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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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was issued with his Be Canibus Britannicis and Be Libris 
Propriis — “ these three books are neatly printed in small 
pica roman, and have distinct title-pages and indexes, so as 
to sell separate, occasionally.” A second edition, by Dr. 
Jebb, was published in 1729, and in 1903 Mr. A. H. Evans 
included, by way of Appendix to his edition of Turner on 
Birds, “ Extracts from the work of John Cains, Be Rariorum 
Animalium atque Stirpium Historia ,” which included seven 
specimens of British birds. In 1912 his Works, with a 
Memoir, w T ere published under the editorship of E. 8. Roberts, 
Master of Caius College. 
*1570. Ioannis Caii | Britanni de rariorum ani- | malium atque stirpium | 
historia, liber | unus. | Non ante seditus. | Londini per Gulielmum 
| Seresium typogra- | phum | Anno. 1570. 
Collation — 1 vol. foolscap 4to or 8vo. Title + fol. 30 + pp. 3 
un. catalogus et errata. 
Usually found bound up with De Canibus Britannicis, Liber 
Unus, and De Libris Propriis, Liber Unus, of same date. 
The above is the first edition. 
Thirteen birds are described on fol. 17-23, of which seven 
are British. 
Note. — Agassiz ascribes an edition, 1 vol. 4to, to the year 1724. 
Not seen. 
1729. Joannis Caii | Britanni | De Canibus Britannicis, liber unus ; | De 
Bariorum Animalium & Stirpium | historia, liber unus ; j De 
Libris propriis, liber unus ; | De Pronunciatione Grsecse & Latinse 
| Linguae, cum scriptione nova, libellus ; | Ad optimorum Exem- 
plarium fidem recogniti | a S. Jebb, M.D. | [Floral design] | 
Londini : | impensis Car. Davis in Yico vuglo dicto | Pater-noster 
Row. | m,dcc 5 xxix. 
Collation — 1 vol. sm. 8vo, also large paper, pp. xv + pp. 249 
+ 7 Index un. (p. 53 wrongly numbered 43). 
Birds at pp. 85-104. 
Calvert (Robert), 1816-91 1 
Robert Calvert was born at Jock’s Row, Bishop Auckland, 
in the year 1816, being the son of a woodman connected 
with Auckland Castle. He was educated at the Bishop 
Barrington School, Bishop Auckland, and commenced work 
1 For the substance of this notice we are indebted to the exertions of Mr. Edward 
Wooler, of Darlington. 
