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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[BARRY 
diligent research and careful individual observation in his 
work, notwithstanding his plagiary of Low ; that he never 
sought to conceal his possession of Low’s manuscripts, and 
that he would have more fully acknowledged his obligations 
had he not been attacked by his last illness while the History 
was passing through the press. 
1793. [Birds of] Kirkwall and St. Ola Parish, Orkney. [In Sir John 
Sinclair’s Statistical Acct. of Scotland, vol. vii. pp. 546-7.] 
8vo. Edinburgh, 1793. 
1805. The | History | of the | Orkney Islands ; | in which is compre- 
hended an | Account of their present | as well as | their Ancient 
State ; | together with | the Advantages they possess for several | 
branches of industry, | and the | means by which they may be 
improved. | Illustrated with an accurate and extensive map of 
the Whole Islands, | and | with Plates of some of the most in- 
teresting objects | they contain. | By the Bev. George Barry, 
D.D., | Minister of Shapinshay. Edinburgh : | Printed [etc. 4 
lines.] | 1805. 
Collation — 1 vol. 4to, pp. viii + list subscr. 2 pp. between pp. 
iv and v + pp. 509 + 1 1. direct, for ph, etc., with map and 11 pi. 
Birds at pp. 299-314. • 
Idem. 2nd edit., with additions and improvements by the 
Rev. James Headrick. London : 1808. 1 vol. 4to. 
Idem. A new edit. 8vo. Kirkwall : 1867. Pp. xxxix + 
pp. 457. 
For the Natural History portion, Low’s MS. observations were 
largely plagiarised, before their publication by Leach. 
Barry (Martin), 1802-55 
This famous physician and physiologist was born at 
Fratton in Hampshire on March 28, 1802, his father, who 
lived there in retirement, possessing considerable mercantile 
interests in Nova Scotia. Martin studied medicine in the 
schools of London, Edinburgh, Paris and Berlin, became a 
member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, and 
obtained his degree of M.D. at that University in 1833. 
After graduating he went to Germany, where he studied 
under some of the most celebrated investigators of that 
time. 
Dr. Barry was also devoted to natural history and geology, 
and had a keen appreciation of natural scenery. In September 
