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him a considerable reputation and probably led him the 
following year to publish the undernoted work, which contains 
a great number of articles on British birds, with cuts. The 
author, however, tells us that Bewick has been principally 
followed in the ornithological department, while “ the more 
erudite pages 5 5 of Cuvier, Montagu, and Rennie have “ con- 
tributed much that was valuable/’ He also states that the 
falconry has been borrowed from Sebright, and that Jesse 
and Gilbert White have been laid under contribution. 
1833. [Anonymous.] The | Field Book : | or | Sports and Pastimes | of 
the | United Kingdom ; | compiled from the best authorities, | 
ancient and modern. | By the author of “ Wild Sports of the 
West ” | [Quot. 4 lines] | [Vignette] | London : | Published by 
Effingham Wilson, | Boyal Exchange. | 1833. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii + pp. 616 (inch appendix) en- 
graved front, and numerous figs. 
Idem. Another issue, undated, as follows : 
The | Field Book ; | or | Sports and Pastimes | of the | British 
Islands, | By the Author of | “ Wild Sports of the West ” 
| [Quot. 3 lines] | [Vignette] | London. | W. Tweedie, 337 
Strand [n.d.]. [Ca. 1840 ?] 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo. Col. front, and vignette title + pp. 
v-viii + pp. 563, numerous cuts. 
Mayall (Alexander), nat . 1875 
Mr. Mayall, an assistant master at Shrewsbury School, 
was born February 15, 1875, at Mossley, Lancs. He was for 
some years a master at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, where 
he compiled the undernoted little book. 
1911. Birds and Birds’ Nests of Bromsgrove. Illustrated. London 
(Witherby) : 1911. 
Collation — 1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. 51 (chiefly photo ill.) (Pub. 
2s. net.) 
Meade-Waldo (Edmund Gustavus Bloomfield), nat . 1855 
Mr. Meade- Waldo, of Stone w T all Park, and Hever Castle, 
Kent, is a Fellow of the Zoological Society, and has been a 
member of the B.O.U. since 1883. He is greatly interested 
in bird protection. 
