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characterize the English gentleman, and at the same time dis- 

 charged all his duties not only as a magistrate but as one of 

 the leading men of the county, in such a manner as insured 

 him the respect of all classes. During these years, he had 

 not, however, neglected his taste for natural history, and in 

 1821 appeared the first part of his work on ornithology, which 

 at once raised him to the highest rank, not only as an artist 

 but as a true ornithologist. This magnificent work was com- 

 pleted in 228 plates folio, in 1834 ; the figures of the birds 

 are the result of his own hand, with the exception of 28 plates 

 engraved by his brother-in-law, the present Admiral Mitford, 

 whose name, for many years, was enrolled as one of the mem- 

 bers of our club. I believe in every instance the plate was 

 engraved from a specimen in his possession, so that the col- 

 ouring of his plates, as well as the drawings, leave nothing to 

 be desired. Two volumes of descriptive letterpress , equal to the 

 merits of the portraits they describe, were published between 

 1825 and 1833. In 1832 he became a member of our club; 

 and at the time of his death was, with the exception of 

 Dr. William Baird and myself, the oldest member. He 

 twice was elected president — in the years 1834 and 1844 ; 

 and on referring to our Transactions, it will be seen how 

 much the club is indebted to him for his many valuable and 

 interesting papers. Besides these he contributed papers to 

 the Transactions of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh; 

 the Transactions of the Linneean and Zoological Societies; 

 the Edinburgh Journal of the Natural History and Geograph- 

 ical Society ; the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal ; the 

 Transactions of the Natural History Society of Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne ; and in the reports of the British Association for 

 1834. In connection with Sir William Jardine, Bart., were 

 published three volumes of Illustrations of Ornithology, be- 

 ing figures and descriptions of birds previously unrepresented; 

 and to the Naturalists' Library, conducted by Sir Wm. Jar- 

 dine, he contributed a volume upon pigeons, and another upon 

 the parrots. In 1837 and 1838, in connection with Dr. John- 

 ston and Sir Wm. Jardine, he became editor of the Magazine 

 of Zoology and Botany, to which he contributed several 

 papers ; and of this magazine, now continued under the name 

 of The Annals of Natural History, he was an editor to the 

 time of his death. To the beautiful series of works on Nat- 

 ural History, published by Mr. Von Voorst, he supplied his 

 well known and justly appreciated work upon '' British 

 Forest Trees;" the delineations being all drawn by his 



