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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[beeton 
In connection with our subject he has written : 
1895. Chapter on Structure and Classification [in W. H. Hudson’s British 
Birds] . 1895. 1 vol. 8vo. 
Preface to Tristam-Valentine’s London Birds and Beasts. 1895. 
1 vol. 8vo. 
1901. On some anatomical differences between the Common Snipe and 
the Jack Snipe. ( P.Z.S . pp. 596-602.) 
Beesley (Alfred), 1800-47 
The ornithological information in the undermentioned 
work is of the slightest, and the author claims no mention 
as an ornithologist. The botany and geology in the work 
are by Thomas Beesley (1818-96), author of several works 
in these departments. 
1841. The | History of Banbury : | including | Copious Historical and 
Antiquarian Notices | of the Neighbourhood | by Alfred 
Beesley | [etc.] | London [etc.] : 1841. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xvi + pp. 667, 24 pi., 2 maps, and 
text ill. 
Birds of the neighbourhood of Banbury at pp. 601-4. 
Beetham (Bentley), viv. 
In addition to the undermentioned, this writer has con- 
tributed to Mr. Percy B,. Lowe’s new illustrated work entitled 
Our Common Sea-Birds , published London, 1913 . His forte , 
as may be judged from the undernoted books, is in field 
work with the camera. 
*1910. The Home-Life of the Spoonbill, the Stork and some Herons, 
photographed and described. London : 1910. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 47, with 32 pi. (Pub. 
6s. net.) 
1910-11. On the Positions assumed by Birds in Flight. I. Starting 
(Brit. Birds, iv. pp. 162-8) ; II. Steering (t.c. pp. 198-203) ; 
III. Alighting (t.c. pp. 350-56). 
1911. Photography for Bird-lovers : a Practical Guide. London : 1911. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 126, front, and 17 pi. (Pub. 5s. net.) 
Beeton (Samuel Orchart), 1831-77 
This energetic publisher was widely known as the com- 
piler — sometimes with the assistance of his wife — of a series 
