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Tribes that live in or visit the British Isles. London (Part- 
ridge) : n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 148. 
James (Ivor). See under Deane (R.) 
Japp (Alexander Hay), not. 1839 
Alexander Japp, LL.D., F.R.S.E., was born at Dun, 
Forfarshire, December 25, 1839, and was educated at Milner’s 
School, Montrose, and Edinburgh University. He was for 
many years Sub-Editor of Good Words and Editor of the 
Sunday Magazine , and also Sub-Editor of the Contemporary 
Review. His numerous books are chiefly on general literature, 
but include Darwin and Darwinism , etc. He is married, and 
resides at Purley, Surrey. 
[1893.] Hours in my Garden, and other Nature-sketches. London : n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. viii un. +pp. 9-340, with 138 ill. 
Includes several chapters on, and other references to British 
Birds. 
*1899. Our Common Cuckoo, and other Cuckoos and Parasitical Birds ; 
an attempt to reach a true theory of them by comparative study 
of Habit and Function. London : 1899. 
Collation — 1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. xv + pp. 292, with 12 pi. and 
illus. in text. 
Note. — Scarce ; a great portion of the issue having been 
destroyed by fire. 
Jardine (Sir William, Bart.), 1800-1874 
This eminent ornithologist was born in Edinburgh, 
February 23, 1800. He was, to use his own words, sent to 
York “ to learn English,” and subsequently to Edinburgh 
and Paris to study medicine. On the death of his father, 
Sir Alexander, in 1821, he succeeded as seventh Baronet, 
and took up his duties as a large landed proprietor in the 
county, residing at Jardine Hall, Applegirth, Dumfriesshire. 
He became Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Dumfries in 
1841, and in 1860 was appointed one of the Royal Com- 
missioners on Salmon Fisheries in England and Wales, this 
being a subject in which he took a special interest, having 
