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In April, 1834, Mr. Hewitson read a portion of his journal 

 before the N'atural History Society of JN'orthumberland, Durham, 

 and N'ewcastle-upon-Tyne, and in February, 1835, ''litotes on 

 the habits of Birds observed by him in JN'orway." 



A few notes on the Ornithology of IS'orway were contributed 

 by him to the second volume of Jardine's ''Magazine of Zoology." 



In 1840 Mr. Hewitson left IS'ewcastle to reside in the south of 

 England, first at Bristol, next at Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, 

 and finally at Oatlands, Surrey. 



In 1843, March 19th, his uncle, Mr. Henry Hewitson, of 

 Seaton Burn, died, and by his death Mr. Hewitson and his 

 brothers inherited his property. Being thus placed in independ- 

 ent circumstances he gave up his profession of land surveyor, 

 which till then he had been engaged in, and devoted himself to 

 the study of N^atural History. A few years afterwards his uncle, 

 Mr. Joshua Hewitson, of Heckley, near Alnwick, also deceased, 

 and having made Mr. "W. C. Hewitson his heir, our friend came 

 into the possession of the estate of Heckley, which he soon after- 

 wards sold to His Grace the Duke of ^Northumberland. 



In the summer of 1845, in company with his old friend and 

 companion, Mr. John Hancock, he made a JS'aturalist's excursion 

 to Switzerland and the Alps, and which resulted in their capture 

 of a fine series of Diurnal Lepidoptera, and as a result Mr. Hewit- 

 son published in the ''Zoologist," Vol. III., p. 991, "Remarks 

 on the Butterflies of Switzerland." 



In 1848 Mr. Hewitson purchased between eleven and twelve 

 acres of land of Oatlands Park, formerly the seat of the Duke of 

 York, and here ho employed the late Mr. Dobson, architect, of 

 Newcastle, an old friend of his, to build him a charming house, 

 in which he passed the remaining thirty years of his life. His 

 residence at Oatlands is exceedingly beautiful, partly on account 

 of the grand old oaks and cedars of Lebanon that adorn the 

 grounds, and partly from its fine situation. His love for the 

 Coniferce early induced him to plant the rarer examples of this 

 family, and in consequence the collection of these trues in his 

 grounds is perhaps not surpassed for growth and beauty in any 



