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1848. [With R. Heddle.] Historia Naturalis | Orcadensis. | Zoology. | 
Part I. | Being a Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds | Hither- 
to observed in the Orkney Islands. | By | W. B. Baikie, M.D. | 
and | Bobert Heddle. | Edinburgh : | Printed for J. and W. 
Paterson, 52 Bristo Street. | 1848. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 104, and slip of “ More Important 
Corrections, 1856. — R. H.” [Note. — This was subsequently 
inserted by Robert Heddle in certain copies of the work.] 
1853. Additions to the List of Birds of Orkney and Zetland. ( Zoologist , 
p. 3843.) 
Baker (George), 1781-1851 
This author, a native of Northampton, is said to have 
written his first MS. history of the town at the age of thirteen, 
and from that time on was always engaged in enlarging his 
collections. His work as published is said to be the most 
complete and systematic of all our county histories ( Diet . 
Nat. Biog.). 
This author cannot be classed as an ornithological 
writer, but in his History he gives, under a number of 
localities, the names of the more remarkable birds, as 
well as the plants, etc., found in the neighbourhood. He 
died at his residence, Mare Fair, Northampton, October 
12, 1851. 
1822— [41]. The | History and Antiquities | of the | County of Northamp- 
ton. | By George Baker. | Volume the First [Second] | [Quot. 3 
lines.] | London : Published by John Bowyer Nichols & Son, 
Parliament Street, | and John Rodwell, New Bond Street | 1822- 
30 [-1841]. 
Short collation — 2 vols. roy. folio, plates, etc. Vol. 2 un- 
finished, title and index. 
Rare birds at Ashby Ledgers, vol. 1, p. 241 ; of Aynho, p. 543 ; 
of Daventry, p. 304 ; of Fawsley, p. 377 ; of Harleston, p. 166 ; 
of Moulton, p. 45 ; of Overston, p. 53 ; of Upton, p. 222 ; of 
Wappenham, p. 725 : of Maidford, vol. 2, p. 42, etc. etc. 
Balston (Richard James), nat. 1839 
Mr. R. J. Balston, D.L., J.P., a paper manufacturer, of 
Ashford, Kent, was born at Maidstone, March 5, 1839, and 
educated at Eton. He has been a member of the B.O.U. 
since 1889, and is also a Fellow of the Linnean Society. 
