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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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1871. [Posthumous.] The History of Polperro ... by the late Jonathan 
Couch, F.L.S. . . . With a short account of the life and labour of 
the Author. . . . By Thomas Q. Couch, F.S.A. . . . Truro : 1871. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi + pp. 216 + 4 11. un., and map. 
Contains at pp. 199-204 A Calendar of the Natural History of 
the Year at Polperro, with several notes about birds. 
Couch (Thomas Quiller). See Couch (J.) 
Courtney (John Sampson), 1803-81 
Courtney, who was born at Ilfracombe in October 1803, 
and died at Penzance in February 1881, resided at Alverton 
House, Penzance, and was manager of the Mount’s Bay 
Bank in that town. He married Sarah, daughter of John 
Mortimer, and had five sons, several of whom became 
eminent. His eldest son, Leonard Henry (nat. 1832), formerly 
a prominent politician, is now Baron Courtney of Pen with. 
The account of the birds of Western Cornwall contained 
in the undermentioned work (see pp. 25-35 of the Appendix) 
is, according to Mr. Harting, “ compiled, apparently, from 
an inspection of the collections of Messrs. Rodd, Edmonds, 
and Yingoe, and the specimens in the Truro Museum.” The 
author’s daughter, however, informs us that it was “ chiefly 
based on the late Mr. E. H. Rudd’s notes,” and that her 
father wrote nothing else relating to natural history. 
1845. A | Guide to Penzance | and its Neighbourhood, | Including | the 
Islands of Scilly. | With an Appendix | containing | the Natural 
History of Western Cornwall. | etc., etc. | By J. S. Courtney, | 
London and Penzance : 1845. 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. vi + pp. 223, and Appendix, pp. 91 
+ 1 p. of errata and addenda, map and 7 ill. 
Coward (Thomas Alfred), nat . 1867 
Mr. Coward, of Bowdon, Cheshire, was born in that town, 
and was educated at Brooklands School, near Manchester, 
and at Owens College, Manchester. His father, Thomas 
Coward, was a botanist and geologist of considerable ex- 
perience. He was one of the founders of the Manchester 
