VOL. VI.] SIHBALD'S PRODROMES. 57 



Roman Catholic, Sibbald fled to London in 1685, but repenting 

 of " his rashness he resolved to come home and return to the 

 Church he was born in," and after a short period and a severe 

 illness, he returned to his former faith and his native country 

 in 1686, and publicly published his recantation in Edinburgh 

 (c/. Evelyn's Diary, Vol. III., p. 23). Sibbald was twice 

 married, and died it is presumed in 1722. 



Two of the Plates in the " Prodromus " are here reproduced 

 viz. No. 14, depicting the hen Capercaillie and the Great Skua 

 and No. 15 — the Great Northern Diver. 



