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EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBY, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 

 ASSISTED BY W. P. PYCRAFT, A.L.S, M.B.O.U. 



Contents of Number 12, Vol. II. May 1, 1909. 



Some Early British Ornithologists and their Works, by 

 W. H. Mullens, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. IX. — William 

 Macgillivray (1796—1852) and William Yarrell (1784— 

 1853) Page 389 



Notes on the Nesting of the Goosander, by Norman Gilroy, 



M.B.O.U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 



On the More Important Additions to our Knowledge of 

 British Birds since 1899, by H. F. Witherby and N. F. 

 Ticehurst. Part XX. — {continued from page 375) . . 406 



Notes : — Life of the late Professor Alfred Newton (A. F. R. 

 Wollaston). The Birds of Fair Isle (Eds.). Eggs of 

 the Cuckoo (C. W. Colthrup). Chaffinch' Nesting in 

 Winter (H. E. Forrest). Red Grouse and Black Grouse 

 Hybrids (Hugh S. Gladstone). Nesting Records of 

 the Kittiwake in the Isle of Wight (Rev. J. E. Kelsall). 

 Briinnich's Guillemot in the Firth of Forth (Eds.). 

 Slavonian Grebe and Black-Necked Grebe in Hertford- 

 shire (Chas. Oldham). Short Notes 422 



Review : — The Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist . . 427 



SOME EARLY BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS 

 AND THEIR WORKS. 



BY 



W. H. MULLENS, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. 



IX.— WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY (1796—1852) and 

 WILLIAM YARRELL (1784—1853). 



Among the many famous names which adorn the long 

 roll of British ornithologists, that of William MacgilHvray 

 stands forth as facile princeps. His work was not only 

 far superior to that of his predecessors and contemporaries, 

 but it remains to this day with but few, if any, serious 

 rivals, and will* probably continue to do so for many years 

 to come. 



Macgillivray 's great book, " The History of British 



