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Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xvi + 1. errata + pp. 305. 
Includes account of the Double Snipe at pp. 106-7, and its 
congeners, pp. 284-7. 
Derham (William), 1657-1735 
W. Derham, D.D., was bom at Stoughton, near Worcester, 
November 26, 1657, and educated at Blockley Grammar 
School, and Trinity College, Oxford. He was ordained in 
1682 and presented first to the living of Wargrave, and in 
1689 to that of Upminster, Essex, where he lived quietly for 
many years, cultivating his tastes for natural history and 
mechanics. He is said to have made large collections of birds 
and insects. He was elected F.R.S. in 1702, and contributed 
a number of papers to the Philosophical Transactions. His 
works cover a wide range of subjects. The Physico-Theology 
and Astro-Theology were formerly popular, the first named 
passing through many editions. He also wrote a life of Ray, in 
Select Remains of the Learned J ohn Pay , published (posthum- 
ously) by George Scott, 1760, and Philosophical Letters of Pay 
and Willughby (1718), etc. Dr. Derham died April 5, 1735. 
1708-9. Part of a Letter concerning the Migration of Birds. (Phil. 
Trans, xxvi. p. 123, 1708-9.) 
*1713. Physico-Theology: | or, a | Demonstration | of the | Being and At- 
tributes of God, | from His works of Creation. | Being the Substance 
of XVI. Sermons | preached in St. Mary-le-Bow-Church, London 
| at the Honble. Mr. Boyle’s Lectures, | in the years 1711 and 1712. | 
With large Notes, and many curious Ob | servations never 
before Published. | — | By W. Derham, Kector of Upminster in 
| Essex, and E.R.S. | — | [Quotation, 2 lines, and device.] | — | 
London : | Printed for W. Innys, at the Prince’s Arms in [St. 
Paul’s Church-Yard, mdccxiii. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xv un. + pp. 483 + pp. 11 index un. 
Book VII., pp. 372-96, comprises “ A Survey of Birds,” ch. iii. 
being on Migration. 
1713. [Edited by.] Ray’s Synopsis. London : 1713. 
See under Ray (John). 
1738. [Observations and Notes in] Albin’s Natural History of Birds. 
3 vols. London : 1738. 
See under Albin (Eleazar). 
