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stances, there is the impetus within, but the direction it 
takes will be along the line of least resistance. ... If he 
never hesitated to differ sharply with any one, or to express 
his own views pointedly — if he scarcely disguised his contempt 
for triflers, blockheads, pedants, compilers, and theorizers — 
if he was also fallible, even as the rest of us — he was neverthe- 
less a lover of nature, an original thinker, a hard student, 
and, finally, an ornithologist of large practical experience, 
who wrote down what he knew or believed to be true with 
great regard for accuracy of statement, and in a very agreeable 
manner.” 
A son, John MacGillivray (1822-67), was naturalist on 
three scientific exploring expeditions, including that of the 
Rattlesnake , 1846-50, his account of which is a valuable and 
scarce work. He died at Sydney in 1867. 1 
1821. List of Birds found in the district of Harris, part of the Outer Range 
of the Hebrides. (Edin. Philos. Jour. v. pp. 257-61.) 
1823. Remarks on the specific characters of birds. (Mem. Wernerian 
N.H. Soc. iv. pt. 2, pp. 517-40.) 
1824. Descriptions, characters, and synonyms of the different species 
of the genus Larus. (Op. cit. v. pt. 1, pp. 247-76.) 
1836. Descriptions | of the | Rapacious Birds | of | Great Britain. | By 
William MacGillivray, A.M. | Conservator of the Museum of the 
Royal College of Surgeons | of Edinburgh, etc. ... | Maclachlan 
& Stewart, Edinburgh. | Baldwin and Cradock, London : and | 
Hodges and Smith, Dublin. | mdcccxxxvi. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 482, 2 pi. and figs. 
1837. History of the Common Dipper (Ginclus aquations). (Naturalist 
[Maund & Holl’s], i. pp. 105-13.) 
The Golden Oriole. (T.c. pp. 241-4, col. pi.) 
[Birds in] Remarks on the Natural History of the Central Portion 
of the Transition Range of the South of Scotland, in which arise 
the sources of the Tweed. (Naturalist [Neville Wood’s], ii. pp. 
238-9.) 
1837-52. A | History | of | British Birds, | indigenous and migratory : | 
including | their organisation, habits and relations ; | remarks 
on classification and nomenclature ; | an account of the principal 
organs of Birds, and | observations relative to practical | Orni- 
thology. | Illustrated by | numerous engravings. | By William 
1 Vide also articles in British Birds , by Mr. Mullens, “ William MacGillivray,” 
pp. 389-99, 1909, and Review of the Life of William MacGillivray Nov. 1910. 
