbourhood. | With Notices of the Natural History of the District. | By the | Rev. Robert Williams, B.A. | Christ Church Oxford ; Curate of Llangernyw. | Denbigh, | Printed for the author by Thomas Gee. | 1835. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii+ pp. 200. Annotated List of Birds at pp. 147-56. Wituiams (T.) n.p. Williams’ Complete Guide to Llandudno. ... Comprising the Antiquities . . . Natural Productions, [etc.] Llandudno: n.p. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii +pp. 342, map and pl. Ornithology, pp. 231-9, by Peter Inchbald. 650 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wILLUGHBY Wituis-Bunp (J. W.) See Bunp (J. W. Wits) Witumore (J. H.) The undermentioned little work, quoted by Kelsall and Munn, is all we have to the credit of this writer. The locality dealt with is in Hampshire. 1874, Lecture on Birds of the Neighbourhood of Queenwood, their Nests and Eggs. London: 1874. 12mo, pamphlet. Not seen. WILLSFoRD (THOMAS), ca. 1658 The undernoted work by this author deals for the most part with meteorites, meteorology, and other irrelevant subjects ; but includes a section on Weather Prognostications from birds and other animais, etc., which is of interest. *1658. Nature’s | Secrets | or, | The Admirable and wonderfull | History | of the generation of Meteors.|... By ...| Thomas Wills- ford, Gent. | [quot.] | London: Printed for Nath. Brook, at the Angel in | Cornhill. 1658. Collation—1 vol. sm. 8vo, pp. xiv un. + pp. 200, with port. At pp. 132-5, ‘“ The Weather’s Prediction by Winged Creatures.” WILLUGHBY (FRANCIS), 1635-72 Willughby, the greatest of our earlier ornithologists, was born in 1635, and was at first the pupil, and then the friend and patron, of Ray, who was his senior by some seven years. His family was highly connected, and he possessed competent means for that devotion of his life to natural history that he at an early period resolved upon. According to Derham, he and Ray agreed, before setting out on their travels, upon a division of labour between them: “The province Mr. Willughby had taken was animals, as Mr. Ray had that of plants, and in these matters he was a great master, as he was also in plants, fossils, and, in short, the whole history of. nature; and in the pursuit and acquirement of this know- ledge he stuck neither at any labour or cost.” They visited in company most parts of Europe then open to British WILLUGHBY] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 651 travellers, also the north of England, Scotland, and Cornwall. Willughby had accumulated a great mass of materials on Zoology, and on his marriage in 1668, to the daughter of Sir Henry Bernard, he settled down at his family seat, Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, to prepare this material for publication. His work, however, was cut short in his thirty-seventh year by an attack of illness, to which he succumbed on the 3rd of July 1672, leaving his friend Ray to edit and publish his great work, the Ormthology, which was issued at the expense of Willughby’s widow. The Historia Piscium, also edited by Ray (1686) was, however, printed at the expense of the Royal Society. A memorial tablet was placed in Southwell Cathedral in 1912 through the exertions of Mr. J. Whitaker of Rainworth. 1676. Francisci Willughbeii, | De Middleton in agro Warwicensi, Armigeri, | E Regia Societate, | Ornithologie | Libri Tres: | In quibus | Aves | Omnes hactenus cognite, | in Methodum | Naturis | Suis convenientem redactz, | accurate describuntur : | Descriptiones | Iconibus Elegantissimis | et | Vivarum Avium Simillimis, | Atri incisis illustrantur. | Totum Opus recognovit, digessit, supplevit | Joannes Raius. | Londini: | Impensis Joannis Martyn, Regie Societatis Typographi, ad insigne Campane | in Coemeterio D. Pauli. cic CI CLXXVI. Collation—1 vol. folio, pp. 10 un.+pp. 307+ pp. 6 un.+ Ixxvui pl. Catalogus Avium Britannicarum, pp. 17-23. Idem. Large Paper copy, printed on thick and fine paper, size of a cut copy 153 x93. Title reset and printed in red and black, with addition after Joannes Raius of the words . . . ‘‘ Sumptus in Chalcographos fecit | Illustriss. D. Emma Willughby, Vidua.” | [cut of arms] | [Imprint and date as above.] Collation as above--1 vol. folio. (A copy of this Large Paper issue with the plates coloured by hand is in W.P.L.). A copy examined on ordinary paper (134 in. x9 in.) with above “ widow’s title,” has 78 plates, instead of the 77 found in: the ordinary Latin impressions. 1678. The | Ornithology | of | Francis Willughby | of | Middleton in the County of Warwick Esq; | Fellow of the Royal Society. | In Three Books. | Wherein Allthe | Birds | Hitherto known, | Being reduced into a Method sutable to their Natures, | are accur- ately described. | The Descriptions illustrated by most Elegant Figures, nearly resembling | the live Birds, Engraven in lxxviii 652 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WILSON Copper Plates. | Translated into English, and enlarged with many Additions | throughout the whole Work. | To which are added, | Three Considerable Discourses, | I. of the Art of Fowling: With a Description | of several Nets in two large Copper Plates. | IT. Of the Ordering of Singing Birds. | IIT. Of Falconry. | By | John Ray, Fellow of the Royal Society. | Psalm 104.24. | How manifold are thy Works, O Lord? In wisdom hast thou made them all : The Earth is | full of thy riches. | London: | Printed by A. C. for John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in | St. Pauls Church-Yard, mpcLxxviil. Collation—1 vol. folio, pp. xii un.+pp. 441+pp. vi, Index ; ii. plates of fowling (between pp. 28-29), and Ixxviii of birds at end. Between pp. 54-55, “ Table of Land-Fowl”’ ; between pp. 272-3, “ Table of Water-Fowl.” A Catalogue of English Birds, pp. 21-8. Witson (EpwarpD ADRIAN), 1872-1912 Dr. Wilson, whose name will ever be remembered as one of Scott’s companions in the Antarctic disaster of 1912, was born July 23, 1872, the son of Dr. E. T. Wilson, consulting physician to Cheltenham General Hospital, and was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. He took his M.B. in 1900, and in 1901 was selected as assistant surgeon and naturalist to the “ Discovery ” Expedition to the Antarctic. He not only did good work as the ornithologist of that expedition, but enriched the published account of it with a number of illustrations of great merit. On his return in 1904 he spent four or five years carrying out the work of the Departmental Committee of Enquiry appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to investigate the subject of the Grouse dis- ease, and is said to have himself dissected nearly 2000 birds, while he wrote a large part of the two 4to volumes of the report on The Grouse in Health and Disease. He left on his last ill-fated Antarctic expedition before the work was published. He died March 29, 1912. 1910. The changes of plumage in the Red Grouse in health and in disease (P.Z.S. pp. 1000-33, pl. Ixxviii-cl.) 1911. [Contributions to.] The Grouse in Health and Disease. Edited by A. 8. Leslie, W.S., and A. E. Shipley, F.R.S. London: 1911. 2 vols. 4to. See under Surpiey (A. E.). witsow] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 653 WILson (JAMES),! 1795-1856 Wilson, who is said at an early age to have evinced a love of natural history, was born at Bisley, Nov. 1795, and educated at Edinburgh, and began his training for Writer to the Signet in 1813. He read his first paper to the Wernerian Society in 1815. In 1816 he was deputed to go to Paris to purchase the Dufresne collection, now in the Kdinburgh College Museum; and he travelled considerably from 1820 to 1823. He was a friend and correspondent of Sir William Jardine, with whom he often stayed at Jardine Hall, and was one of the party that accom- panied Sir William to Sutherland in 1834. He married in 1824 Miss Isabella Keith and resided at Woodville. He conducted the natural history department of the Encyclo- pedia Britannica (1838), and published several works on natural history, the most important of which is the under- noted Illustrations of Zoology (1828-31). In 1841, 1843, and 1850, he, at the request of the Fisheries Board, accompanied their Secretary on his cruises round the coasts of Scotland. He died at Woodville, May 18, 1856. 1818. Observations on some species of the genus Falco of Linneus. (Mem. Wernerian N.H. Soc. ii. [1811-16], pp. 569-617.) 1823. Remarks on the different opinions entertained regarding the specific distinction, or identity, of the Ring-tailed and Golden Eagles. (Op. cit. iv. pt. 1. [1821-23], pp. 434-48.) Observations on some species of the genus Mergus. (Z.c. pp. 475-84.) *1831. Illustrations of Zoology, being representations of new, rare, or remarkable subjects of the Animal Kingdom, drawn and coloured after nature, with historical and descriptive details. Edinburgh : 1831. This fine series of plates contains an admirable representation of the Great Auk (from Papa Westra, Orkneys.) 1 vol. roy. folio, 36 col. pl. and descriptive text. Twenty of the plates are of birds, mostly foreign. 1842. A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles. Edinburgh : 1842. 1 For the substance of this and various other notes on north-country ornithologists we are indebted to Mr. H. 8. Gladstone, who has kindly placed his MS. biographical collections at our disposal. 654 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wise Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. viii + pp. 487, front. and pl. Vol. IT. pp. 461, pl. and map. Numerous notices of birds throughout the two volumes. The most important being those on the birds of St. Kilda, Vol. IT. pp. 72-81, and the birds of Caithness, Vol. II. pp. 179-80. Witson (P.). See Munrorp (Rev. Geo.) WINTRINGHAM (WILLIAM HENRY), nat. 1869 This author, who resides at The Abbey, Grimsby, dedi- cates his Key to “ My friend John Cordeaux,” and tells us his classification ‘“‘ is not intended to have any great scientific aim.” In his Birds of Wordsworth the references are grouped in natural orders, but there is no index. 1890. British Birds. Key to the present classification, 1890. The Grimsby News Co., Limited, 83 and 85 Victoria Street, Grimsby. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, title +30 pp. un. +2 large folding tables. 1892. The Birds of Wordsworth, poetically, mythologically, and compara- tively examined. London (Hutchinson): 1892. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii un. + pp. 426. Wise (H.). See Lonpon (GEORGE) Wisse (Joun RicHARD DE CaPEL), 1831-90 This author, journalist, and incidentally ornithologist, was the eldest son of John Robert Wise (1792-1842), British Consul-General in Sweden, by his wife Jane, daughter of Richard Ellison of Sudbrooke, and was born in 1831. He was educated at Grantham Grammar School and Lincoln College, Oxford, and on leaving the University, without taking a degree, he travelled abroad. He was deeply interested in natural history, especially ornithology. After some years of a wandering life, with occasional ventures into literature, he published Shakspere: his birthplace and its neighbourhood (1861), which was followed by The New Forest in 1862. He later became a writer in the Westminster Review and other journals, and acted as a war correspondent in 1870. His last WITHERBY] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 655 years were passed at Lyndhurst, where he died, unmarried, on April 1, 1890, and was interred in Lyndhurst cemetery. 1862. The New Forest: its history and scenery. With 63 illustrations drawn by Walter Crane, engraved by W. J. Linton, and two maps. London: 1862. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. x +336, map and woodcuts. (Pub. 21s.) Chap. xxii. (pp. 258-76) is devoted to Ornithology and the Appendix gives an annotated list of birds (pp. 307-18). Idem. 2nd edit. 1863: 3rd edit. 1867: 4th edit. 1883. Also on Large Paper, 4to, 50 copies only printed. WircHELL (CHARLES A.), 0b. 1907 In the undernoted Fauna and Flora of Gloucestershire, “The Fauna has been composed from original notes, and exclusively edited by C. Witchell: while for the Flora, .. . W. B. Strugnell is responsible.” 1892. [With W. B. Strugnell.] The Fauna and Flora of Gloucestershire. Stroud: 1892. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. xxiv + pp. 302, front. plates and cuts. Aves, pp. 42-124. Bird Song and its Scientific Value. (Proc. Cottesw. Nat. F. C. x. pp. 238-57.) 1896. The Evolution of Bird Song, with observations on the influence of heredity and imitation. London: 1896. Collation—I1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. x +pp. 253. The Evolution of Bird Song. (Zoologist, pp. 134-7, 165-6.) 1897. Bird Songs in Autumn. (Helectic Mag. cxxix. pp. 785 et seq.) 1898. The Voice-Registers of Birds. (Op. cit. pp. 11-13.) Notes on the breeding of the Chaffinch. (T.c. pp. 195-7.) The Autumn-song of Birds. (T.c. pp. 410-12.) 1899. Cries and Call-notes of Wild Birds. London (Gill): 1899. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xi+pp. 84. 1906. Nature’s Story of the Year. 1906. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. 276, illustrated. WiITHERBY (Harry Forpss), nat. 1872 Mr. H. F. Witherby, M.B.0.U., F.R.G.S., of the well- known, publishing firm of Witherby & Co., is the second surviving son of the late Henry Forbes Witherby, of Burley, 656 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WITHERBY Hants. Since an early age he has devoted his spare time to the study of ornithology, in pursuit of which he has travelled extensively, including expeditions to Persia, the Kola Peninsula, and the White Nile, the outcome of the latter journey being a volume entitled Bird Hunting on the White Nile (1902). In recent years he has paid particular attention to the study of the moults and plumages of the birds of the British Islands, and possesses a valuable and extensive collection of skins relating to that subject. In 1907 he founded British Birds, and is the chief editor of that journal, to which (vol. vii. pp. 126-39) he contributed an important article on the moult of the Rook, the result of two years’ investigation. His part in the undernoted Hand-list of British Birds was confined to the Distribution, and is not the least valuable section of that work. Mr. Witherby is also an enthusiastic and able field-naturalist. 1894. Forest Birds: their haunts and habits: short studies from Nature. London: 1894. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 98, 30 ill. 1895. The Bass Rock and its winged inhabitants (Knowledge, pp. 42-44). The Field Naturalist and the Camera. The Kestrel Hawk. (T.c. pp. 218-19.) 1896. A Fortnight with the Birds of Connemara. (Irish Nat. pp. 1-5.) 1897. *T'wixt Land and Sea. (Knowledge, pp. 48-6.) The Birds of Oban’s Isles. (T.c. pp. 221-3.) 1902. The Migrations of the Skylark andthe Swallow. (Op. cit. pp. 52-4.) *1902. The Migration of Birds. London: 1902. Collation—pamphlet 8vo. pp. xvi. (Reprinted from Chambers’s Journal). 1907-9. [With N. F. Ticehurst.] On the more important additions to our knowledge of British Birds since 1899, pts. 1-20 (July 1907-May 1909). 1 vol. 8vo. Reprinted from British Birds, i. 1907-8, pp. 52-6, 81-5, 109-14, 147-52, 178-84, 246-56, 280-84, 314-22, 347-50: Op. cit. 1908-9, pp. 24-7, 51-7, 83-7, 125-9, 146-50, 228-9, 267-70, 305-8, 327-34, 368-75, 406-21. On the plumage of Tringa subarquata. (Ibis, pp. 218-20.) 1908. Hen Harriers nesting in Sussex =Montagu’s Harriers. (Brit. Birds, i. pp. 351-4.) Incubation periods in Sea Birds. (Op. cit. ii. pp. 64-6.) WITHERINGS] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 657 The Levantine Shearwater in British waters. (T.c. pp. 206-8.) [With N. F. Ticehurst.] The spread of the Little Owl from the chief centres of its introduction. (Op. cit. i. pp. 335-42.) 1909. Marking birds. The “ British Birds” scheme. (Op. cit. iil. pp. 4-6, 179-82, 219-20.) The irruption of Crossbills. (Qp. cit. iii. pp. 162-3, 190-94, 226-8, . pl. xiii, map.) 1910. On the races and status of the Crossbill in Great Britain. (Bull. B.O.C. xxv. pp. 77-9.) The irruption of Crossbills. (Brit. Birds, iii. pp. 258-61: iv. p. 22.) Black-winged Pratincole in Yorks. (T.c. pp. 266-8.) ; Sequence of plumages in British Birds. (Op. cit. iii. pp. 209-12, 243-50, 321-6, 360-6, 391-8 ; iv. pp. 98-103.) [With the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain.] Recent Records from Stafis, Warwickshire and Worcester. (T.c. pp. 104-12.) 1910-12. The “‘ British Birds” marking scheme. Progress for 1910 and 1911 and 1912. (Op. cit. iv. pp. 204-7; v. pp. 158-62; vi. pp. 177-83.) 1911. [With E. Hartert.] The Irish Jay (Garrulus glandarius hibernicus, subsp. nova.) (Qp. cit. iv. pp. 234-5.) [With C. J. Alexander.] The 1909 Irruption of the Crossbill as observed in the British Isles. (Qp. cit. iv. pp. 326-31.) The Crossbill as a British Bird. (7Z.c. pp. 332-4.) On the British and other sub-species of Garrulus glandarius. (Bull. B.O.C. xxvii. pp. 95-6.) 1912. [With E. Hartert, Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, and N. F. Ticehurst.] A Hand-list of British Birds. London: 1912. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii+pp. 218+ pp. 19 un. [With T. Parkin and Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain.] The Terek Sandpiper in Kent. (Brit. Birds. vi. pp. 74-8.) Migration Notes from Holy Island, Northumberland. (T.c. pp. 202-10.) WITHERINGS (JOHN), ca. 1632 We have no evidence that Witherings wrote the under- noted little work, although it was obviously prepared under his direction as indicated by the title-page. He was, as shown, Master of the Game of Swans, and was the keeper of the roll of owners’ marks, which were notches or nicks on the bill of the bird. Itis worthy of remark that the spelling occurs as “‘ Swann ” and “ Signet” on the title, but as “ swanne”’ and “ cignet ” 2uU 658 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wour invariably in the body of the work, the orthography of the title being presumably the printer’s. 1632. The | Orders | Lavves and | Ancient cus- | tomes” of Swanns. | Caused to be Printed by Iohn Witherings | Esquire, Master and Governour of the Royall Game of Swans | and Signets, through- out England. | [Woodcut of Swan.] | London Printed by August Mathewes. 1632. : ; _Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, title +1 1. swan marks +2 Il. dedica- tion + pp. 1-7. Idem. Reprinted in the Harleian Miscellany, vol. ui. pp. 359- 363, 4to, 1745; again in vol. vii. 8vo, 1808. Wo tr (JosEPH), 1820-99 This celebrated animal painter, whose name should properly be spelt Josef, was a German by birth, being the eldest son of Anton Wolf, a farmer and Hauptmann of Morz, near Munstermayfield, in Rhenish Prussia, at which spot he was born on January 21, 1820. He was educated at a school at Metternich, and from his very earliest days (says Mr. B. B. Woodward in the Dict. Nat. Biog.) exhibited that love of nature and its portraiture that distinguished him throughout life, sparing no pains in the acquisition of subjects, and show- ing great ingenuity in improvising drawing materials. After leaving school, he worked for some time on the family farm, but at length his father was induced to let the “ bird-fool ”’ follow his natural bent, and he was apprenticed, when sixteen, to a firm of lithographers at Coblenz. Later he made the acquaintance of Riippell, the African traveller and ornitholo- gist, for whom he executed drawings, as also for Schlegel and Wulverhorst’s great Traité de Fauconnerie. Thenceforward he devoted himself to such work, and in February 1848 came to London, and at once found employment with Robert Gray in illustrating his Genera of Birds, and later with Gould on his Birds of Great Britain, while henceforward his work both for books and journals such as the Jbis and P.Z.S. was too multifarious to detail. Among his individual works may, however, be mentioned his two series of Zoological Sketches (1861-67). His last residence was at the Primrose Hill woLLEy] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 659 Studios, Fitzroy Road, Regent’s Park, where he died un- married April 20, 1899. 1853. The Poets of the Woods. Twelve Pictures of English Song Birds. London (Bosworth): 1853. Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. 56 +pp. 2. “The plates after water-colour Drawings by Joseph Wolf.” The letterpress consists of extracts from various poetical works. 1854. Feathered Favourites: Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds from drawings by Joseph Wolf. London (Bosworth): 1854. Collation—1 vol. sm. 4to, 12 col. pl. pp. vi un. +pp. 54. (Pub. 18s.) Comprises 12 pl., printed in colours, with poetical contribu- tions by Howitt, Montgomery, Clare, Mant, Cornwall, Wordsworth, Tennyson, etc. Wotiey (JoHN), 1824-59 Sprung from a Derbyshire family of fair repute and antiquity, Wolley was born at Matlock, on May 13, 1824, being the eldest son of the Rev. John Hurt and Mary his wife, eldest daughter of Adam Wolley, Esq., of Matlock. At the decease of his father-in-law in 1827, Mr. Hurt assumed the name and arms of Wolley. In 1836 Wolley went to Eton, and in October 1842 to Cambridge, where he entered into residence at Trinity College. With Wolley’s ardent love for natural history it is not sur- prising to find that most of his time while at the University was passed in the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire fens and woods, which then afforded a rich field for the researches of a naturalist. In the long vacation of 1845 he started on a trip to the South of Spain, and after visiting Cadiz, Seville, and Gibraltar, crossed the Straits to Tangier. In January 1846, Wolley graduated as a B.A. and left the University. He then went to live in London, and entered at the Middle Temple with the intention of studying law. Towards the end of 1847 he repaired to Edinburgh, and joined medical classes at that University, where he diligently applied himself for the next three years to the course of study necessary for obtaining a physician’s degree. The vacations, however, he devoted to what now became his main object— 660 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [WOLLEY the desire of forming an oological collection, all the speci- mens of which should be thoroughly well authenticated. To gain this end, no labour was too severe, no personal hardship too great for him to undergo. Accordingly, the summer of 1848 found him visiting the northern extremity of our island, and he extended his excursion to the Orkneys and Shetlands. Profiting by the know- ledge gained the preceding year, he started early in 1849 for the north, and during a journey through Caithness and Sutherland, most of which was performed on foot, devoted himself to investigating the habits of the larger birds of prey, many of his notes as to the nesting of which are to be found in the Ootheca Wolleyana. Leaving the British Isles in the month of June, he visited the Faeroes, and passed several weeks studying the ornithology of those islands, for which his activity and fearlessness in rock-climbing afforded him so great an advantage. An account of the birds of this interesting group will be found printed in Sir William Jardine’s Contributions to Ornithology for 1850. After another expedition to the Highlands, in the course of which he became acquainted with some eagle localities in Argyllshire and Perthshire of remarkable interest, he again took up his abode in London, and continued to reside there until the spring of 1853, when he was enabled to put into execution a plan the idea of which had for several years haunted him, and which devolved into those several remark- able expeditions to Lapland which have been described in the pages of the Ibis and elsewhere, and which are admirably summarised in that journal for March 1909. Wolley died November 20, 1859, and in accordance with his last wish his remains were interred in the churchyard at Matlock—his birthplace—and his vast collection of eggs was handed over to his friend Alfred Newton, who subsequently published, under the title of Ootheca Wolleyana, a full catalogue of the treasures it contained, as a fitting memorial to him who formed it. Wolley had been for some time in the habit of sending yearly to the Museum at Norwich most of the skins woop] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 661 of the birds obtained by himself or his agents in Lapland. After his decease, his father presented to that institution the remaining portion of the collection, where it is known as the “Wolley Donation.” *1864-1907. Ootheca Wolleyana : an illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Eggs, begun by the late John Wolley, Jun., M.A., F.Z.8., and continued with additions by the editor Alfred Newton. Vol. I. [II.] London: (Porter) M.pccc.tx1v—m.cm.11. [Vol. IT. M.CM.V.—M.CM.VIL. | Collation—2 vols. roy. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. xxxiv, Intro. and Memoir + pp. vii (preface to Part I.)+pp. 531, portraits, plates, and xiii col. pl. of eggs. Vol. II. pp. vi+pp. 2 un.+pp. 665 + pp. 96, Appendices, plates, and plates xu, col. etc. The above was produced in parts as follows : *1864-[1907]. Ootheca Wolleyana, an Illustrated Catalogue of the Collec- tion of Birds’ Eggs formed by the late John Wolley, Junr., edited from the original notes by Alfred Newton. Part I. (Accipitres). London: 1864. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. vii+pp. 180, list of plates, col. pl. i-ix + tinted pl. A-I. Idem. Part II., 1902. Part III., 1905. Part IV., 1907. See under Newton (A.). Note.—Part I. contains interesting accounts of the breeding of Golden and White-tailed Eagles, Osprey, etc. etc., in Scotland, from Wolley’s notes. Wolley, it should be mentioned, took a number of the eggs figured by Hewitson in his British Oology. Woop (CHARLES THOROLD), 1777-1852 This writer, the eldest son of Willoughby Wood, of Alford, Lincs, was born June 15, 1777; held a commission as captain in the Royal Horse Guards, and died at Camp- sall Hall, near Doncaster, March 13, 1852. He dates his preface September 24, 1835, and requests that communica- tions on natural history should be forwarded to him “ Care of Neville Wood, Foston Hall, Derby.” From this address N. Wood’s well-known Ornithologists Text-Book was issued in the following year. *[1835.] The | Ornithological | Guide ; | in which are discussed | several | interesting points | in | Ornithology. . . . London | (Whitaker & Co.): ND. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xviii + pp. 236 + pp. 4 un. 662 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [woop At the end is a list of British birds, with their names 1n English, French, German, and Latin, printed on one side of the paper only. This comprises pp. 177-215, Birds of Britain; pp. 215-29, Birds not strictly British. 1837. Ornithological Notes. (Naturalist [Maund & Hall’s], i. pp. 182-4.) Woop (Rev. JoHN GEORGE), 1827-89 This famous writer on popular natural history was the eldest son of John Freeman Wood, surgeon, and was born in London, July 21, 1827. He was only half English by parentage, his mother being Juliana Lisetta Wintz. His father having removed to Oxford in 1830, he led an outdoor life which gave full scope to his natural history tastes. In 1838 he went to Ashbourne Grammar School, Derbyshire, where his uncle was master, and in due course to Merton College, Oxford (M.A. 1851). He was ordained in 1854, but resigned his Oxford curacy in the same year, and although holding several later appointments of a temporary nature, he devoted the rest of his life mainly to literature. His output of works was considerable, but they contain little on our subject. He was also a very popular lecturer. He died while on a lecturing tour at Coventry, March 3, 1889, and was buried in that town. His Illustrated Natural History (5 vols. roy. 8vo) and his Homes without Hands (1 vol. 8vo) are his best-known works. He edited an edition of White’s Selborne, 1854, early editions of which are rare. For further particulars of Wood’s life, wide Dict. Nat. Biog. 1854. (Edited by.) The Natural History of Selborne. See WuitTE (GILBERT). *1869. Illustrated Natural History of Birds, with numerous illustrations by Wolf, Weir, Zwecker, Coleman, Neale, Harvey, etc. London : 1869. Collation—1 vol. roy. 8vo. (Pub. 18s.) A general ornithology, including British birds. Idem. Another edit. Roy. 8vo. N.p. 1885. Half Hours in Field and Forest. Chapters in Natural History. London (Isbister) : 1885. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xi+pp. 371, with full-page and other ill. Includes much matter on the birds of the seasons, with figs. woov] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 663 Woop (NEVILLE), fl. 1835-39 This author, fourth son of Charles Thorold Wood, above mentioned, resided first at Foston Hall, Derbyshire, then at Sudbury Hall in the same county, and later at Campsall Hall, Yorkshire. He was a friend of Dr. Latham, and was an amateur possessed of considerable knowledge. His judgment, however, was somewhat biassed by a violent pre- judice against compilers, whom he termed “literary Lestri” (v.e. Skuas). He is chiefly known as the editor of a periodical called The Naturalist (vols. 2-5, 1837-39), in continuation of a volume issued by Maund & Holl in 1836, while he also assisted with or was a contributor to Mammatt’s Analyst (10 vols. 8vo, 1834-40). His Sketches of European Ornithology in the former journal comprise a résumé of Gould’s Birds of Europe, with incidentally a good many notes and observa- tions on British birds. Another series of articles under the same title, signed “ P”’ (presumably Shirley Palmer), was at the same time running through the Analyst (vols. iv. pp. 97- 105; vi. pp. 71-83, 239-51; vil. pp. 35-49, 253-66; vin. pp. 43-57, 254-73 ; ix. pp. 303-17, 477-93 ; 1836-39). 1835. Making the English generic names of Birds correspond to the Latin ones. (Analyst, ii. pp. 238-9.) Idem by “N.F.” (Lc. pp. 305-7), and by H. E. 8. (Le. pp. 317-18.) On the Habits of the Brake Nightingale (Philomela luscinia, Swains.) (L.c. pp. 394-400.) 1836. On the rarity of certain Birds in Derbyshire, abundant in other parts of Britain. (Op. cit. v. pp. 31-3.) Observations on the Nomenclature of Neville Wood’s “ British Song-Birds.” (T.c. pp. 191-6.) Reply to C. J.’s Remarks on Mr. Neville Wood’s British Song-Birds. (Loudon’s Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. pp. 566-8.) 1836. British Song-Birds ; being | popular descriptions | and | anecdotes | of the | Choristers of the Groves. | By Neville Wood, Esq. | author of the | Ornithologist’s Text Book. | London: | John W. Parker, West Strand. | mpcccxxxv1. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xii & pp. 408 x pp. iv un. The | Ornithologist’s Text Book, | being Reviews | of | Ornitho- logical Works: | with an Appendix, | containing discussions | 1 See also under Lankester (E.). 664. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [woop on | various topics of interest. | By Neville Wood, Esq. | London : John W. Parker, West Strand. | mpcccxxxVI. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vi un. + pp. 3 + 232. Note.—Pt. I. contains critiques of British and foreign works, including an elaborate one of his own Song Birds, whilst Pt. IT. contains a useful Synopsis of Systems, including those of Willughby, Brisson, Linnaeus, Latham, Lacepéde, Duméril, Meyer, Illiger, Temminck, Cuvier, Blainville, Vieillot, Vigors, etc., ““On the English Nomenclature of Birds,’ and other articles. 1837. On the Habits of the Common Coot (Fulica atra, Linn.) (Naturalist [Maund & Holl’s], i. pp. 74-7.) On the Habits of the Ring Pigeon (Columba palumbus, Linn.) (7c. pp. 130-32.) Some Observations on the Smaller British Birds. (Naturalist [Neville Wood’s], ii. pp. 251-4.) Some Account of the Sibilous Locustell, or “‘ Grasshopper Warbler.” (Zc. pp. 357-9.) *1838-39. Sketches of European Ornithology. (Op. cit. iii., 1838, pp. 353-9, 475-82, : iv., 1839, pp. 11-16, 122-7, 186-91, 255-60, 295-9, 349-55, 400-411, 467-73, : [Contd. by Shirley Palmer, v., 1839, pp. 23-9, 62-6], 136-42.) Woop (Sara), viv.? This authoress is best known by her Stories from Many Lands, London, 1877. *1892. Dwellers in our Gardens. New edition. London (Sunday School Assoc.): 1892. ; Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 8 un. + pp. 184. Contains a chapter, pp. 106-39, on “‘ Our Garden Choristeers.” Woop (Rev. THEODORE), nat. 1862 This author, a son of Rev. J. G. Wood, was born at Erith, August 6, 1862, and was ordained priest in 1890. He has been vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common, London, since 1902. 1886. Our Bird Allies. 1886. 1893. The House Sparrow, Pt. IV. [In Ornithology in relation to Agri- culture and Horticulture. By Various Writers. Edited by John Watson.] London: 1893. Collation—I1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 220. Chap. vi. (House Sparrow, Pt. IV. pp. 67-78), by Mr. Wood. 1905. Dwellers in the Woodland, Meadow, Garden, etc. 1905. WORTHINGTON] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 665 Woops (GEORGE), ca. 1811 The undernoted work on the Isle of Man contains two or three pages on birds, including the Puffin and other sea-birds, but is quite unimportant. 1811. An | Account | of the past and present state | of the | Isle of Man ; [etc. 9 lines] by George Woods. | [Quotation] London: | 1811. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii +pp. iv un. + pp. 366, with map. Has at pp. 24-9, “A few words on Manks Zoology.” [WorLipGE (Joun)], fl. 1669-98 Worlidge or Woolridge, who lived at Petersfield, Hants, is best known as an early writer on husbandry, and claims but slight mention here, although his Systema Agriculture is of great interest and value in many ways. At p. 155 are some observations on Swans and Pheasants. At pp. 194-7 is an account of birds injurious to poultry and crops, and the methods of destroying them. At pp. 261-2 is a list of “ Observations and Prognosticks taken from Fowl,” relating to the weather and mentioning a dozen or more species. 1669. [Anonymous.] Systema Agriculturae, | The Mystery of | Husbandry | Discovered’: | Wherin is Treated of the several new and most | advantagious Ways | of Tilling. . . . [&c. 14 lines] | To which is added, | Kalendarium Rusticum ; | or, | The | Husbandman’s Monethly Directions, | also | The Prognosticks of Dearth, Scarcity, Plenty, Sickness, Heat, Cold, | Frost, Snow, Windes, Rain, Hail, Thunder, etc. | and | Dictionarium Rusticum: Or, the Interpretation of Rustick Terms. | — | Published for the Common Good by J. W. Gent. | — | [&c. 4 lines] | London : Printed by T. Johnson for Samuel Speed, near the | Inner Temple Gate in Fleet-Street. 1669. Collation—1 vol. sm. folio, engr. front., A-E in fours and analysis, 4 ll. + pp. 278 + Index and list books, 3 Il. WorTHINGTON (ALBERT OcTAvIus), nat. 1844 In the preface to the 1866 edition of the undernoted work, it is stated that “the list of birds has been contributed by A. O. Worthington [then a schoolboy at Repton], whose early propensity for birds-nesting has developed into a wide and 666 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [wyatt accurate knowledge of ornithology.”” The compilation of the work is placed in the Brit. Mus. Cat. to the credit of W. Wyatt and C. G. Thornton. In the second edition it 1s stated that “Mr. A. O. Worthington has revised his list of birds.” Mr. Worthington, who was born November 20, 1844, is the third son of William Worthington, of Newton Park, Co. Derby. He is J.P. and D.L. for Staffs, and was High Sheriff in 1889. He resides at Maple Hayes, near Lichfield. 1866. [List of Birds in.] Flora Repandunensis. The Wild Flowers of Repton, with a List of the Birds [&c.] London (Bemrose) : MDCCCLXVI. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vi+ pp. 96, front. and map. Birds at pp. 63-76. Tdem. 2nd edit. ‘Contributions to the Flora and Fauna of Repton.” Edited, with additions, by W. Garneys. London : 1881. 1 vol. post 8vo. : Worton (EDWARD) 1492-15551 Wyatt (CLaupDE WitMottT), 1842-1900 Claude Wilmott Wyatt, M.B.0.U., was born at Worthing, Sussex, March. 2, 1842, and was the only son of the Rev. Thomas Wyatt, vicar of Wroxton and Balscott in that county. He was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford. A severe accident which he met with at school prevented him from engaging in any profession, and he devoted his time to travel and the study of birds. C. W. Wyatt produced in conjunction with Dr. R. Bowdler ’ Edward Wotton, physician and naturalist, was educated at Magdalen College School and Magdalen College, Oxford: B.A. 1514, M.D. 1526. His De Differentiis Animalium Libri Decem, “which acquired a European reputation,” treats of birds in the seventh book, ‘‘ but his work is merely a compilation from Aristotle and Pliny, ° with references to other classical writers who have more or le:s incidentally mentioned Birds and other animals. . . . Nevertheless, he makes some attempt at a systematic arrangement of Birds, which, according to his lights, is far from despicable ” (Newton, Dictionary of Birds). *1552. Edoardi Wotto- | ni Oxoniensis de | Differentiis Ani- | malium Libri | Decem. | Ad. Sereniss. Angliae Regem | Edoardum VI. | [etc. 4 lines] Lutetiae Parisiorum | apud | Vascosanum. | M.D.LII. | Cum privilegio Regis. Seay vol. folio, pp. xxii un. + fol. 220+ pp. xxvi un., Index. Liber. vii. fol. 103 treats De Avibus. pean BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 667 Sharpe A Monograph of the Hirundimde or Family of Swallows, with coloured plates, 4to, 1889. His British Birds, the figures in which were drawn by the author, and coloured by the Misses Sharpe, is probably the best “‘ working ” book of illustrations: the artists having avoided the too common fault of over-colouring the birds figured. Wyatt contributed several important papers to the [bis on foreign birds. For further particulars vide Ibis, 1901, pp. 347-8. 1894-99. British Birds, being illustrations of all the Species of Passerine Birds, both Resident and Migratory, also Picarian Birds, Birds of Prey and Pigeons, with some notes in reference to their Plumage. 2 vols. London: 1894-99. Collation—2 vols. 4to. (Pub. £7 net.) Vol. I. (1894), pp. 25 and 25 col. pl. Vol. IT. (1899), pp. 42 and 42 col. pl. Together 67 col. pl., figuring 103 species. YARRELL (WILLIAM), 1784-1856 William Yarrell was born on June 3, 1784, in Great Ryder Street, in the parish of St. James’s, London. His father, who at one time spelt his name Yerrall, carried on the trade of a newspaper agent in Duke Street, and to this business Yarrell succeeded in due course. He was educated at Haling, and in 1802 in his eighteenth year entered the banking-house of Herries, Farquhar & Co., as a clerk, but soon left to assist his father in business. Yarrell seems to have turned his attention to ornithology while engaged on the fishing and shooting expeditions with which he varied the monotony of business. As he neared middle age his love for natural history increased, and he abandoned field sports and henceforth devoted himself to the systematic study of zoology. In 1823 he commenced to note the appearance of rare and interesting birds, and is said to have aided Bewick by sending him rare birds. He became a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1825, and was one of the original members of the Zoological Society. In 1836 he completed a History of British Fishes, and in July 1837 published the first part of his well-known History of British Birds. This was completed in May 1848, and the first supple- 668 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [yYARRELL ment was printed in 1845. The History of British Birds, which originally appeared in three volumes, proved a great success. The beautiful woodcuts were executed by the Thompsons. Yarrell, besides being an accomplished orni- thologist, knew. exactly what the general public wanted in the form of a popular text-book, and, moreover, possessed the skill of presenting his knowledge in a concise and agreeable manner. In fact, the value of his works and the admiration which they still evoke may be said to be due to the accuracy of the information they contain, together with the simplicity of their style and the charm and fidelity of the illustrations. The publication of his British Birds indeed marks an im-: portant era in the literature of British ornithology. A second edition of the work appeared in 1845, and a third, incorporating the second supplement, in 1856. In 1871 a fourth edition was commenced; this was finished in 1885, and consisted of four volumes, the original text being almost entirely rewritten, Professor Newton undertaking that of the first two volumes, and Howard Saunders that of the remainder. The latter of these two — both, alas, since deceased— further condensed the whole into a single volume, illustrated with the same figures as the larger work, and entitled An Illustrated Manual of British Birds (1st edition, 1889; 2nd, 1899). Yarrell was a man of unbounded energy, and in addition to his business labours was the author of many and various writings on natural history. He was also a zealous supporter of several learned societies. After a long and busy life he was seized with a sudden illness while on a visit to Yarmouth, where he died on September 1, 1856. He was buried at Bay- ford in Hertfordshire, in a spot which had been selected by himself. For a Memoir of Yarrell, with a portrait and list of his writings, wde a History of British Fishes, by William Yarrell, third edition (London), 1859. Mr. Harting, who in 1904 paid a visit to the grave of Yarrell in company with Yarrell’s publisher, the late John Van Voorst, has given an interesting account of the visit in YARRELL] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 669 the columns of the Field for August 27 of that year, from which we cull the following description :— “ Yarrell’s grave is in the churchyard on the north éidé within a railed space allotted to his family. His tombstone bears the following inscription : Here lie the remains of WILLIAM YARRELL, V.P.LS., F.Z8., of St. James’s, Westminster, Author of ‘A History of British Birds ” and of “A History of British Fishes.” Born June 3, 1784, Died Sept. 1, 1856. He was the survivor of twelve brothers and sisters, who, with their father and mother, are all placed close to this spot. * first and last the earliest summoned and the longest spared are here deposited.” —WorbDswoRrTu. “In St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, at the west end of the north aisle, his executors erected to his memory a marble tablet with a medallion portrait supported by two swans in appropriate allusion, not merely to his own love of birds, but to the fact of his having added a new species of swan to the European avifauna, which he named in honour of the cele- brated wood engraver Thomas Bewick. “Tn the meeting room of the Linnean Society, Burlington House, hangs his portrait in oils, by Mrs. Carpenter ; but as this was painted in 1839 there are probably none of his acquaintances now living who would recognise it as a portrait of the man whom they knew, though many would see a good likeness in the frontispiece to the third edition of his British Fishes, published in 1859, for it was prepared from a photo- graph taken the year before he died. Another good likeness in chalk by an unknown artist is in the possession of Professor ’ Newton, of Cambridge, as well as a miniature in water-colour by Mrs. Waterhouse Hawkins.” 670 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [vARRELL 1825-27. Notice of the occurrence of some rare British Birds. (Zool. Journ. ii. pp. 24-7: iii. pp. 85-8, 497-500.) 1826. Notice of the occurrence of a species of Duck (Anas rufina), new to the British fauna. (Op. cit. ii. p. 492.) 1827. Some observations on the Anatomy of the British Birds of Prey (Op. cit. ii. pp. 181-89, pl. vi.) 1828, Some remarks on the habits of the Kingfisher, March 1828. (Loudon’s Mag. N.H. i. p. 28 et seq.) Memorandum froni the Right Honourable the Lord President, con- taining some facts relating to the natural history of the Swallow and Partridge. (Edinb. New Philos. Journ. iv. pp. 290-92.) Description of a species of Tringa [T. rufescens| killed in Cambridge- shire, new to England and Europe. (Zr. Linn. Soc. xvi., 1833 pp. 109-13.) 1829. Descriptive and Historical Notice of British Snipes (Loudon’s Mag. N.H. ii. p. 143 et seq.) Supplement. (Op. cit. iii. 1830, p. 27.) 1830. On a new species of Wild Swan taken in England [C. bewickit], and hitherto confounded with the Hooper. (Zr. Linn. Soc. xvi., 1833, pp. 445-53.) (Vide also Phil. Mag. and Annals, 1830.) On the specific identity of the Gardenian and Night Herons. (P.S.Z. i. p. 27 et seq.) On the occurrence of several N. American birds in England. (Zc. p. 35 et sey.) 1831. Additions to the Catalogue of British Birds, with Notice of the occurrence of several rare species (Loudon’s Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. pp. 116-18.) 1837-43. A | History | of | British Birds. | By | William Yarrell, F.LS. [&c.] | Illustrated by 520 wood engravings. | In Three Volumes.— Vol. I. [-III.] | London: | John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLIIL. Collation—3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. (being pts. i.-xi.), pp. xxxli+ pp. 526+pp. 527-8, Temporary Index to English Names + pp. 268*, 269*, 316*, 317*, 420*, 421*. (Coves gives 416*, but this is an error.) Vol. II. (being pts. xii.-xxv.), pp. iv un. + pp. 670, + pp. 671-2, Temporary Index to English Names, pp. 232*, 233*. Vol. III. (being pts. xxvi.-xxxvi.), pp. 1v un. + pp. 528. Vol. I. has 195 engravings including tail-pieces ; Vol. II. has 191 engravings including tail-pieces ; Vol. III. has 193 engravings including tail-pieces. The above was published in 361 bi-monthly parts. Parts I.-XI., Vol. I., July 1837-Mar. 1839. Parts XII.- XXV., Vol. IL, 1 So generally stated, but Yarrell, in the Preface, says, “ thirty-seven parts of three sheets each,” and this he repeats in the second edition. The 37th part consisted of Index, etc. i ; YARRELL] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 671 1841. 1845. 1853. 1856. May 1839-July 1841. Parts XXVI.-XXXVI., Vol. III., Sept. 1841-May 1843. Also Large Paper, Ib. Idem. 2nd edit. London (Van Voorst): 1845. Collation—3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. xxxvili + pp. 587 + p. 10*, 11*. Vol. IL. pp. iv un. + pp. 655. Vol. IIT. pp. iv un. + pp. 651. Idem. 3rd edit. Ib. 1856. Collation—3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. xxxv+pp. 614. Vol. II. pp. iv un.+pp. 702. Vol. III. pp. iv un. + pp. 679. On a new species of Swan (Cygnus wmmutabilis.) (P.Z.S. ix. p. 70 et seq.) Supplement to the History of British Birds. London: 1845, Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 53. Also Large Paper, Ib. This Supplement is intended to bring the first edition (1837-43) up to the date of the second edition. On Habits and Structure of the Great Bustard. (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. pp. 155-60.) Second Supplement to the History of British Birds: being also a First Supplement to the Second edition. London: 1856. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. x+pp. 72. Intended to bring the 2nd edit. and the Ist edit. plus first Supplement up to the date of the 3rd edit. 1871-85. History of British Birds. Illustrated with 564 wood engravings. Fourth edition. Revised and enlarged by Prof. A. Newton (vols. i., 11.), and Howard Saunders (vols. iii., iv.) London (Van Voorst) : 1871-85. : Collation—4 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. (1871-74), pp. xii+pp. 646. Vol. Il. (1876-82), pp. vii+ pp. 494. Vol. TIT. (1882-84), pp. xvi +1p. errata to Vol. IIT. + pp. 684. Vol. IV. (1884-85), pp. viii +1 p- errata to Vol. [V.+ pp. 531. Issued in 30 pts. Pts. I.-II. pub. 1871; pts. IL-IV., 1872; pts. V.-VI., 1873; pts. VII.-VIII. (end of vol. I.), 1874; pts. IX.-X., 1876; pt. XI., 1877; pt. XIL., 1878; pts. XITL-XV. (end of vol. IT.), 1879-82; pts. XVI.- XX., 1883 ; pts. XXI.-XXVI., 1884; pts. XXVII-XXX., 1885. Note.—At end of Vol. II. appears this statement :— “Tam not responsible for anything that may follow by another editor. “ ALFRED NEwTOoN. “95 May, 1882.” [——?]. [With Temminck (C. J.).] A List | of the | Birds of Great Britain. | According to the arrangement of Mr. C. J. Temminck, and Mr. Yarrell. . . . F. Makeig, Printer, Crewkerne. .p. Collation—1 folio sheet, printed on both sides. ‘‘ The classifi- cation of Mr. Temminck has been adopted in preference to any 672 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [voune others, to avoid mistakes in corresponding with Continental naturalists, Mr. Temminck’s arrangement being the one most generally received abroad.”’ Yonce (CHarLoTre Mary), 1823-1901 The life of this well-known novelist and children’s story- teller does not in any way concern us, her only contribution to our subject being a list of the birds of her native parish (Otterbourne, near Winchester) “actually seen and noted down by members of the Yonge family,” contained in the undernoted work. She died of pleurisy March 24, 1901, and was buried in Otterbourne churchyard, at the foot of the memorial cross to Keble. 1898. John Keble’s Parishes: a History of Hursley and Otterbourne. London (Macmillan): 1898. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xi+pp. 234. (Pub. 8s. 6d.) Chap. xvi. (Natural History) contains list of birds at pp. 193- 203. Youne (Rev. GEorGE), 1777-1848 George Young, theologian, topographer and geologist, was educated at Edinburgh University (M.A. 1819). He was pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation at Whitby, 1806-48. According to Coues the mention of birds in the undernoted work is “a paragraph of no consequence.” The district dealt with by the author extends to a distance of twenty-five miles. He also wrote in conjunction with J. Bird A Geo- logical Survey of the Yorkshire Coast (1 vol. 4to, 1828). 1817. Birds. [In a History of Whitby and Streoneshall Abbey, vol. II.] Whitby: 1817. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. x+pp. 470. Vol. II. pp. iv un. + pp. 471-954, map and ill. Birds at pp. 797-8. Youne (Henry C.) The undermentioned work contains a ‘‘ List of Birds which breed in the Vicinity of Glasgow,” by this writer. ZINCKE] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 673 1876. A Contribution towards a Complete List of the Fauna and Flora of Clydesdale and the West of Scotland. Glasgow: 1876. 1 vol. 8vo (pp. 7-10, list of birds above mentioned). ZINCKE (Rev. Foster BaruHam), 1817-93 This author was born in Jamaica, Jan. 5, 1817, educated at Wadham College, Oxford (B.A. 1839), Vicar of Wherstead, Suffolk, 1847, to his death, Aug. 23, 1893. 1887. Materials for, the History of Wherstead. Ipswich: 1887. Collation—1 vol. 8vo. Notes on the Fauna at pp. 154-67. [Reprinted from the Suffolk Chronicle, May 31, 1884. Vide Miller Christy.] ADDENDA sr CORRIGENDA N.B.—This matter has been printed on one side of the paper only for the con- venience of those who wish to cut it up and insert in the proper places in the work. Page 1. Before Apams (H. B.) insert : Apams (Dr. A. L.) and Apams (Dr., of Banchory). 1859. On Ornithology as a Branch of Liberal Education, etc. Aberdeen : 1859. , Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. viiit+pp. 36. Not seen. Contains an annotated list of birds from Kincardine (ef. Jourdain, Brit. Birds, x. p. 99). Page 1. Apams (H. G.), for “‘ fl. 1840-74 ” read “ 1811(?)-1881.” H. G. Adams was born in 1811 or 1812. He afterwards carried on a business as chemist and druggist at 35 Bargate Street, Canterbury. He died at Gillingham, near Rochester, May 1, 1881. , Page 2. Apams (H. G.), under date 1857 add: Both series were also issued in the “ Young Naturalists’ Library,” same collation, but first series dated 1855. Page 7. ALBIN (EiEazaRr), add : Albin was of German origin and changed his family name of Weiss into its Latinised equivalent of Albinus. Page 11. ANDERSON (GEORGE and PETER), add : For further particulars of the above vide An Inverness Lawyer and his Sons, by J. M. Anderson, 1900. Page 14. Anonymous. Before [1527(?)] add : [x.p.] [Anonymous.] The Sylvan Melodist or Cabinet of the more Familiar British Birds. London: n.p. Collation—1 vol. 16mo, pp. xii+pp. 132. Cuts by, or after, Bewick. Page 21. Anonymous, add : [1852.] [Anonymous.] A Book for the Seaside. With numerous en- eravings. London (R.T.8.): N.D. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. vili+pp. 275, cuts. Chap. vii., pp. 193-222, on Sea birds, with cuts. 675 BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 676 Page 22. Anonymous: below 1873 add : [Anonymous.] East Bourne Natural History Society. Lists of the Local Fauna and Flora. Reprinted from Chambers’ Handbook for East-Bourne. (Privately printed) 1873. Collation—Pamphlet, post 8vo, pp. 26, wrappers. Page 22. Anonymous. After 1888 add : 1890. [Anonymous.] Rough Notes on Natural History in Norfolk, etc., by H. M. L. “ See Luatnes (Col. H. 'M.). 1904. [Anonymous.] A Book of the Snipe by ‘“ Scolopax.”” Edinburgh and London (Blackwood): mcmrv. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 6 un. +pp. 200, front. and cuts in text. Contains an account of the natural history of, as well as sport with, this bird. Page 23. Anstrep (D. T.), after line 13 add: Idem. 3rd edit. (abridged). 1893. Lists of birds omitted, and contains onlv brief notes at pp. 192-4. Page 23. Apuin (O. V.): Line 3, for “ 1886” read “ 1888.” Page 24. Apiin (O. V.), after 1884 add : 1886-87. Ornithological notes from Oxfordshire. (Zoologist, 1886, pp. 301-3.) : Idem [with A. Holte Macpherson]. (Op. cit., 1887, pp. 283-8.) Page 26. Arcunt (J.), after line 3 add: For further particulars vide History of Collections in Natural History Depts. British Museum, vol. ii. p. 301. Page 26. Before ARmsrrone (J. F.) add: Armitt (Mary L.). At the time of publication of the undermentioned vols. the authoress was resident at Rydal Cottage, Ambleside. Studies of Lakeland Birds, Ambleside, 1897-1901. Collation—2 vols. 8vo. Page 27. Arnoup (EH. L. L.), line 1, for “ viv.” read “ nat. 1857.” Page 32. After AUDEN (G. A.) add: Avis (RicHARD). 1870. Bird Preserving, Bird Mounting . . . with a Chapter on Bird Catching. With illustrations. London (Groombridge) : 1870. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 48, cuts in text. Idem. Another edit., same collation. London (Warne): N.D. Page 40. Barrert-Hamitton (G. HE. H.), line 3, for ““ Kilmarnock ” read ‘“* Kilmannock.” BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 677 Page 43. Barrinaton (R. M.), under date 1908, add: See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 47. For “ Wyken ” read “‘ Wynkyn.” Page 48. Barrterr (Epwarp), line 1, for “ viv.” read “ 1845-1908.” The last part of Edward Bartlett’s life was passed at Turves Farm, near Ashford, in Kent. He died January 1, 1908—vide obituary notice in Field, February 1, 1908. Page 53. Brtany (J. C.), add: Mr. Harting (Field, August 12, 1916, p. 224) says that Belany was not at any time a member of the Falconry Club. He was merely a visitor to the Alexandra Park when the hawks were temporarily located there. He also states that Belany issued in 1877 or 1878 a pamphlet under the alias of Daniel Crowberry, entitled, The Kymes and the Crypt, or The Royal Falcons : A Drama in Three Acts from the North of the Tweed. By Daniel Crowberry (74 pp., N.D., with imprint, ‘‘ Williams and Whitman, Printers, 177, Edgware Road, W.”). Page 53. Before Butt (R.) add: Betrast Nat. Freip Cuus. See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 57. Benson (Rev. C. W.), add: Mr. Benson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A. 1859; M.A. 1862; LL.D. 1865). He became rector of St. George, Balbriggan, in 1903. His first communication appears to have been to the Zoologist (1876), p. 4919, where his name is given as “‘ Charles W. Henson.” ° Page 59. Bernes, BERNERS, or BaRNES (JULIANA). Mr. Harting (Field, August 12, 1916, p. 244) states that Sir James Berners was beheaded in 1388, and, moreover, had no daughter ; also that the MS. list of the prioresses of Sopwell preserved in the British Museum does not mention the name. He states that of the three treatises of which the 1486 edition consisted, that on coat armour was translated from the Latin of Nicolas Upton, De Studio Militari, while the other two were compiled from William Twici’s MS. treatise on hunting, L’ Art de Venerie (ca. 1327), and The Booke of Hawkyng, after Prince Edwarde, Kyng of Englande (Harleian M8. 2340), in a handwriting temp. Henry VI. (1422-61). Page 70. Buarne (D. P.), line 1, for “‘ fl. 1840-60(?) ” read ‘“‘ 1769-1845.” For further particulars of above vide article in Field by Mr. Miller Christy, December 9, 1916. Page 71. Buicur (Joun Tuomas), line 1, for “ 1835-85(?) ” read “ 1835- 1911.” Lines 7-8, for ‘* The date of his death is uncertain ” read “ J. T. Blight died at Bodmin, January 23, 1911.” Page 78. Botton (JaAmzs), line 9, add : James Bolton died January 7, 1799. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 678 Page 79. Botton (Jamus), after line 23 add: Idem. “A new edition, revised and very considerably aug- mented. . . . London, printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers’ Hall Court. mpccooxxx.” Collation—2 vols. 4to: vol. i. pp. xxiv+pp. iv un. +pp. 66+ 9*-16* with pl. 1-40; vol. ii. pp. 1-96 with pl. 41-80 and front. Page 80. Bonnore (Joan Lewis), line 2, for “‘ degree” read ** course.” Page 85. (Bortase, Wm.), line 3, for ‘‘ Pendean ” read “ Pendeen.” Page 88. Boronzr or BurroneR (W.), line 9, for “ pohyns” read “ pophyns.” Page 89. BrapBurn (J. Denuam), line 1, for “ viv.” read “ 1847-93.” Line 4, add: James Denham Bradburn was a surgeon at Leamington. He died January 4, 1893. ° Page 92. Bripgeman (Hon. F. C. and Hon. G. 0. M.), after line 3 add : Colonel F. C. Bridgeman was M.P. for Bolton from 1885 to 1895. His brother, G. O. M. Bridgeman, became arlieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, and died in 1870. ° Page 92. Before Brigutwen (E.) add: Bricut (J. §.). 1884. A History of Dorking and the Neighbouring Parishes, with chapters onthe .. . Flora, Fauna, Geology, etc. Dorking and London : 1884. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xi and pp. 408, map and illust. Fauna at pp. 342-5, contains a short list of the common birds. Page 92. Insert : Brit. ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. The following is a complete list of the guide-books containing local natural history, issued under the auspices of the Association : 1874. Guide to Belfast and adjacent counties, by members of Belfast Naturalist’s Field Club. Post 8vo. Belfast: 1874. Aves, pp. 95-104. See also under 1902. 1875. Bristol and its Environs, historical, descriptive, and scientific. Cr. 8vo. London: 1875. Aves, by E. Wheeler, pp. 400-404. 1876. Notes on the Fauna and Flora of the West of Scotland. Cr. 8vo. Glasgow : 1876. Birds, by R. Gray, pp. 7-10. 1878. Guide to the County of Dublin. 8vo. Dublin: 1878. _ Aves, by A. G. More, pp. 77-91. 1879. Guide to the Town [of Sheffield] and District. 12mo. Sheffield: 1879. Nat. Hist., by G. R. Vine of Hill Top, Attercliffe, only deals with fossil remains. ° 1881. Middlesbrough and the District. Post 8vo. Middlesbrough : 1881. Fauna, by R. Lofthouse. Birds, pp. 68-71. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1896. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1907. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 679 Handbook for Birmingham. Post 8vo. Birmingham: 1886. Birds, by R. W. Chase, pp. 275-84. See also under date 1913. Handbook of Manchester. 12mo. Manchester: 1887. Ornithology, by F. Nicholson, pp. 43-9. Handbook to Bath. Edited by J. W. Morris, F.L.S. Post 8vo. Bath : 1888. Zoology, by C. Terry. Aves, pp. 255-6. Official and Local Guide. Geology and Natural History. Edited by Prof. G. A. Lebour. Post 8vo. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: 1889. Birds, pp. 159-68. This is the 3rd edition. Cloth cover bears title, ‘“ Handbook to the Geology and Natural History of Northumberland and Durham.” ; Handbook for Leeds and Airedale. Edited by Prof. L. C. Miall. Post 8vo. Leeds: 1890. Contains natural history, but no birds. Handbook for Cardiff and District. Edited by Ivor James. Post 8vo. Cardiff: 1891. Ornithology, “ The Rarer Birds of the Cardiff District,’ com- piled from the observations of R. Drane and T. W. Proger, pp. 154-63. Handbook to Liverpool and Neighbourhood. Edited by W. A. Herdman. 12mo. Liverpool: 1896. Birds by H. O. Forbes, pp. 38-41. Handbook to Bristol and the Neighbourhood. Edited by B. M. H. Rogers. 12mo. Bristol: 1898. Birds of the Bristol District, by Herbert C. Playne, M.A., pp. 192-6. Handbook to Dover. Cr. 8vo. Dover: 1899. Birds, by Sydney Webb, pp. 91-104. Handbook to Bradford and Neighbourhood. Cr. 8vo. Bradford : 1900. Birds, by E. P. Butterfield, pp. 136-41. Fauna, Flora, and Geology of the Clyde Area. 8vo. Glasgow: 1901. Birds, by John Paterson, pp. 160-70. A Guide to Belfast and the Counties of Down and Antrim. Pre- pared by the Belfast Nat. F.C. Cr. 8vo. Belfast: 1902. Aves, by “ R. P.,” pp. 153-70. : Southport: A Handbook of the Town and Surrounding District. Post 8vo. Southport: 1903. Aves, pp. 195-6, and 1 pl. Handbook to the Nat. Hist. of Cambridgeshire. Edited by Marr and Shipley. Cr. 8vo. Cambridge: 1904. Birds, by A. H. Evans, pp. 75-99. A Guide to Leicester and District. 12mo. Leicester: 1907. Aves, by A. R. Horwood, pp. 356-61. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 680 1908. Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District. Cr. 8vo. Dublin: 1908. Birds, by R. M. Barrington, pp. 113-29, with plates. 1910. Handbook and Guide to Sheflield. Cr. 8vo. Sheffield: 1910. Aves, by C. J. Patten, pp. 455-69. 1911. Handbook and Guide to Portsmouth. Post 8vo. Portsmouth : 1911. Zoology, by C. Foran. Aves, pp. 219-24. 1912. Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District. Cr. 8vo. Dundee: 1912. “ The Birds of the Estuary of the Tay,”’ by James B. Corr, Assistant Curator, Dundee Museum, pp. 618-25. (1913. A Handbook for Birmingham and the Neighbourhood. Hdited by George A. Auden. Cr. 8vo. Birmingham: 1913. Ornithology, by R. W. Chase, pp. 490-95.] Page 94. B.O.U., line 3, for “‘ Goodman ”’ read ‘‘ Godman.” Page 101. Bryprn (H. A.), line 1, for * viv.” read “ nat. 1854” ; line 4, for “ recent years ”’ read “ former years.” Page 103. Bucxuanp (F. T.), line 11, for “‘ December 9” read ‘“‘ December 19.” Page 104. Bucxuiry (A. B.), line 2, for “ 1895” read “1884; he died in 1895.” After line 7 add: Idem. Another edition, 1902. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 79, 8 col. pl., cuts in text. Page 106. Butimore (W. K.), line 1, for ‘‘ ca. 1867 ” read ‘“‘ 1834-1908 ” ; after line 10 add: W. K. Bullmore died at Falmouth, June 4, 1908. Page 107. Buttock (Wm.), line 1, for “ ob. 1829 ” read ‘fl. 1799-1840.” Page 110. Bunp (J. W. Wittis), for lines 2-5 substitute : Mr. Willis Bund was educated at Eton and Caius College, Cambridge (B.A., LL.B., 1865 ; M.A. 1868) ; Professor of Constitutional Law, King’s College, London : 1869-82. He has published books on fishing and several works relating to the County of Worcester. He is J.P., D.L.,and Chairman of the Worcester County Council. He assumed the name of Bund in 1864. Before 1891 insert : 1889. A nesting-place of Larus fuscus. (Zoologist, pp. 131-3.) Page 110. Bury (C. A.), for line 1 read : Bury (Rev. CHaRLes ALFRED), 1807-83. After line 10 add : C. A. Bury was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford (B.A., 1831). He died at Sandown, Isle of Wight, March 4, 1883. Page 121. Carrer (B. A.), line 2, for “‘ Mr.” read “ Miss.” BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 681 Page 121. CatHrauu (W.), date 1855 should be in brackets [ ]. Page 127. Before Cuasz (R. W.) insert : CHARLTON (Joun Macrarian), 1891-1916. Captain J. M. Charlton, who was killed at La Boiselle, July 1, 1916, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his birthday, was educated at Uppingham, where he was secretary to the natural history society of the school. (Vide obituary notice in Brit. Birds, September 1916, pp. 90-91.) 1912. The Birds of South-East Northumberland. (Zoologist.) Idem. Reprinted in pamphlet form, with map and illust. Page 127. Cuasz (R. W.), after last line add : [Idem. Another issue, 1913. Birds, pp. 490-501.] Page 130. Before CLarKke (J.) insert : CLaRrkE (Geo. H.). [1906.] Birds of the Pool, Chasetown. Nn.p. (N.P. of imprint.) Collation—Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 16, rough cuts in text. The foreword is signed : Geo. H. Clarke, Taxidermist, Whitsun- tide, 1906. Note.—Chasetown is near Walsall in Stafis. Page 131. Clarke (WILLIAM Hace). Line 14, for “ jointly ” read “‘ solely,” and add : The results of the five reports of the British Association Enquiry into Bird Migration in Great Britain were entirely due to the work of Mr. Eagle Clarke, and represent the labour of many years. Page 133. Crarke (W. H.), date “1884” should be “1883”; under date 1896, after Midlothian, insert “* and.” Under date 1885 add: 1885. Birds. [In Ilkley Ancient and Modern, by Rev. Robert Collyer and J. Horsfall Turner. Pt. II.] Otley and Leeds: 1885. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 283+ pp. xcvi+list of subscribers, map, and illust. Birds at pp. lxiv-lxviii. Page 134. Clarke (W. E.), line 5, “ Ushant,” etc., should be deleted as being not British. Page 137. Before Cocks (W. P.) insert : Copurn (F.), ob. 1914. 1895. Ornithology of the City of Birmingham. Collation—Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 12. Cf. Jourdain, Brit. Birds, x. p. 100. - Page 137. For line 1 read: Cocks (Witt1am PEenniTon), 1791-1878. Cf. Boase and Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 682 Page 139. Before Cottinewoopn (C.) insert : CoLLIncE (WaLTER Epwarp), viv. Dr. Collinge is best known to ornithologists by his studies on the food and feeding habits of birds. He was educated at the Huddersfield Col- legiate, and at Leeds and Edinburgh Universities. For many years he held the post of lecturer in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in the University of Birmingham. He has written extensively upon the anatomy and classification of the Crustacea, Mollusca, Insecta, and Pisces. For some years he was editor of the Journal of Malacology, later of the Journal of Economic Biology, and at present of the Journal of Zoological Research. He is a D.Sc. of St. Andrews University, M.Sc. of the University of Bir- mingham, a Fellow of the Linnean, Entomological, and other Societies, and a Research Fellow of St. Andrews University. His contributions to economic ornithology are contained in the following works : 1906. On the Preservation of Wild Birds. (In Third Rept.on Inj. Insects, etc., pp. 45-52, 9 figs.) 8vo. Birmingham (Cornish Bros., Ltd.) : 1906. 1910. The Feeding Habits of the Rook. (Jour. Land Agents’ Soc. vol. ix. pp. 183-201.) : 1912. Some Observations on the Food of the Starling. (In Second Rept. on Econ. Biology, pp. 63-6, 1 fig.) 8vo. Birmingham (Midland Educat. Co., Ltd.) : 1912. The Food of the Bullfinch. (Jour. Econ. Biol. vol. vii. pp. 49-57.) Some Observations on the Food of Nestling Birds. (Jour. Board Agric. vol. xix. pp. 460-65.) The Economic Status of Wild Birds. (Jour. Land Agents’ Soc. vol. xi. pp. 534-8.) The Relation of Wild Birds to Forestry. (Op. cit. xii. pp. 143-6.) [1913. The Destruction and Dispersal of Weed Seeds by Wild Birds. (Jour. Board Agric. vol. xx. pp. 15-26.) The Food of some British Wild Birds, A Study in Economic Or- nithology. London (Dulau): 1913. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vii+ pp. 109. The Food and Feeding Habits of the Pheasant. (Jour. Land Agents’ Soc. vol. xiii. pp. 583-96.) 1914. Some further Observations on the Dispersal of Weed Seeds by Wild Birds. (Jour. Econ. Biol. vol. ix. pp. 69-71.) Some Observations on the Food of Nestling Sparrows. (Jour. Board of Agric. vol. xxi. pp. 618-23.) 1915. The Food of British Wild Birds. (Nature, pp. 509-12.) The Economic Status of the Blackcap. (T.c. p. 617.) The Attacks of Birds upon Fruit. (Op. cit., September 23, pp. 89-90.) Some Observations on the Rate of Digestion in different Groups of Wild Birds. (Jour. Economic Biol. vol. x. pp. 65-8.)] Page 140. Cotzinewoop (C.), after line 10 add : Idem. 2nd edit. 1873. Collation as above, but col. plate added as front. 2Y BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 683 Page 144-6. Corpraux (Jonn). To “ 1866-82. Ornithological Notes from N. Lincs” add “ wiil., 1884, pp. 184-6; xii. 1888, pp. 59-63,” and in line 11 of the same for “ 5031” read “ 5061.” After 1888, line 3, add : Idem, in Lincolnshire. (Zoologist, pp. 419-23.) Field Notes from N. Lincolnshire in Spring 1888. (7.c. pp. 241-7.) 1890. Line 2, for ‘‘ 207 ” read “* 204.” After 1891, line 1, add: Idem. (Op. cit., 1895, pp. 56-9.) Spring Migration in the Humber District. (Op. cit., 1891, pp. 409-15.) After 1892, line 3, add : On the Migration of the Yellow Wagtail. (Z.c. pp. 389-91.) 1897. Line 1, for “ Zoologist,” read “* Trans. Yorks. Nat. Onion.” Page 148. Before Corron (J.) insert : Corr (Jams B.). See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 156. Crotcu (WiLLiam Duppa), after line 9 add: This author was still living in 1875, when he published a work on Double Acrostics from Shakespeare. Page 163. Davies (G. C.), line 1 delete “2” After line 9 add: Mr. Davies resides at Norwich, where he is clerk to the County Council. Page 166. Before DrrHam (W.) add: Der Crespieny (Rose C.) and Hurcuinson (Horacz). 1895. The New Forest, its Traditions, Inhabitants, and Customs. London: 1895. Collation —1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vili+pp. 293, port., map, and plates. “ Birds in the Forest’’ at pp. 254-65. Page 167. Dicxrnson (J. H.), after last line add : The annotated list of Birds was reprinted in Trans. N. Staffs. F.C. xxvii. pt. 2, pp. 5-7 (1893). Page 173. Donovan (E.). Line 7, for “ 8 vols.” read “ 16 vols.” Page 176. Drane (R.), after last line add : 1899. A Pilgrimage to Golgotha. (Rept. and Trans. Cardiff Nat. Soc. xxxi., 1898-99.) 2x2 BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 684 Page 185. After Duncan (JONATHAN) insert : Duncan (Prof. P. Marrry). 1880. Natural History Rambles: The Sea-Shore. London (8.P.C.K.): 1880. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. 256, cuts. Shore Birds at pp. 253-6. Page 192. Epmonpsron (ArrHuR), add: With regard to the addition of the Snowy Owl to the British list, the following is the account given by Wm. Bullock in a paper read by him before the Linnean Society, November 17, 1812, and entitled “ An Account of four rare Species of British Birds.” “Tn July last, in the island of North Ronaldsha, one of the Orkneys, I was informed that a bird of this kind (7.e. the Snowy Owl) had been seen on the Links or rabbit-warren for several weeks ; and shortly after I had an opportunity of examining it for some time at the distance of about forty yards; it was a male, and its companion had been killed a few months before on the same island. . . . In September, I was so fortunate as to procure one in Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Isles ; it had been killed a few weeks before by Mr. L. Edmondston, a young gentle- man well versed in the ornithology of that country... .” Page 201. ivans (W.), line 4, (1898), for ‘“‘ Op. cit.” read “‘ Ann. Scot. N.H.” Page 211. Before Forses (E.) insert : Foran (C.). See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 219. FornerGitn (Cares), after line 14 add: “‘ There are two references to Charles Fothergill in Baikie and Heddle’s Historia Naturalis Orcadensis (1848), at p. 51 and p. 62, where he is described as “‘ of Richmond, Yorkshire.” Page 231. Before GisBorne (Rev. T.) insert : GIRDWOOD (GEORGE). 1905. Descriptive Notes. . on the Birds of which photographs appear - in the foregoing. (In Gowan’s Nature Books, No. 1, Wild Birds at Home.) Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 10 and pp. 65-76, 60 photo plates. Ist edit., 1905. Reprint, May 1905. Reprint with Descriptive Notes, August 1905. Reprint, November 1905. Page 233. GLover (STEPHEN), after last line add : The list of birds in his work was founded on Pilkington’s list (vide p. 473), with additional notes by O. Jowett. Page 234. GoDMAN (F. D.), line 12, for “ Magdalen ” read “ Magdalene.” Page 236. GooDCHILD (J. G.), line 10, for “1907 ” read “* 1909.” Page 257. Gunn (T. E.), after 1886 add : 1888. Ornithological Notes from Norfolk and Suffolk. (Zoologist, pp. 281-9.) BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 685 Page 260. Gurney (J. H.), 1869, after line 1 add : Notes on the Great Auk. (Op. cit. pp. 1639-43.) Page 270. Harrison (W.), after line 4 add: _ The ornithological matter in the above also appears in the first edition, 1577, vol. i. bk. iii. cap. 9, pp. 110-11, and cap. 11, pp. 111-12. Page 271. Harrert (EH. J. O.), 1908, after line 2 add : On Birds represented in the British Isles by peculiar forms. (British Birds, i. pp. 208-22.) Page 275. Harrrne (J. E.), under date 1886 add: | On the Moulting of the Flight Feathers in the Common Wild Duck. (Zoologist, pp. 228-33.) Page 280-83. Harvir-Brown (J. A.). 1869, to line 1 add “ 1630-32.” 1910, line 2, delete “ [With P. F. Bunyard.].” Line 3, for “ 254-5 ” read “‘ 252-4,” and add : Idem, by P. F. Bunyard. (T.c. pp. 254-5.) Page 294. Huwirson (W. C.), line 11, for “ pp. 522 ” read “* pp. 532.” Page 294. After Hitt (F. V.) insert : Hitt (Jonny), 1716-75. This author was an apothecary and quack doctor in James Street, Covent Garden. He styled himself Sir John, having received the knight- hood of the Swedish Order of Vasa for his publication of the Vegetable System, 1759-75. The undernoted work is chiefly compiled, but the accounts of British birds include many original observations and records by the author (e.g. his remarks on the Great Bustard), chiefly made in Yorkshire and Sussex. *1752. An | History | of | Animals | Containing Descriptions of the | Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insects, | of the | Several Parts of the World ; | [ete. 8 lines] | illustrated with Figures | By John Hill, M.D., | Acad. Reg. Scient. Burdig. ete. etc. | London : | Printed for Thomas Osborne, in Gray’s-Inn. | Mpcctit. Collation—1 vol. folio, pp. vili un. + pp. 584 + pp. iv un., index, 28 pl. Birds at pp. 818-514 including many British Birds. Published with plain and coloured plates. Page 297. Before Horne (GEo.) insert : Horn (W.). Collected Notes on the Birds of Buchan. Pamphlet 8vo. Not seen. After Horsrietp (T. W.) insert : Horwoop (A. R.). See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 303. Hupson (W. H.), add : See Addenda under Tuomas (E.). BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 686 Page 304. Hunt (Jonn). For “ ob. 1842” read “1777-1842.” Line 9. After “ Long Island ” read “ He died there, according to a notice in the Norfolk Chronicle of July 9, 1842, on June 14, 1842, aged 65 years.” In 1835 (or more probably in 1834) John Hunt addressed an open letter, dated New York, November 25, 1835, to his friend Mr. John Skippon of Orford Hill in Norwich. This was published in due course, and the title- page reads as follows : America | Copy of a letter | just received from | Mr. John Hunt | Late | one of the Mace officers in the | Corporation of Norwich | who migrated to America in August last ; | To His Friend | Mr. John Skippon, Orford Hill, | Giving an Account of | His voyage, the State of the Country | Prices of Provisions, House Rent, &c., And Many other interesting particulars | worthy of perusal. | 1835. | Printed by John Judd Sharpe, St. George’s Colegate, | Norwich. | Price Two-Pence. Mr. George A. Stephen, the City Librarian of Norwich, to whom we are indebted for the above information, points out that 1835 is most probably a misprint for 1834, as J. Quinton in his Bibliotheca Norfolciensis, citing the third edition of the Letter, gives the entry as follows : Hunt, John. Copy of a letter [dated New York, Nov. 25, 1834] just received from Mr. John Hunt, etc., 3rd ed., p. 12. Norwich, J. J. Sharpe, 1835. “It is unlikely (writes Mr. Stephen) that a letter written on the 25th of November 1835 could arrive in Norwich, and that three editions of it could be printed in 1835.” In the course of the letter Hunt says: “ We left England on the first of August, and arrived at New York on the twenty-first day of September.”’ Line 18. After “ Norwich” add: Cf. Stevenson’s Birds of Norfolk, vol. i. p. 294, for mention of Hunt’s residence at Rose Lane, Norwich. Line 20. After Memoir add [Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Society, vol. v. p. 158]. Page 307. Line 6, for “Sir Edward” read “ Sir Everard.” Page 330. Kirkman (F. B. B.), before 1910-13 add : 1908. Variation in the Nests of the Arctic and Common Terns. (Brit. Birds, ii. pp. 72-82, 101-8.) 1910. The Bird-Watcher’s Guide. (Op. cit. iv. pp. 8-13.) Page 348. Line 6 from bottom, for “ Fyle ” read “ Fylde.” ‘Page 352. Litrorp (Lord), line 2, for “ Lyttleton ” read “ Littleton.” Page 365. McAnpowre (A. M.), after last line add : Reprinted from Ann. Rept. and Trans. N. Staffs. Field Club for 1893. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 687 Page 373. Before MacpHerson (Rev. H. A.) insert : Macruerson (A. Hotre). , *1909. [With Momber (Lt.-Col. G. A.).] Comparative Legislation for the Protection of Birds. With Preface by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. London (Roy. Soc. for Protection of Birds): 1909. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vii+pp. 68, wrappers, price 1s. Great Britain at pp. 18 et seq. and p. 58. Page 373. MacpuErson (Rev. H. A.), line 4, for “ B.D.” read “ B.A.” Page 375. 1896. “Some Observations on the Note of the Cuckoo.” This is by Mr. A. Holte Macpherson. Page 376. Macruerson (H. B.), for line 1 read: Macpuerson (HENRY BREWSTER), viv. After line 5 add: He has also contributed articles to Wild Life. Page 390. Masrrir.p (J. R. E.), after line 5 add: He also wrote two of the Educational Leaflets issued by the Roy. Soc. for the Protection of Birds (Nos. 17 and 23). Page 391. Matuew (Rev. M. A.), after 1884 add : 1888. Additions to the List of Somersetshire Birds. (Zoologist, pp. 219-21.) Page 393. Before MaxweE xu (Sir H. E., Bt.) insert : MaxweE t (Lieut.-Col. Aymmr), 1877-1914. This author was the son of Sir Herbert Maxwell, seventh bart., of Monreith, Wigtownshire. He was born in 1877, and was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the Grenadier Guards and served in the South African War. On the outbreak of the present War he rejoined his old regiment, but was subsequently posted to the Naval Brigade with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He arrived at Antwerp on October 6, 1914, was wounded in the head next day, and died on the 8th. 1910. [With Malcolm (G.)]. Grouse and Grouse Moors. With 16 full- page illustrations in colour, by Charles Whymper, F.Z.8. London (Black): 1910. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii+286, 16 col. ul. (Pub. at 7s. 6d. net.) 1911. Partridges and Partridge Manors. With sixteen illustrations in colour, by George Rankin. London (Black): 1911. Collation—I vol. 8vo, pp. xii+327, 16 col. ill. (Pub. at 7s. 6d. net.) 1912. Article on Black Game. [In The Gun at Home and Abroad, vol. i.] London: 1912. [1913. Pheasants and Covert Shooting. With sixteen illustrations in colour, by George Rankin. London (Black): 1913. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi+332, 16 col. ill. (Pub. at 7s. 6d. net.)] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 688 Page 393. Maxwe tu (Sir H. E.), after last line add : See also under Litrorp (Lord), p. 355. Page 394. After MayaLu (ALEXANDER) insert : Maver (Jou), ob. 1823. The | Sportsman’s Directory; | or, | Park and Gamekeeper’s | Companion ; | containing | Instructions for . . . [ete. J] lines]. | By John Mayer, | Gamekeeper. | Fourth Edition, | London: | [etc. 3 lines] 1823. Collation—1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vii+ pp. 214, front. and cuts. Pp. 338-108 relate to birds, including Woodcock, Pheasant, Partridge, Snipe, Grouse, Dotterel and Birds in General, Small Birds and Birds of Prey. (Allibone gives the first edition as 1815.) Page 395. Mrturrsu (W. L.), after last line add : 1907. [Article Wildfowling in] Victoria History of the Co. of Gloucester (vol. i. pp. 3801 e¢ seg.) London: 1907. 4to. Page 404. Mryrr (H. L.), line 30, for “ Note, this edition” substitute “ Note, this edition is a reissue of the 1842 8vo edition as regards the text ; some of the plates, however, have been redrawn and altered in colouring.” Page 405. Micuett (HE. B.), before 1900 add : 1885-86. Modern Falconry, with 11 illustrations by G. E. Lodge. (English Illustrated Mag. 1885-86, pp. 653 et seq.) Page 405. Mixuais (J. G.), before 1892 add: 1888. [Illustrations in] Seebohm’s Geographical Distribution of the Charadriide. 4to. London: 1888. After 1896, line 2, add: [Illustrations to] Payne-Gallway’s Letters to Young Shooters, Third Series. London: 1896. Page 409. Before Montacu (GEORGE) insert : Mompsr (Lieut.-Col. G. A.). See MacpHerson (A. Hours) in Addenda. Page 413. Mors (A. G.), to line 31 add : “and a list of his scientific writings.” Page 431. Nasu (JosEpu), after line 6 add : Idem. 2nd edit. same date. Different board covers and legend thereon. Inside title and collation as in first edition. Page 442. Newstrap (Rosert), add : 1894. The Heron and Heronries of Cheshire and North Wales. (Proc. Ches. Soc. Nat. Sc. iv. pp. 226-43.) : Page 447. Newron (ALrrep), under date 1889, for “‘ Macpherson (A. H.) ” read ‘* Macpherson (H. A.).” BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 689 Page 450. After Nicnotson (C.) insert : Nicuouson (Francis), ob. ? See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 451. NorTHUMBERLAND (Karl of), after line 3 add : 1827. The | Regulations and Establishment | of the | Household | of | Henry Algernon Percy, | The fifth | Earl of Northumberland, | at his castles of | Wresill and Lekinfield | in Yorkshire, | Begun anno domini m.p. xu. | [Crest and Motto]. | London : | William Picking, Chancery Lane. | Mpccc. xxvit. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxvi+2 pp. advt. un.+pp. x+pp. 464+ pp. 4 un. Page 455. Pappock (G. H.), line 1, for ‘* vw.” (%) read “ ob. 1916,” and after line 6 add : ; Mr. Paddock was for some years connected with the Wrekin Brewery at Wellington. He died in the summer of 1916. Page 460. Parren (C. J.), under date 1910 add: See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Line 13, for “‘ 1902 Aquatic Birds ” read “ 1906 Aquatic Birds.” Page 474. Before Piotr (D. R.) insert : Prayne (HERBERT C.). See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 483. Pyorarr (WILLIAM PLANE). Line 2, for “ an assistant at the ” read “‘ of the Zoological Dept. of the.” Line 3, for “ reptilian ” read “* mammalian.” After line 20 add : 1892-1902. A Contribution towards our Knowledge of the morpholugy of the Owls. Pt. 1, Pterylography. (Zrans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, Zool. vol. vii. 1898.) : ; Idem. Pt. 2, Osteology. (Op. cat. ix. 1902.) Line 28, for “ Nesting ” read “ Nestling.”’ Line 30, for “ Nestings ”’ read ‘* Nestlings.”’ Page 484. Ratre (P. G.), line 3 from bottom, for ‘‘ Kerinode” read “ Kermode.” Page 485. 1901, line 4, for “ Ibis” read “ Zoologist.” Page 486. Raw1inas (F. C.), line 1, delete (?) and after line 5 add : Mr. Rawlings, an able field ornithologist, a chemist and amateur artist, resides at Barmouth. After last line add : 1894. List of Birds observed in the District of Barmouth. (Zool. pp. 328-35.) ; Page 486. R[awson] (H. E.), for line 1 read “ Rawson (HERBERT Evetyn), vw.” Mr. Rawson became a member of the B.O.U. in 1879, and now resides at Comyn Hill, Ilfracombe, N. Devon. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 690 Page 492. Before Ropinson (P. 8.) insert : Rosinson (Epwarp Kay), nat. 1857. Mr. K. K. Robinson, journalist, and brother of “ Phil” Robinson, was born in 1857 and educated at Cheltenham College. He has edited the Country-Side and other journals. 1901. To-day with Nature. London: 1901. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii+ pp. 338. Not seen. 1903. My Nature Notebook. London: 1903. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. 211. Not seen. 1905. The Country Day by Day. Illustrated with Photographs. London (Heinemann): 1905. Collation—1 vol. 8vo, pp. xix + pp. 370. Containing many bird notes. Page 521. Sexpy (P. J.), line 21, under date 1834, for “ writer” read “ winter.” Page 522. Setous (EpMunpD) add: See also under Kirkman (F. B. B.), p. 330. Page 531. Before Saw (J.) add: Suaw (GEORGE). 1867. Rambles about Filey. London and Leeds: 1867. Collation—1 vol. fcap. 8vo, pp. xii+pp. 181, front. “List of Rare Birds met with on Filey Brigg,” at pp. 173-81, and numerous other references to birds. Page 551. Smita (W. ANDERSON), add : 1883. Benderloch or Notes from the West Highlands. 2nd edit. Map and Index. Paisley (Alex. Gardner): 1883. Collation—I1 vol. 8vo, pp. 366 + Index pp. 5. Contains bird observations throughout. Page 559. Stertanp (W. J.), add: 1875. The Zoology of Sherwood Forest. [In White (R.), Worksop, ‘“ The Dukery,” and Sherwood Forest, pp. 255-82.] London: 1875. Collation—1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. viit+ pp. 338, maps, plates, and pedigrees. Birds at pp. 257-63. Page 563. Before Srewarr (C.) insert : Stewart (Rev. ALEXANDER). This author wrote under the name of ‘“‘ Nether Lochaber” to the Inverness Courier for many years. He was the parish minister of Lochaber (Argyllshire). 1883. Nether Lochaber. The Natural History, etc., of the West High- lands. Edinburgh: 1883. 1885. ’Twixt Ben Nevis and Glencoe. The Natural History, etc., of the West Highlands. Edinburgh: 1885. V BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 691 Page 576. Before THeaxston (8S. W.) add: Terry (C.). See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 576. Tuomas (H.), add : 1907. British Country Life in Spring and Summer. A Symposium by W. H. Hudson and others. Edited by E. Thomas. London: 1907. Collation—I vol. 4t0, pp. vii + pp. 239, 27 col. plates. Contains chapters on the Kite, Peregrine, etc., by J. Walpole Bond; on Bird Watching in a Breydon Punt, etc., by A. H. Patterson ; on Seabirds, by J. H. Crawford ; on the Nightingale and its Haunts, by Anthony Collett, and on Summer Visitors, etc., by D’Esterre Baily. Page 581. Tuorsurn (A.) add : See also under Minuais (J. G.), p. 406. Page 611. Watpoie-Bonp (J. A.), add : See Addenda under Thomas (E.). Page 619. Warr (H. Boyp). 1910. Line 4, for “‘ Zoologist ” read “* Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.” Page 620. Before WEBB (W. M.) insert : WEBB (SYDNEY). See Brit. Assoc. Handbooks in Addenda. Page 664. Before Woon (Sara) add: Woop (Samus). [1877.] The British Bird Preserver . . . with a chapter on their localities, habits, and how to obtain them, etc. London (Warne): N.D. Collation—1 vol. 12mo, pp. 125, illust. Printed by R. & R. CLark, Limitep, Edinburgh.