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1895. Bird Life within the banks of the Tay district, from Kenmore to 
Invergowrie. {Trans. Perihs. Soc. ii. pt. 2, pp. 62-77.) 
1896. Ornithological Notes from the Tay district of Perthshire. {Ann. 
Scott. Nat. Hist. pp. 24-8.) 
Duck (John N.), ca. 1852 
Although the undernoted work contains a bird section 
and list of local species, the author does not appear to deserve 
mention as an ornithologist. The list is a very imperfect 
one, occupying not more than half a page. 
1852. The Natural History of Portshead : comprising a guide to the 
locality, with an appendix, containing an ornithological, entomo- 
logical and botanical catalogue for the neighbourhood. Bristol : 
1852. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. iv un.+pp. 5-65, front., folding 
col. map, and errata slip. 
Birds at pp. 17-21, with List at p. 57. 
Duckwokth (William), 1847-1908 
William Duckworth, who was by profession a pianoforte 
tuner and music dealer, was born at Carlisle, September 23, 
1847, and all his ornithological work was done while residing 
in that town. He left Carlisle for Ulverston in 1888, but his 
health failed there, and in 1907 he removed first to Penrith 
and finally to Grange-oVer-Sands, where he died in 1908. 
His first published communication we know of is that in 
Land and Water, September 13, 1884, published over the 
initials “ W. D.” In addition to the undernoted bird papers, 
he published papers, on beetles and wild flowers and the 
occurrence of rare fish, in the Trans. Curnb. and Westm. 
Assoc, for Adv. of Lit. and Sci., and published a note on 
willow wrens in the Field, August 23, 1884. 
1884. Bird Notes from Carlisle. {Land and Water, Sept. 13, p. 270.) 
With the Dipper. {Trans. Curnb. and Westm. Assoc. Adv. Lit. 
and Sci. ix. pp. 171-84.) 
1886. [With H. A. Macpherson.] The Birds of Cumberland, including 
notes on the Birds of Westmorland. London & Carlisle : 
1886. 1 vol. 8vo. 
See under Macpherson (H. A.). 
