A VETERAN NATURALIST 



BEING THE LIFE AND WORK OF 



W. B. TEGETMEIER 



By E. W. RICHARDSON 



With » Introduction by the late SIR WALTER GILBEY. Bart. 



WITH PORTRAITS AND MANY OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 

 Demy 8vo. Cloth lOs. net. 



The wide scope and almost universal appeal of this 

 delightful "Life" are indicated by the following list of 

 subjects dealt with therein : — 



The First Pigeon Flight in England ; Use of Carrier-Pigeons for 

 Lightships ; the Discovery of the Cylindrical Origin of the Bee's Cell ; 

 Co-operation with Charles Darwin ; Long connexion vnth the Field ; 

 Introduction of Anaesthetics and Autonaobiles ; the Introduction of Decimal 

 Coinage in England ; of Balloon Pest and " Pigeongrams " ; Axolotls ; 

 Aeroplanes ; Bees ; Cock-fighting ; Mendelism ; Micro-photography ; Olcapi ; 

 Pallas's Sand- Grouse; Pheasants and Came Preserving ; Pigeons ; Poultry ; 

 the Savage Club : Snakes and Vipers : Sparrows ; " Wireless " ; Zebras. 



WITHERBY & CO.. 326. High Holbora. London, W.C. 



The Bird-lover's Home-life Series. 



Each Volume contains 32 beautiful plates, artistically 

 mounted, from PHOTOGR.-U'HS DIRECT FROM 

 NATURE, with 40-60 pages of letterpress. Crown 

 4to. Cloth 69. net cash. Special Edition, bound 

 half-leather, los. 6d. net each. 



No. I. The Home-life of a Golden Elagle. 



Photographed and described by H. B. M.*cPHEit3o>» {3rd Ed.). 



No. 2. The Home-life of the Spoonbill, the Stork 

 and some Herons. 



Photographed and described by Bentley Bebthau. 



No. 3. The Home-life of the Osprey. 



Photographed and described by Clinton G. Abbott, m.a.o.u. 



No. 4. The Home-life of the Tcmi or Sea- 

 Swallows. 



Photographed and described by W. BtCKtRTON, f.z.*., m.b.o.u. 



London : WITHERBY & CO., 326, High Holborn. 



