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McNicoll (David Hudson), ob. 1868 
This writer was Physician to the Sea-Bathing Infirmary 
at Southport, and was a member of the Royal College of 
Physicians. There is a chapter in the undermentioned work 
on the birds of Southport, in which subject we learn he had 
the assistance of Graves and Tyrer. He also wrote a Dic- 
tionary of Natural History Terms (1863), which is in some 
repute. 
1859. Handbook for Southport, Medical and General, With Copious 
notices of the Natural History of the District. . . . London : 1859. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 5 + pp. 175, with 3 col. pi. 
Birds at pp. 75-92 (1 pi.). 
Idem. 2nd edit. London : 1861. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. vii + pp. 219, with col. front. 
Birds at chap. vii. pp. 79-96. 
For 3rd edit, vide McNicoll (E. D.). 
McNicoll (Edward Day), viv. 
Dr. E. D. McNicoll, the son of D. H. McNicoll, was also in 
practice at Southport, and edited the 3rd edition of his 
father’s handbook in view of “ the approaching visit of the 
British Association to Southport.” 
1883. [Edited by.] Handbook for Southport. Third Edition. Southport : 
1883. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 173 + pp. 3 un. 
Birds at pp. 89-102. 
Macpherson (Rev. Hugh Alexander), 1858-1901 
This well-known writer was born in Calcutta, February 19, 
1858. He was educated at Haileybury and Oriel College, 
Oxford, taking his B.D. in 1881, about which date he in- 
herited the Glendale estates in Skye. He was ordained in 
1882, and commenced his spiritual duties at St. James’s, 
Carlisle, where he compiled, with William Duckworth, The 
Birds of Cumberland (1886). In 1885 he was appointed to a 
curacy in London, but in 1888 returned to Cumberland as 
Chaplain of Carlisle Prison, His important Vertebrate Fauna 
