404 Bibliographical List of the Writings of Dr Baird. 



Natural History of Great Britain. The success of the Ber- 

 wickshire Naturalists' Club, the parent of all similar institu- 

 tions in this country, has proved its usefulness ; while the 

 number of its present members, considerably over two 

 hundred, is ample testimony of the taste and education of the 

 Borderers for natural history pursuits. 



In drawing up this imperfect sketch of Dr Baird's labours 

 in the field of science, I am under great obligations to an 

 obituary notice of him by his friend William Crosley, Esq., 

 and also to an extract from the natural history magazine 

 called "Land and Water." The task imposed upon me, 

 though thus imperfectly executed, I could not decline to 

 perform ; as, in the early days of my connection with the 

 Club, previous to my departure for service in India, I had 

 the privilege of knowing, and to a limited extent, profiting 

 by association with all the three brothers, who have now 

 passed away from us, but who have left their mark behind 

 them as able and zealous members of our Club. 



F. Douglas. 



Note. — Dr Baird married, in January, 1847, Mary, second 

 daughter of Edward Owen, Esq., of Maesmynan, Denbigh- 

 shire — who survives him. He left no family. J. H. 



Bibliographical List of the Writings of William Baird, 

 M.D., F.B.S., F.L.S. 



1. Notice of the Habits and Characters of the Lemur tardigradus 

 of Linnaeus ; Le Loris paresseux, ou, le Paresseux de Bengale of 

 Cuvier.— Mag. Nat. Hist , ser. 1, I., 1829, p. 208 ; Edin. New 

 Phil. Jour., III., p. 195 ; Isis, 1832, p. 692. 



2. On the Rice Paper of China. — Trans. Plinian Soc, 1828-9, 

 p. 25 (abstract) ; Edin. Jour, of Nat. and Geog. Science, I., p. 

 299 (the article). 



3. On Trientalis Europcea from the Cheviots; Rhodiola rosea; 

 and Ifelampyrum montanum. — Trans. Plinian Soc, p. 33. 



4. On the Luminousness of the Ocean. — Trans. Plin. Soc, p. 

 34 (abstract). The paper itself headed " On the Luminousness 

 of the Sea," in Mag. Nat. Hist., III., 1830, p. 308 ; and IV., 

 pp. 284, 500. 



5. Table of a Series of Observations on Solar Eadiation. — Ed. 

 Jour. Nat. and Q-eog. Science, I., 1829, p. 173. 



6. On the Portuguese Man-of-War. — Mag. Nat. Hist., IV., 

 p. 475. 



