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been obtained in Dumfriesshire, was presented to the 
Observatory Museum about 1860, but perished by 
imprudent handHng and neglect some ten years later. 
Fortunately his great conchological collection, 
presented by him and arranged by his own hands, 
may still be seen at the above Museum, intact and in 
beautiful condition. 
Shaw, James, b. April 22nd, 1826. Schoolmaster for 
many years at the Upper School, Tynron. " He was 
steeped to the lips in Darwinism . . . Next to natural 
history in all its provisions, he was much interested 
in philology."* He read many papers, some of them 
containing ornithological references, to the Dumfries- 
shire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian 
Society. He was also a frequent contributor to 
Nature, and The Graphic. He died at Tynron on 
July 15th, 1890. His biography, entitled A Country 
Schoolmaster, was published in 1899 by Professor 
Robert Wallace, in which is included his " Avifauna 
of Upper Nithsdale."t 
Shaw, John, native of Dalkeith, b. 1797, is chiefly famous 
for the experiments he carried out in 1833-1836, to 
prove that Parr were the young of Salmon. His 
paper on this subject, read to the Royal Society of 
Edinburgh, December 15th, 1839, gained for him the 
Keith silver-medal from that Society, besides a 
silver-salver. He was a correspondent of Sir 
William Jardine and Dr. Thomas Grierson. He 
introduced Grayling and Roedeer, attempted but 
failed to establish either the Virginian Quail or 
Capercaillie, as also to re-establish the Ptarmigan in 
the county. The Blue- winged Teal recorded as 
obtained in 1858 is said to have been shot by him 
near Drumlanrig. He was elected a member of the 
Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and 
Antiquarian Society, November 3rd, 1863. After 
forty-six years' service as gamekeeper in the employ- 
* A Country Schoolmaster, pp. xxxi., xxxii. 
t Op. cit.y pp. 287-290. 
