PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 371 



1797-1804. Bewick, T.— Coulinncd. 



Vol. I, Land Birds, 1797, of tlie cditio imnceps, originally appeared in two issues. Vol. II, 

 Watpr Birds, 1804, appeared in one issue of a number of copies equal to tbe number of copies 

 of both issues of Vol. I. The text of Vol. I is by Beilby; that of Vol. II by Bewick. The 

 two vols, are thus really two separate works ; but as they both together make up the editio 

 princexis, I have combined the titles of the two in one, hypotheticaUy ; not knowing, how 

 ever, that the title of Vol. II may not be worded more differently from that of Vol. I than as 

 indicated above. The bracketed statement of price, in the title, no doubt varies in different 

 copies. Also, was not Vol. II printed by E. Walker? Vol. I is said to contain 115 figures; 

 Vol. II, 113; making 228 in all. About '>0 of the figures are said to have been drawn from 

 subjects in the Wycliffc Museimi. 



It appears that there havb been eifjlit regular editions of "Bewick" (exclusive of three edi- 

 tions of the cuts alone). They are as follows : 



1797-1804. Editio princcps, ut supra. 



1805. Second Edition. iSTewcastle. E. Walker. 2 vols. 8vo. 



1809. Third Edition. Newcastle. E. Walker. ? 



18CG. Fourth Edition. Newcastle. E. Walker. 2 vols. 8vo. 



1821. Fifth Edition. Newcastle. E. Walker. 2 vols. 8vo. (With Supplement, Vavt I, 

 Land Birds, and Supi)lenient, Part II, Water Birds.) 



1820. Sixth Edition. Newcastle. E. Walker. 2 vols. 8vo. 



1832. /S'c?)«if/t Edition. Newcastle. C. II. Cook. 2 vols. 8vo. 



1847. Eighth Bdition. Newcastle. J. Blaekwell & Co. 2 vols. 8vo. (With Synopsis, by 

 J. Hancock.) 



"Supplements", one to each vol., were introduced with the 5th ed., 1821. Each successive 

 edition, or each to the Gth, has accessions ; thus, the Cth, 1826, contains 300 (157 Land, 143 

 Water) figures of British Birds, besides 14 of exotic Land Birds. 



The separate issues of figures only are three in number, viz : 



1800. J'irst issue. Cuts of Land Birds only, without text. 8vo. (How mauj^ copies?) 



1817. /Second issue. Cuts of Land and Water Birds, without text. 4to. (25 copies.) 



1825. Third isauo,. Cuts of Land and Water Birds, without text. . . . (100 copies.) 



There is an autobiographical memoir of Bewick. Cf. Ibis, iv, 1862, pp. 368 . 



All these editions, both of the text, and of the plates only, arc duly noted in the present 

 Bibliography, under their respective dates, ivhich see, for further particulars. 

 1797. Lamckrt, E. Observations relating to the Migration of [certain British] Birds. 

 <^ Trans. Linn. Soc, iii, 1797, pp. 12-15. 



Notes on the movements of 9 spp. 



1797. jMaton, W. G. Observations | relative chiefly to the | Natural History, | Pic- 



turesfpie Scenery, | and | Antiquities, | of the | Western Counties of England, 

 I Made in the Years 1794 and 1796. | — | Illustrated by | A Miueralogical Map, 

 and sixteen Views in Aquatinta by Aiken. | — | By William George Maton, 

 M. A. j Fellow of the Linnaian Society. | — | Vol. I [II]. | — [Salisbury, | 

 printed and sold by J. Easton; | [etc., 3 lines.] | — ] 1797. 2 vols. 8yo. Vol. 

 I, pp. iii-xii, 1-338, 8 plates. Vol. II, pp. 1-216, 8 11. (index, &c.), 7 plates, 

 map. 



Notices of various birds, p«ssi»).. — See especially the Critical Revievi, Apr., 1798, pp. 309-378, 

 and June, 1798, pp. . 



1798. Axox. Observations relative eliielly to the Natural History, Picturesque Sce- 



nery, and, . . . By AVilliam George Maton. . . . < Cri<ica?i?edeH-, Apr., 1798, 



pp. 369-378; also June, 1798, pp. . 



A review of Maton's book, 1797. The anonymous writer slashes, the author with great 

 severitj', and in a tone of pique and ill-humor savoring of personal antipathy, ilr. Maton's 

 remonstrance met with no mercy in 'answers to correspondents' in the .lune number of the 

 Revieic. 

 1798. Markwick, W. Avcs Sussexienses ; oi-, A Catalogue of Birds found in the 

 County of Sussex, Avith Eemarks. <^ Trans. Linn. Soc.,iv, 1798, x)p. 1-30, iil. 1. 

 175 spp. marked whether summer or winter, or casual bird of passage, or resident. Ex- 

 tended commentary on many of the species. PI. I, Tringa maritima. 

 1798. MoxTAGU, G. Descriptions of three rare Species of British Birds. <^Trrt»«. Linn. 

 Soc, iv, 1798, pp. 35-43, pi. 2. 



Sylvia sylvicola, p. 35, pi. 2, i. 1 (egg). Tringa nigricans, p. 40, pi. 2, f. 2. Alauda petrosa, 

 p. 41, pi. 2, f 3 (egg). 



