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Paterson (R.). See Cardiff Naturalists’ Society 
Paton (Frederick Noel), not. 1861 
Mr. Paton, who was born November 7, 1861, is the second 
son of the late Sir Joseph Noel Paton. He was educated at 
Edinburgh Academy and University, studied art in London, 
and became an illustrator. He entered the diplomatic service 
and travelled extensively, becoming in 1905 Director-General 
of Commercial Intelligence to the Government of India. 
The undernoted work is a collection of poetical references 
to birds from various British authors. 
1894. Bards and the Birds. Selected and arranged by Frederick Noel 
Baton. With Illustrations by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn (J. B.) and 
Hubert Baton. London (Beeves & Turner) : 1894. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xx + pp. 514, with numerous 
full-page ill. 
Patten (Charles Joseph), viv. 
Dr. Patten (M.D. Dublin, 1896), who resides in Dublin, 
is principally known as an author by his book The Aquatic 
Birds of Great Britain and Ireland , but has also written many 
articles and notes on Irish ornithology in the Irish Naturalist 
and other journals. 
1899. Becent Observations on the Sea-fowl of the Dublin Coast. (Irish 
Nat. viii. pp. 253-6.) 
1900. The Natural History of the Buff. (Op. cit. ix. pp. 187-209, pi. 6.) 
On the Distribution of Some Birds observed in Ireland and 
Switzerland. ( Zoologist , pp. 213-28.) 
1901. The Natural History of the Grey Bhalarope. (Irish Nat. x. pp. 53- 
67, pi. 3.) 
1902. The Aquatic Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. London : 1902. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xxx + pp. 590, with ill. 
A List of Birds observed west of Dingle, Co. Kerry. (Op. cit. xi. 
pp. 125-37.) 
1909. The Migratory Movements of certain Shore Birds as observed on 
the Dublin Coast. ( Naturalist , 1909, pp. 49-52, 83-6 ; Rep. 
Brit. Assoc, for 1908, pp. 731-2.) 
Dimorphism in the Eggs of the Song Thrush. (Naturalist, pp. 
275-7, fig.) 
The Ornithology of Skerries, Co. Dublin. (Irish Nat. pp. 185-202.) 
