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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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Idem. A new edit., corrected and much improved. London 
(Baldwin & Cradock) : 1835. [And again 1836.] 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. x + pp. 91. 
Idem. With additions by the editor of the “ Book of Months/’ 
etc. Edward Lacey, London : n.d. [1850?] 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. iv + pp. 136. 
Idem. Embodied in Mary Howitt’s Pictorial Calendar of the 
Seasons. 1854 (q.v.). 
1795. [Edited by.] A Naturalist’s Calendar . . . extracted from the 
papers of the late Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. . . . London : 1795. 
See under White (Gilbert). 
Ainsworth (W.). See under Sabine (Capt.) 
Albin (Eleazar) 1713-59 
Little is known about Albin except that he was by 
profession a teacher of water-colour, a contemporary of 
George Edwards, and was, by his own account (vide Preface 
to Natural History of Insects , 4to, 1720), first attracted to 
the study of natural history by observing the beautiful 
colours of flowers and insects. His daughter Elizabeth, he 
states, was associated with him in the colouring of the plates 
in the Natural History of Birds , and some of these were also 
executed by her, it being stated in the Preface to that work 
that the author had taught his daughter to draw and paint 
“ after the life.” 
Of his Natural History of English Song-Birds , four editions 
appeared between 1737 and 1779, in addition to two or more 
“ pirated ” editions. 
Although not usually considered a British bird- book, 
his History of Birds comprises principally British birds (with 
a few exotic species), the author stating that “ he has been 
particularly industrious to procure all the English birds he 
could.” The work was originally issued over the years 
1731-38, the complete book being originally so dated, but 
generally found with the date 1738 on all three titles. It is 
very doubtful if the word “ British ” ever appeared on the 
title page, and the following titles, the first quoted from 
