johns] BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 317 
Idem. A New Edition [of the three Series] . . . London . . . 
MDCCCXXXVIII. 
Collation — 2 vols. post 8vo. Vol. I. front, and engr. title + 
pp. xi + pp. 352, cuts. Yol. II., engr. title + pp. v + pp. 383, cuts. 
1836. An | Angler’s Rambles ; | By Edward Jesse, Esq., E.L.S. | Author 
of Gleanings in Natural History : | [Quotation, 2 lines] | London : 
John Van Voorst, 3, Paternoster Row. | mdcccxxxvi. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii un. + pp. 318. 
Birds at pp. 269-77. 
*1844. Scenes and Tales | of | Country Life ; | with | Recollections of 
Natural History. | By Edward Jesse, Esq. | Surveyor of Her 
Majesty’s Parks, Palaces, &c. | With Wood cuts. | London : | 
John Murray, Albemarle Street. | mdcccxliv. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 395, with 4 pi. 
Contains much on birds : Windsor Park Heronry (p. 10) ; 
Song of Birds (p. 75) ; Swallow (p. 104) ; List of Birds killed in 
Somersetshire (pp. 165-7) ; list of the migratory birds in Suffolk 
in 1835 (pp. 168-9), etc. 
Idem. Another edition — title altered to : Scenes and Occupa- 
tions of Country Life, with Recollections, [etc.]. London (Chatto): 
1875. 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. x + pp. 327. 
1851[— 72]. [Edited by.] Jardine’s edition of White’s Selborne. 
See under White (Gilbert), 1851, 1854, 1861, 1872. 
1861. Lectures on Natural History. Delivered at the “ Eishermen’s 
Home,” Brighton. London : 1861. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 157. 
Lecture III., pp. 25-40, is on Birds. 
Johnes (Rev. T.). See under Bray (Mrs. A. E.) 
Johns (Rev. Charles Alexander), 1811-74 
Johns, who was born at Plymouth, December 31, 1811, 
was in 1831 second master at Helston Grammar School. 
Charles Kingsley was a pupil at the school from 1831 to 1836, 
and it was Johns who encouraged in him a passion for natural 
history. 
He took his B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1841, 
was ordained and became Head Master of Helston, where 
he resided until 1863. He afterwards opened a private 
school in Winchester, and was the founder and first President 
