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allusions to, the event, penned by many eminent men of the 
day. 
1857. [Edited by.] Winged Words on Chantrey’s Woodcocks. London : 
1857. 
Collation — 1 vol. sq. 8vo, pp. xxxvi + pp. 120, with 6 etched 
pi. The book includes poetical contributions from 42 well-known 
writers. 
Mullens (William Herbert), not. 1866 
Mr. W. H. Mullens, part-author of the present biblio- 
graphy, was born November 28, 1866, at Hampton Wick, 
Middlesex, being the eldest son of John Ashley Mullens. He 
was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. 
Matriculated 1885, graduated B.A. 1888, proceeded M.A. in 
1892, and LL.M. that same year. Called to the Bar, Inner 
Temple, 1892. Was formerly Major in the Middlesex Im- 
perial Yeomanry (retired 1907). On his marriage in 1898 
to Marguerite, daughter of A. de Webte, he received from 
his father as a gift the estate of Westfield Place, near Battle 
in Sussex, where he settled down to the ordinary pursuits 
of a country life, and also commenced the formation of the 
library of books on British ornithology which has incidentally 
led to the compilation of the present work. He is D.L. and 
J.P. for Sussex, and High Sheriff for that county, 1916. His 
collection of local birds is in the Hastings Museum. 
1907. Gilbert White of Selborne. A Lecture. ( Hastings and St. Leonards 
Nat. Hist. Soc .) : 1907. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. 32, with 6 pi. and facsim. title 
of 1st edition of the “ Selborne.” 
1908. A List of Books relating to British Birds, published before the year 
1815. From the Library of W. H. Mullens, M.A-., etc. exhibited 
at the Corporation Museum, Blastings, during June 1906. ( Hast- 
ings and St. Leonards Nat. Hist. Soc. Occas. Publ., No. 3.) Re- 
printed with Additions and Corrections, Dec. 1908. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. 34, with 7 pi. 
Some Early British Ornithologists and their Works. (Brit. Birds, ii. 
pp. 5-13.) 
Idem. II. Richard Carew. ( T.c . pp. 37-50.) 
Idem. III. Christopher Merrett. (T.c. pp. 109-18, 151-63.) 
Idem. IV. Martin Martin. (T.c. pp. 173-82.) 
Idem. V. Robert Plot. (T.c. pp. 218-25.) 
