CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. PARENTAGE AND EARLY LIFE . I 



II. EARLY CLERICAL LIFE . .22 



III. NUNBURNHOLME . -39 



IV. HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. . 67 

 V. BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS . . 94 



VI. PERSONAL .... .112 



VII. THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. . . -135 



VIII. LATER WORKS AND FRIENDSHIPS (1860- 



1873) . . 156 



IX. CORRESPONDENCE . . . l8l 



X. DARWINISM AND VIVISECTION . . .213 



XI. VIEWS ON QUESTIONS OF THE DAY . . 232 



XII. SPORT AND SLAUGHTER .... 248 



XIII. STRAY NATURE-NOTES . .261 



XIV. DECLINING YEARS (1873-1893) . . . 277 

 XV. LAST DAYS ....... 303 



APPENDIX I. EXTRACT FROM SERMON . 309 



APPENDIX II. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS . 31! 



