166 Mr Selby on the Quadrupeds and Birds 



men were renewed, and continued till the time of Mrs Flam- 

 steed's death, which took place on July 29, 1730. 



That the above mentioned circumstances attending the pub- 

 lication of Flamsteed's works, should never before have come to 

 light is somewhat singular ; and it is much to be regretted that 

 some explanation was not given, at the time, of the circumstances 

 under which they eventually appear. But that many of the 

 facts were well known at that period, both in this country and on 

 the Continent (although not detailed at length), appears from the 

 testimony of contemporaneous writers ; and that Mrs Flamsteed 

 partook of the spirit and indignation of her husband, is evident 

 from the letter which she addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of 

 Oxford, requesting that the copy of Halley's spurious edition, 

 presented to the Bodleian Library by Sir Robert Walpole, might 

 be removed therefrom, as not being the genuine work of Mr 

 Flamsteed. 



Chi the Quadrupeds and Birds inhabiting the County of Suther- 

 land^ observed there during an Excursion in the Summer of 

 1834. By P. J. Selby, F. R. S. E., F. L. S. &c. &c.* 



The following notices of the quadrupeds and birds inhabiting 

 the county of Sutherland, were made during an excursion to 

 that interesting district in the summer of 1834, expressly under- 

 taken for the purpose of investigating its zoological productions. 

 To enable the partyj- to pursue this to the greatest advantage, 

 tlie sanction of the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland was requested 

 to the undertaking, and readily obtained ; and letters of intro- 

 duction from Mr Losh, M. P., to the different factors upou the 

 estate, procured the assistance of those gentlemen whose local 



• Read before the "Wernerian Natural History Society, on 21st November 

 1835. 



•\ The party consisted of Sir William Jardine, Mr John Jardine, Dr Gre- 

 ville, Mr James Wilson, and Mr Selby. A light boat, suspended upon a four- 

 wheeled carriage, and drawn by two horses, was the conveyance adopted, and 

 was found particularly useful and convenient, in a country so intersected with 

 lochs, but entirely destitute of boats. It could be shipped or unshipped at 

 any time with perfect ease, even by three of the party. 



