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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[EDWARDS 
xvii., 1859, pp. 6595-601, 6631-7, 6665-72 ; xviii., 1860, pp. 
6841-9, 6964-75.) 
1858. Occurrence of Rare Birds near Banff. (Op. cit. xvi. pp. 6268-70.) 
1876. Selections from the Fauna of Banffshire. [Appended to Life of a 
Scottish Naturalist ; Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean 
Society. By Samuel Smiles.] London : 1876. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 438, frontis. and cuts. Appendix, 
pp. 389-438, containing annotated List of Birds at pp. 394-417. 
Idem. 2nd edit. Not seen. 
Idem. 3rd edit. Not seen. 
Idem. 4th edit. Not seen. 
Idem. 5th edit., cr. 8vo. London : 1877. (Pub. 10s. 6d.) 
Edwardes (Tickner), nat. 1865 
This author, who resides at Arundel, Sussex, was born in 
London on September 21, 1865. 
In addition to the undernoted book, he has written 
Sidelights on Nature (1898), The Bee Master of Warrilow 
(1906), The Lore of the Honey Bee (1908), and other works 
of a popular character. 
1906. An Idler in the Wilds. London (John Murray) : 1906. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 109, with numerous illustra- 
tions. (Pub. 6s. net.) 
Contains many references to British birds, with plates of 
Skylark, Kittiwake, Fern-Owl, Sedge Warbler, etc. 
Edwards (George), 1694-1773 
George Edwards was born at Stratford, Essex, April 3, 
1694, was educated at a school at Leytonstone and after- 
wards served an apprenticeship in Fenchurch Street, on the 
expiration of which he travelled on the Continent between 
1718 and 1720. On returning home he began to make drawings 
of animals, which sold for good prices. In December 1733 
he was appointed, on Sir Hans Sloane’s recommendation, 
Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians. He received 
the Gold Medal of the Royal Society in 1750, and was after- 
wards elected a Fellow. He has been well described as 
an unscientific but very accurate describer and painter of 
animal life, and his writings will always remain of paramount 
authority, from the faithfulness of his description of many 
