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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
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Aldridge (William), 1844-1902 
William Aldridge, who was born October 15 , 1844 , was 
the youngest son of Thomas Aldridge of Smith Street, Chelsea. 
His father was one of the first Fellows of the Zoological Society, 
and he well remembered going with him to take specimens 
from their own collection to the Zoological Gardens. William 
Aldridge grew up an ardent lover of birds and also a clever 
painter of them. His writings, however, appear to have 
been confined to the columns of the newspaper press, and he 
tells us in the preface to his one published book that “ most 
of the matter in this volume has appeared from time to time 
as a series of articles in the columns of a local newspaper 
(The Norwood Review) during the months of March, April 
and May, 1882 .” The book has a few woodcut illustrations, 
and is of local interest. 
Mr. Aldridge died February 25 , 1902 . 
1885. A Gossip on the Birds of Norwood and Crystal Palace District. 
Upper Norwood : 1885. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. 110, with 13 figs. 
Alexander (Boyd), 1873-1910 
Lieut. Boyd Alexander, who met with a tragic death 
on April 2, 1910 , at the hands of hostile natives while ex- 
ploring in Central Africa, is said to have been a born naturalist. 
In early life he lived at Cranbrook, Kent, and commenced 
at a very early age to study and collect the birds of his 
neighbourhood, afterwards extending his researches to 
Romney Marsh, etc. His first published note appeared in 
the Zoologist for 1896 , recording the first British example of 
Oceanodroma castro. In 1897 he left for the Cape Yerde 
Islands, and passed much of his later life abroad, chiefly in 
exploring the Continent of Africa, on the ornithology of 
which he published several valuable papers in the Ibis. 
1896. Ornithological Notes from Romney Marsh and its Neighbourhood. 
(Zoologist, pp. 246-53; Ornithologist, pp. 105-11.) 
Notes on the Birds in Kent. (Zoologist, pp. 344-9.) 
Ornithological Notes from Rye. (T.c. pp. 408-16.) 
