CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



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



II. Rugby and Bembridge (1842-1849), f 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), ... .32 



vn. 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) 119 



xvni. Projecting a " Bird-Cybele" (1860) 127 



XIX. The Bird-Distribution Inquiry (1861), . . . .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 



xxin. 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) 187 



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