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Crawfurd (Oswald), 1834-1909 
Mr. Oswald Crawfurd, C.M.G., well known as a writer 
of novels, poems and belles lettres , was the son of John 
Crawfurd, diplomatist ; he was born in London on March 18, 
1834, and was educated at Eton and Oxford. He became 
a clerk in the Foreign Office, and was subsequently H.M. 
Consul at Oporto from 1867 to 1891. He wrote several books 
on Portugal, besides novels, poems and two plays. On his 
return to England in 1891 he devoted himself entirely to 
literature. He was twice married. He died at Montreux, 
January 31, 1909. 
1895. A Year of Sport and Natural History, Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, 
Falconry and Fishing, with 58 Illustrations. London : 1895. 
Collation — 1 vol. 4to, pp. 4 un. + pp. 331, with front, and 
numerous ill. (Pub. 21s.) 
Includes chapters on Nidification of Birds and Habits of 
British Wild Birds, etc., by various authors, 
Crichton (Arthur William), nat. 1833, 06 .? 
A. W. Crichton, the son of William John Crichton, was 
born at Bushey, Hertfordshire, was educated at Radley, 
and Trinity College, Cambridge. He matriculated in 1853 
and took his B.A. in 1857. f 
Crichton was a member of the B.O.U. and was elected 
a Fellow of the Linnean Society, February 21 , 1861, and 
resigned May 24, 1870. In 1867 he was living at 11 Eaton 
Place, S.W., but in 1880 he resided at Broadward Hall, 
Salop. 
His little book, the outcome of a visit to the Orkneys in 
1 860, was a republication of articles which he had contributed 
to the Field . It contains a good deal of useful information. 
“ He added the Honey Buzzard to the Orcadian List,” says 
Mr. Harvie-Brown, “ though unfortunately he gives no 
particulars as to where or when the specimen was obtained.” 
1866. A Naturalist’s Ramble to the Orcades. London : 1866. 
t Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. 132, front, by J. Wolf. 
