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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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Mr. Dixon wields a facile pen, and has written a number of 
works, all more or less of a popular nature, on British birds, 
with a few on general ornithology. 
1880. Rural Bird Life, being Essays on Ornithology, with instructions for 
preserving, etc. London : 1880. 
Collation — 1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xiv + pp. 374, with col. front, 
and woodcuts by G. Pearson. 
Idem. 2nd edit., cr. 8vo. Ib. : 1882. 
1884. A Contribution to the Philosophy of Birds’ Nests and Eggs. 
London : 1884. 1 vol. 8vo. Not seen. 
1885. Evolution without Natural Selection ; or the Segregation of Species 
without the aid of the Darwinian Hypothesis. Ib. : 1885. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 80. 
The Ornithology of St. Kilda (and Further Notes on the same). 
(Ibis, pp. 69-97, pi. iii. ; and pp. 358-62.) 
1888. Our Rarer Birds, being studies in Ornithology and Oology. With 
20 illustrations by C. Whymper, and a frontispiece by Keulemans. 
Ib. : 1888. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xiv + pp. 373. (Pub. 14s.) 
1890. Annals of Bird Life, a Year Book of British Ornithology. Ib. : 1890. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 352, front, and ill. 
Stray Feathers from JMany Birds, being leaves from a Naturalist’s 
Note-book. Ib. : 1890. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 231. 
1891. The Birds of Our Rambles, a Companion for the Country. With 
Illustrations by A. T. Elwes. Ib. : 1891. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xi + pp. 249, front. 
Idle Hours with Nature. Ib. : 1891. 
Collation — 1 vol. large cr. 8vo, pp. xii + pp. 278, with front. 
1892. The Migration of Birds, an attempt to reduce Avian Season-flights 
to Law. Ib. : 1892. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xvi + pp. 300. 
Idem. Amended edit. Entirely re-written. Ib. : 1897. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xix + pp. 426, with 2 maps. 
1893. The Came Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands, being a 
Handbook for the Naturalist and Sportsman. Ib. : 1893. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xv + pp. 468. 
Idem. Reissue. 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 484. Ib. : 1895. 
Idem. 2nd edit., enlarged, with 41 col. plates by Chas. 
Whymper. Sheffield : 1900. 
Collation — 1 vol. 4to, pp. xxviii + pp. 476. (Pub. £3 : 3s. net.) 
Also in folio. 
Jottings about Birds, with col. front, by J. Smit. London : 1893. 
Collation — 1 vol. large cr. 8vo, pp. vi + pp. 239. (Pub. 6s.) 
