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Islands (4 vols. roy. 8vo, 1860-65, with later issues) was his 
magnum opus , giving a coloured plate of each species, and 
is still of value ; and he published many articles on the same 
subject in the scientific journals and transactions of his day, 
in addition to leaving behind certain MSS. volumes and 
journals. His posthumous History of Polperro (1871) is an 
excellent local history and antiquarian work, while his 
Illustrations of Instinct (1847) contains some ornithological 
matter ; but his Cornish Fauna , Pt. I., and some notes and 
papers in the Zoologist , etc., constitute his chief excursions 
into ornithology. He was married twice, and left three sons 
by his second wife — Richard Quiller (who was himself a 
well-known zoologist), Thomas Quiller (who published his 
father’s History of Polperro), and John Quiller, — and all three 
adopted their father’s profession of surgery. For full bio- 
graphical details vide Life of J onathan Couch , by his daughter, 
Bertha Couch (Liskeard, 1890). 
1830. [With C. Jackson and J. Lakes.] Bare or Uncommon Birds 
observed in Cornwall : particularly in the southern parts of 
the County. (Loudon's Mag. of N.H. iii. pp. 175-7.) 
1831. On the Solitary Thrush. (Op. cit. iv. pp. 213-14.) 
Notes on the Chimney Swallow, and on the Window Swallow or 
Martin. (T.c. pp. 520-23.) 
1838. A | Cornish Fauna; | being a Compendium | of the | Natural History 
| of | the County, | Intended to form a Companion to the 
Collection in the Museum of the Eoyal | Institution of Cornwall. | 
Pt. I, | containing the | Vertebrate, Crustacean | and a portion 
of the | Eadiate Animals. | By Jonathan Couch, F.L.S., etc. | 
Truro : 1838. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi + pp. 5-84. 
Pt. I. contains an annotated list of the Birds at pp. 10-30. 
Three parts were published (1838-42-44), the last being by 
E. Q. Couch. (Note . — Ornithology in Pt. I. only.) 
Idem. Second edition, with Eevisions and Large Additions 
by J. Brooking Eowe, F.L.S. (Mammalia) : Thomas Cornish 
(Eeptilia and Pisces) : E. H. Eodd (Aves). . . . Truro : 1878. 8vo. 
1847. Illustrations of Instinct | deduced from the habits of | British 
Animals. | By Jonathan Couch, F.L.S. , | etc. | London : | John 
Van Voorst, Paternoster Eow. | m.dccc.xlvii. | 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xii + pp. 343. 
Chap. viii. deals with Migration, chap. xii. with Nesting, etc. 
