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the author of various works on biography, genealogy, 
history, natural history, and since 1900 has been a journalist 
and literary worker. He resides at Satley, Co. Durham. 
1890. The Birds of Durham. Consett, printed by J. Dent : 1890. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 20, wrapper. 
The Tree-Sparrow in the County of Durham ( Naturalist , pp. 
277-8, 353-4). 
1904. The Capercailzie. (Trans. Weardale Club, i. pt. ii. pp. 229-31.) 
Fea (James), ca. 1775 
This author, described as a surgeon, also wrote Con- 
siderations on the Fisheries in the Scotch Islands , etc. (8vo, 
London : 1787). 
1775. The | Present State | of the | Orkney Islands | considered ; | with 
| An Account of their Advantageous Situati- | on, and Con- 
veniences for Trade ; the im- | provements they are capable of, 
&c. | The Whole | Calculated to shew, by what means their use- 
fulness | to the British Empire, and the | Happiness of their own 
Inhabitants | may be increased. | By James Eea, Surgeon. | 
Holy-Hood House ; | Printed in the year | mdcclxxv. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, title + pp. 66. 
Numerous references to the birds of the islands, pp. 39, 40, 
41, 48, 49, 50, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, etc. 
Idem. A reprint by William Brown, 26 Princes Street, Edin- 
burgh : 1884. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi + pp. 160. 
Felkin (William, Junr.), 1823-83 
William Felkin, a son of that William Felkin who was 
twice Mayor of Nottingham, was educated in that city, and 
was afterwards engaged in the cotton trade. He died in 
New Zealand in 1883. He does not appear to have published 
anything else than the list below mentioned. 
1866. The Ornithology of Nottinghamshire. [In Allen’s Illustrated 
Handbook and Guide to Nottingham and its Environs, pp. 44- 
58.] Nottingham & London : 1866. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi + pp. 143, maps and num. ill. 
Ornithology at pp. 44-58. 
