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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[berkenhout 
1908. The Heart of the Wild ; Nature Studies from Near and Far. Illus- 
trated with actual wild-life photographs. London (Milne) : 1908. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 297, with pi. 
Contains chapters on the Golden Eagle, etc., in the style of 
Wild-Life Stories. 
Bekkeniiout (John), 1730 (?)-91 
Berkenhout was born at Leeds about 1730 — the precise 
date seems to be unknown, but in an obituary notice in the 
Gentleman’s Magazine , vol. 61 , p. 388 , it is stated that at 
his death in 1791 he was in his sixty-first year. His father, a 
Dutch merchant, sent him at an early age to Germany to 
acquire a knowledge of the language. After going on a 
tour through Europe, he became a cacfet in a Prussian 
infantry regiment, and subsequently joined the British army 
in the French war of 1756 - 60 . He then entered Edinburgh 
University to study medicine, and while there published 
his Clavis Anglica Linguae Botanicae ( 1764 ). In the follow- 
ing year he took his M.D. degree at Leyden, and on his 
return settled at Isleworth, Middlesex. In 1769-71 he 
published his Outlines {vide infra). He is said to have been 
a man of singularly versatile ability, and to his deep know- 
ledge of natural history, botany, and chemistry was joined 
an extensive acquaintance with classical and general litera- 
ture. He died at Besselsleigh, Berks, on April 3 , 1791 . 
1769 [-71.] Outlines | of the | Natural History | of | Great Britain | and 
| Ireland. | Containing | A systematic Arrangement and concise 
Description of | all the Animals, Vegetables, and Fossiles which 
have | hitherto been discovered in these Kingdoms. | By John 
Berkenhout, M.D. | In Three Volumes. | Vol. I. | Comprehending 
the Animal Kingdom. | London : | Printed for P. Elmsly 
(successor to Mr. Vaillant) | facing Southampton-street, in the 
Strand. | mdcclxix. 
Collation — 3 vols. 8vo. [Vols. II. (1770) and III. (1771) treat 
of the Vegetable and Fossil Kingdoms.] 
Vol. I. pp. xiv + pp. 233. 
Birds treated at pp. 10-58. 
There is said to be a reissue of the three volumes dated 1773. 
1789. Synopsis | of the | Natural History | of | Great-Britain and Ireland. 
| Containing | A Systematic Arrangement | and | Concise De- 
scription | of all the | Animals, Vegetables, and Fossils, | which 
