220 OFFICIALS, OTHER THAX THOSE TO BE FOUND ABOVE. 



110 Cannon Street, in the metal trade. He also commenced 

 the '' Birds of Europe' with Mr. R. B. Sharpe, who, however, 

 left him to continue the work alone when he entered the 

 British Museum. In 1878 he married, and did not go abroad 

 that year, but from 1870 to the present year (1908) he has 

 been abroad every spring or autumn, and in every case has 

 made use of his time to work at Ornithology and Oology. 



He could make a fair skin of a bii'd when he went to 

 school in Germany in 1852, and first commenced to collect 

 eggs in that year, but in 1854 he began to amass both skins 

 and eggs systematically. His collection of between 11,000 

 and 12,000 bird-skins has been at Owens College Museum, 

 Manchester, since 1899, but he still retains his series of 

 Palsearctic eggs. 



He joined the B. O. U. in 1865 ; indeed, had he not been 

 prevented by absence abroad, he might have been one of the 

 original members. In 1882 he became Secretary, a post 

 which he held until 1888. To 'The Ibis' he has been a 

 constant contributor. 



The following are Mr. Dresser's chief works, not to mention 

 a large number of important papers in periodicals, chiefly 

 on Oology : — 



A History of the Birds of Europe (inclucliug- all the Species inhabiting 



the Western Palfearctic Eegion). 8 vols. 4to. London, 1871-81. 



With 633 hand-coloured Plates. 

 A List of European Birds, including all Species found in the Western 



Palsearctic Region. 8vo. London, 1881. 

 A Monograph of the Meropidse, or Family of the Bee-eaters. 1 vol. 



Small folio. London, 1884-86. With 34 haud-coloured Plates. 

 A Monograph of the Coraciidas, or Family of the Rollers. 1 vol. Small 



folio. Farnborough, Kent, 1893. With 27 hand-coloured Plates. 

 Eversmann's Addenda ad celeberrimi Pallasii Zoographiani Rosso- 



Asiaticam. Aves, Fasc. I.-III. 8vo. Kasani, 1835-42, Facsimile 



reprint, edited by H. E. Dresser. London, 1876. 

 Supplement to the Birds of Europe. 4to. London, 1895-1896, with 89 



plates. 

 Manual of Palsearctic Birds. 8vo. London, 1902-1903. 

 Eggs of the Birds of Europe. 4to. London. Parts I. -XIV. (still in 



process of publication). 



