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information. A reprint of these reports in book form would 

 make a useful work of reference. 



In 1902 lie published an interesting volume on Sir Thomas 

 Browne's observations on the ' Natural History of Norfolk/ 

 which he edited from the MS. in the Sloane collection 

 in the British Museum and in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 

 and elucidated with many critical notes. The difficulty 

 of deciphering the MS. may be inferred from an inspection 

 of the frontispiece to the volume, which gives a facsimile of 

 one of Sir Thos. Browne's letters to Dr. Christopher Merrett, 

 author of the ' Pin ax Rerum Naturalium Britannicaruni.' 

 It is worth noting that Southwell not only detected errors 

 of transcription which he corrected, but was able to supply 

 two letters which were needed to make the correspondence 

 with Dr. Merrett complete ; these he printed in an 

 Appendix. 



Perhaps the most useful piece of work he accomplished, 

 and that by which he will be best remembered, was his 

 completion in 1890 of Stevenson's 'Birds of Norfolk, of 

 which he wrote the third and concluding volume from the 

 letters and manuscripts of the deceased author, supple- 

 mened by original matter of his own. This was very well 

 done, and was much needed by those who possessed the 

 first two volumes and were anxious to see the w r ork com- 

 pleted on the original plan. Southwell's long personal 

 acquaintance with the author and his command of the 

 necessary materials, coupled with his own knowledge of the 

 subject, enabled him to do complete justice to this difficult 

 undertaking. 



Although not a collector in the generally accepted sense 

 of the word, Southwell lost no opportunity of securing 

 specimens for the Norwich Museum, in which he took great 

 interest ; and when the collections, which had been com- 

 menced in 18:25, were transferred to the Corporation and 

 finally installed in Norwich Castle in 1 89 4-, he prepared an 

 excellent 'Official Guide to the Norwich Castle Museum,' 

 with plans and numerous illustrations. The account therein 

 given of the collection of British birds, including many 



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