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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[MONTAGU 
his friend, Mrs. Eliza Dorville, who executed the plates in 
the Ornithological Dictionary. He was also author of some 
papers in the Transactions of the Linnean and Wernerian 
Societies, of both of which he was a member. He died June 
20, 1815, from lockjaw caused by treading on a rusty nail, 
but it is not known for certain where he was interred, some 
asserting that he was, by his own wish, buried at Knowle, 
and others in the parish church. A miniature portrait of 
Montagu is in the possession of the Linnean Society. (Cf. 
also an article by Mr. Mullens, British Birds , April 1909.) 
1798. Descriptions of three rare species of British Birds. (Trans. Linn. 
Soc. iv. pp. 35-43, pi. 2.) 
1802. Ornithological Dictionary ; | or, | Alphabetical Synopsis | of | 
British Birds. | By | George Montagu, F.L.S. | In two volumes. 
| Yol. I. [II.] | London : | Printed for J. White, Fleet Street, | by 
T. Bensly, Bolt Court. | 1802. 
Collation — 2 vols. 8vo. Yol. I. pp. 2 un. + pp. xliii + pp. un. 
(being sheets B-Y) + Slip of Errata. Plate of Cirl Bunting. Yol. 
II., title + pp. un. (sheets B-Y) + Slip of Errata. 
Note. — Alphabetically arranged, without pagination. At the end 
of Yol. II. is “ A List of British Birds, systematically arranged,” 
explanation of terms, and Catalogue of principal Authors. Yol. I. 
has a coloured frontispiece of the Cirl Bunting (male). A copy 
with the plain plate of the female coloured as a frontispiece to 
Vol. II. is in Westfield Place Library. 
1813. Supplement | to the | Ornithological Dictionary] | or | Synopsis of 
British Birds, | By | George Montagu, Esq., F.L.S. & M.W.S. | 
Printed by S. Woolmer, Exeter ; . . . . 1813. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi + pp. un. (sheets A-Z + sheet 
Aa-Ff) with xxiv plates. 
Note. — Alphabetically arranged, without pagination ; there is an 
extensive Appendix, also a Catalogue of Additions and Alterations 
to the List of British Birds and leaf of Errata. An author’s 
presentation copy with the plates to Supplement coloured is in 
Westfield Place Library. 
The above two works comprise the first edition. 
1831. Ornithological | Dictionary | of | British Birds | By Colonel G. 
Montagu, F.L.S. | Second edition, With | a plan of Study and 
many new articles and original | observations. | By James 
Bennie, A.M., A.L.S. | [etc.] | London [etc.] 1831. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. lx + pp. 592, with woodcut figs. 
Idem. Beissue of the same. 8vo. Ib. 1833. 
1866. A Dictionary of British Birds, being a reprint of the Ornithological 
