''The Birds of Dumfriesshire." 15 



Co?itribiilio)is to Ornithology, 1848-1852, were drawn by her; 

 as well as several illustrations in her husband's book, The 

 Dodo and its Kindred, 1848. While pursuing geological 

 studies, he was knocked down and killed by an express train 

 on September 14th, 1853. After his death, she and Sir 

 William Jardine edited his Ornithological Synonyms, Vol. I. 

 Accipitres, 1855. She eventually gave her husband's natural 

 history collection to Cambridge University in 1867. She d. 

 s.p. August 6th, 1888. 



The next section is the 



LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



I can offer no excuse for my omission of the name of Mr. 

 William Evans, F.R.S.E., M.B.O.U., of Edinburgh, who wrote 

 me several helpful letters during the compilation of my book. 

 Mr. George Russell, of Dumfries, is another correspondent whose 

 name I should have included. 



Many of my original correspondents have sent me additional 

 information since my book was published, and I have to thank 

 the following new correspondents for their assistance : — 



Bedford, Her Grace the Duchess of. 

 Blackwood, G. G., Edinburgh. 

 Calder, T. M., Auldgirth. 

 Dickson, Walter S., Moniaive. 

 Dixie, Sir Beaumont, Bart., Annan. 

 Goldie-Scot, A., Moniaive. 

 Greaves, A. R., Tynron. 

 Home, J. H. Milne, Canonbie. 

 Robson, George H., Dumfries. 

 Tweedie, A., Annan. 

 Wilson, George B., Canonbie. 



As regards the 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, 



it would be tedious to enumerate the various magazines that 

 have been read so as to keep my book up to date. 



A topographical work, published in 1910 by Mr. John Corrie, 

 entitled Glencairn (Dumfriesshire) : The Annals of an Inland 



