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science, and have been described by the author in the ‘ Quarterly 
Journal of the Geological Society’ (vol. xxxiii., pp. 663-670). 
Tunstall’s ‘ Ornithologia Britannica’: a Catalogue of British Land 
and Water Birds. Printed for the Author, in folio. 
London, 1771. 
Turis is a reprint of a scarce ornithological tract of four pages, 
executed by photo-lithography, and for convenience reduced in 
size from the original folio to demy octavo. It is issued by 
“The Willughby Society,” which was formed a year ago with the 
object of reprinting certain ornithological works interesting for 
their utility or rarity, and is the first of the series undertaken. 
In a Preface by the Editor, Professor Newton, a few particulars 
are given concerning the author, Marmaduke Tunstall, the reader 
being reminded that a memoir of him is given by Fox in his 
‘Synopsis of the Newcastle Museum,’ published in 1827. His 
museum, including his collection of birds, which, it is said, cost 
him several thousand pounds, formed the basis of the Museum 
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and from specimens contained in it were 
drawn twelve of the figures of birds in Brown’s ‘Illustrations of 
Zoology, and fifty of Bewick’s well-known engravings. This 
catalogue is interesting for its ‘‘rarity’’ rather than for its 
“utility,” since it contains no descriptions—merely a list in 
English, Latin, and French, of the species known to the author 
as British. For this reason, we apprehend, none of Tunstall’s 
names, although published in 1771, that is, subsequently to the 
12th edition of Linné’s ‘Systema,’ can be allowed to take 
precedence of those of a later date to which recognizable 
descriptions are attached. 
For the benefit of those who may not have seen a prospectus 
of ‘The Willughby Society,’ we may state that the annual 
subscription is £1, payable to the Secretary, Mr. F. Godman, 
10, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square; that every member of 
the Society is entitled to one copy of each work printed in the 
year for which he shall subscribe (it being estimated that on an 
average three works per annum will probably be issued), and 
that copies are issued to members only. 
