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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
141 
1873. Lecture on the Ferae Naturae of the British Islands, Delivered to the 
St. Stephen’s Young Men’s Literary Society, Feb. 4th. 1873. 
Edinburgh: 1873. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, title and pp. 46, in printed bds. 
Although really devoted to the Mammalia, it contains mention 
of the Capercailzie (pp. 41-2) and Great Bustard (pp. 32-4). 
Compton (Theodore),/. 1862-84 
This author, who was a member of the Society of Friends, 
states in his preface that “ the outlines of these sketches 
were made about twenty years ago, for private circulation. 
They were first published, by request, in a local paper, and 
then in the form of a little book, or pamphlet, of eighty pages.” 
The 1882 edition seems, however, to be the first public issue 
of the work. The locality is in Somersetshire. 
1882. Winscombe Sketches of Eural Life and Scenery amongst the Mendip 
Hills. London : 1882. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. iv un. + pp. 207. 
Birds of the district around Winscombe (Somersetshire) at 
pp. 98-133. 
Idem. 2nd edit, enlarged. Post 8vo. London : n.d. [1889. 1 ] 
Connop (E. M.). See Southwell (T.) 
Cooke (Thomas), ca. 1823 
We know nothing of the writer of the undernoted brochure, 
which he appears to have had printed at his own expense as 
an open letter, except that he resided at Heron Court, 
Ringwood, Hants ; he seems to have reported to Mr. Milbank 
at intervals the arrival of rare birds at Heron Court, and to 
have been well read in the ornithological works of his day. 
1823. A | Letter | to | Mark Milbank, Esq. M.P. | . . . . | Descriptive 
of the character | of | the Whistling Swan, | and of the peculiar 
structure | of its trachea | .... London : | .... 1823. 
Collation — 1 vol. 4to, pp. 12, with front, and pi. 
Cooke (T[homas]), ob . 
The compiler of the undermentioned list was a taxi- 
dermist and naturalist, originally of “ 513 New Oxford Street 
1 Cf. English (JgtgJ.ogue of Books. 
