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Newton was of opinion that the cuts were finest in this edition of 
1847 (printed under supervision of John Hancock), but nearly all 
collectors have preferred the earlier editions. 
*1800. Figures | of | British Land Birds, | engraved on wood by 
T. Bewick. | To which is added a few | Foreign Birds, | with 
their vulgar and scientific names. | Vol. I. | [vignette] |*New- 
castle-on-Tyne : 1800. 
Vol. I. only published, 8vo, and Large Paper in roy. 8vo. 
Collation — Title, editor’s note, 133 11. of woodcuts (without 
text) and at the end a leaf with the indelicate vignette (usually 
blacked out in the British Birds) in the original state. The 
cuts were printed from the same blocks as used for the British 
Birds (1797), whilst the figures of foreign birds (14 in number), 
Swainson says, “ not having been taken from the living specimens, 
are inferior to the others ; they were intended for a general work 
on birds, a design afterwards abandoned.” 
[1815 (?)] A | Natural History | of | British Birds. | Thirty-five engrav- 
ings on Wood. | [Cut of Wren] | Alnwick : | Printed and sold 
wholesale and retail | by W. Davison, n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. 18mo, pp. 36, with front, and 35 cuts of birds 
[incl. 1 on title]. 
A | Natural History | of | Water Birds. | Thirty-four engravings 
on wood | [device]. | Alnwick : | Printed and sold wholesale 
and retail | by W. Davison, n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. 18mo, pp. 36 with front, and 34 cuts of birds. 
This forms the second vol. of the above. 
This and the last are mere selections from Bewick’s larger 
History and are found bound with five similar little works on 
“ British Quadrupeds,” “ Foreign Birds,” “ Foreign Quadru- 
peds,” “ Fishes,” “ Reptiles, Serpents and Insects.” 
1825. British | Land | [Water] Birds. | Engraved on wood, | by | Thomas 
Bewick. | [Cut.] | Newcastle : | Printed by Edw. Walker, Pil- 
grim-street. | 1825. 
Collation — 2 vols. 4to. 1st vol., title + 178 cuts each on 1 1., 
fine paper. 2nd vol., title + 178 cuts each on 1 1., fine paper. 
Idem. An issue of 1817 ? [Not seen.] 
1885. A Memorial Edition of the Works of T. Bewick. Newcastle-on- 
Tyne : 1885. 
Five vols. roy. 8vo. Yols. I. and II., History of British Birds, 
are a reprint of the edition of 1847, with extra woodcuts 
above referred to incorporated. 
Bickerton (William), nat . 1864 
Mr. Bickerton, of Watford, Vice-President of the Herts 
Nat. Hist, and Field Club, was born at Hanley, Staffs, 
