CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. Birth and Childhood (1830-1842), I 



II. Rugby and Bembridge (1842-1849), ; . . 6 



III. First Visit to Ireland (1850), . ... . II 



IV . Second Visit to Ireland (1851), . . . 19 



v. Fresh Break-down in Health (1852-1853), . . . 26 

 vi. At Brighstone and St. Catherine's (Oct., i853-Feb., 



1854), - - - . * ^ ' -3* 



VII. Third Visit to Ireland (1854), . -* , .. . . 39 



VIII. Third Visit to Ireland (1854) (continued), . -49 



IX. Dublin and Carnarvon (1854), 56 



X. A new Ornithological Friendship (1855), ... 64 



XI. Visit to London (Nov., 1855), . .' . . -74 



XII. Fourth Visit to Ireland (1856), . . . . -79 



Xlii. Exploration near home (1857), . . . . .88 



Xiv. Botanical Work (1858), . .' . . . . 95 



XV. First Year of Critical Botany (1859), . . . .102 



XVI. Fresh Stimulus to Ornithology (1860), . . . .109 



xvii. A busy Year (1860), i . : ' * . .119 



XVIII. Projecting a " Bird -Cybele" (1860), ,' . . , 127 



XIX. The Bird- Distribution Inquiry ( 1 86 1 ), . . . 134 



xx. Letters to Mr. Alfred Newton (1860-1861), . . .143 



xxi. A Correspondence with Mr. Darwin (1860-1862), . . 153 



xxii. Visit to Waterton, and last years in the Isle of Wight 



(Dec., i86i-Jan., 1864), . . . , ^ . , 161 



xxiii. Fifth Visit to Ireland (1864), . .... . .169 



xxiv. At work in Ireland (i 865), . . . . . .176 



xxv. Botanical Correspondence (1865-1866), . 180 



xxvi. Prescribed "Animal Diet " (1866), > . l8 7 



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