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scription and natural history of each species in addition to 
the avicultural matter. 
1909. British Birds for Cages, Aviaries and Exhibitions. London and 
Manchester : 1909. 
Collation — 2 vols. roy. 8vo. Vol. I., pp. xiv + pp. 302. Yol. 
II., pp. viii + pp. 234. With fig. of each species and 23 pi. of 
utensils, etc. (Pub. 25s. net.) 
Blackburn (Mrs. Hugh), viv. (?) 
This lady, the wife of Prof. Blackburn, of Roshven, 
Moidart, and more recently of Huddersfield, tells us in the 
preface to her Birds of Moidart that her drawings are “ all 
from nature, most of them from life, and when that was not 
feasible, from fresh killed specimens placed in the attitudes 
and with the surroundings such as I had seen when they 
were alive.” 
The authoress explains that “ Roshven, which is given 
as the locality of some of our birds, is in the district called 
Moidart, which constitutes the south-west corner of Inver- 
ness-shire.” 
1862. Birds drawn from Nature. By Mrs. Hugh Blackburn. Edinburgh 
(Edmonston & Douglas) : 1862. 
Collation — 1 vol. fol., pp. 6, with litho. title and 22 litho. pi. 
Idem. The above republished with a second part added with 
letterpress title, text and 23 more plates. Glasgow : 1868. 
Collation — 1 vol. fol., orig. litho. title, letterpress title 1868 + 
pp. vi un. + 45 pi. each with 1 1. text. 
1895. Birds from Moidart and Elsewhere, drawn from Nature. Edin- 
burgh : 1895. 
Collation — 1 vol. sq. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 192, with 87 pi. (Pub. 
15s.) 
Blackwall (John), 1790-1881 
This eminent zoologist, best remembered by his valuable 
History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland (2 vols. 
fob, Bay Soc ., 1861-64), was born at Manchester, January 20, 
1790. After some years’ partnership with his father, an 
importer of Irish linen, he retired in 1833 to North Wales, 
settling ultimately at Llanrwst. 
