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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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1907— [14]. The British Warblers. A history with problems of their lives. 
Illustrated by Henrik Gronvold. London (Porter) : 1907[— 14]. 
[In 9 parts.] 
Collation — 8 parts, roy. 8vo. (pub. 21s. each net). Part 1, 
pub. Feb. 1907, Sedge Warbler, 14 pp. ; Grasshopper Warbler, 
24 pp. and 14 pi. (3 col.), 2 maps. Part 2, pub. March 1908, 
Chiff-chaff, 31 pp ; Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 pp. and 11 pi. 
(5 col.), 2 maps. Part 3, pub. Feb. 1909, Blackcap, 36 pp. ; 
Pallas’s Willow Warbler, 2 pp. ; Badde’s Bush Warbler, 2 pp. and 
13 pi. (4 col.), 2 maps. Part 4, pub. Dec. 1909, Whitethroat, 
23 pp. ; Lesser Whitethroat, 20 pp. ; Greenish Willow Warbler, 
2 pp. ; Siberian Chiff-chaff, 2 pp. and 11 pi. ; temporary title and 
contents, Parts 1-4. Part 5, pub. Nov. 1910, Beed Warbler, 
61 pp. ; Melodious Warbler, 2 pp. and 10 pi. (5 col.), 2 maps. 
Part 6, pub. Dec. 1911, Willow Warbler, 29 pp. ; Savi’s Warbler, 
6 pp. ; Bufous Warbler, 2 pp. and 8 plates (4 col.). Part 7, 
pub. Nov. 1912, Marsh Warbler, 67 pp. ; Great Beed Warbler, 4 
pp. ; Aquatic Warbler, 3 pp. and 8 pi. (3 col.), 2 maps. [Part 
8, pub. Dec. 1913, Garden Warbler, 20 pp. ; Barred Warbler, 
3 pp. ; Subalpine Warbler, 2 pp. ; Wood Warbler, 17 pp. ; Marsh 
Warbler (Cancel), pp. 25-26, and 8 plates (3 col.). Part 9, pub. 
Oct. 1914, Orphean Warbler, 2 pp. ; Dartford Warbler, 6 pp. ; 
Icterine Warbler, 3 pp. ; general summary, contents, index, etc., 
66 pp. ; 3 pi. and 2 maps.] 
Howard (R. J.). See under Mitchell (F. S.) 
Howitt (Mary), 1799-1888 
This well-known and versatile authoress, whose con- 
tributions to ornithology are of very minor importance, was 
born March 12, 1799, at Coleford, Gloucestershire, where her 
father, Samuel Botham, a Quaker, of Uttoxeter, Staffs, 
was residing while looking after some mining property. 
She was educated at home, and soon became an omnivorous 
reader, and also commenced writing verses at an early age. 
She married William Howitt (1792-1879), a Derbyshire 
Quaker, in 1821, and they early began to write and publish 
jointly. Mary Howitt 5 s versatility and literary output was 
extraordinary, the list of her published works occupying fully 
six columns of the Catalogue of the British Museum Library. 
It was on removing to Esher in 1837 that she commenced 
writing children’s books, in which she was very successful. 
