232 MEMOIR OF mh. ^y. c. hewitson, f.l s , 



and bequeath my said Collection, with such cabinets, unto the 

 Society called or known as the Natural History Society of North- 

 umberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to be placed in 

 the Museum of that Society at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to be held 

 subject to the same conditions as I have imposed on the gift or 

 bequest to tlie Trustees of the British Museum, or as near that 

 as the circumstances will admit ; and as to such part of my Col- 

 lection as shall not be arranged in my cabinets I direct my said 

 Trustees to incorporate and arrange the same in such a way as 

 they shall see fit in my said cabinets, before delivering up the 

 same to the said Trustees of the British Museum, or to the said 

 Natural History Society, as the case may be. Provided always, 

 and I declare that before delivering over my said Collection my 

 executors shall, at the expense of my estate, cause a Catalogue 

 to be made thereof, and two hundred and fifty copies of such 

 Catalogue to be printed, and a copy to be sent to such public 

 Museums and Lepidopterists as my said Trustees shall see fit, 

 and that until my said Collection shall be delivered over, the 

 same shall remain in the rooms in my house at Oatlands Park in 

 which they shall be at my decease." 



He also bequeaths certain pictures to the National Gallery, 

 and all his books on Natural History, except ''Gould's Bii'ds," 

 which he leaves to his old friend, Mr. John Hancock, to the 

 Natm-al History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne. 



His death has been noticed with much regret in all the 

 scientific periodicals of the day, and it is only a proper tribute 

 to his memoiy that some notice of his life and works shoukl 

 appear in the Transactions of a body whose objects are the same 

 aa his were, and of which he was during life a kindly and liberal 

 supporter, and by his will a munificent benefactor. 



Lt'tit of Worh hi/ Mr. JT. C. Hew it son. 



Jtritisli Oology, being Illustrations of the Eggs of Britisli Birds. 

 2 vols., 8vo., 1831-88. Second Edition, 1843-4.' Third 

 Edition, 1850. In the Second edition the title of the work 



