A VETERAN NATURALIST 



BEING THE LIFE AND WORK OF 



W. B. TEGETMEIER 



By E. W. RICHARDSON 



With an Introduction by the late SIR WALTER GILBEY, Bart. 



WITH PORTRAITS AND MANY OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 

 Demy Svo. Cloth 10s. 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 CyHndrical Origin of the Bee's Cell : 

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

 Introduction of Anaesthetics and Automobiles ; the Introduction of Decimal 

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

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

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

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



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The Bird-lover's Home-life Series. 



Each Volume contains 32 beautiful plates, artistically 

 mounted, from PHOTOGRAPHS DIRECT FROM 

 NATURE, with 40-60 pages of letterpress. Crown 

 4to. Cloth 6s. net cash. Special Edition, bound 

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



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



Photographed and described by H. B. Macpherson (3rd Ed.). 



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

 and some Herons. 



Photographed and described by Bentlev Beetham. 



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 Terns or Sea- 

 Swallows. 



Photographed and described by W. Bickerton, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. 



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