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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[PEARSO.N 
in the Rifle Brigade. His well-known books, although 
principally of a sporting nature, are of considerable interest 
to ornithologists. 
1882. The Fowler in Ireland, or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wild 
Fowl and Sea Fowl, including Instructions in the Art of Shooting 
and Capturing Them. London : 1882. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xiii + pp. 503, with 17 pi. and num. 
text cuts. (Pub. 21s.) 
1885. [With Others.] Shooting : Moor and Marsh — Field and Covert 
(Badminton Library), with numerous illustrations by A. J. 
Stuart- Wortley, C. Whymper, J. 0. Millais, and G. E. Lodge. 
London : 1885. 2 vols. cr. 8vo. Also Large Paper. 
Idem. Reprinted several times later. 
1886. The Book of Duck Decoys, their Construction, Management and 
History. London : 1886. 
Collation — 1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. x + pp. 214, with front, and 
16 pi. (Pub. 25s.) 
1890-92. Letters to Young Shooters, First and Second Series, on the 
Choice and Use of a Gun, and on Production, Preservation and 
Killing of Game. London : 1890-92. 
2 vols. cr. 8vo. (Pub. 7s. 6d. and 12s. 6d.) Several times 
reprinted, five editions appearing of Ser. I. and three of Ser. II. 
Idem. Third Series. London : 1896. 1 vol. cr. 8vo. 
Peacock (Edward), 1831-1915 
This author, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, was 
born at Hemsworth, Yorkshire, December 22, 1831, and 
died March 30, 1915. He wrote a number of historical and 
archaeological works. He cannot be deemed an ornithological 
writer, but the undermentioned is of some slight interest to 
ornithologists. 
1889. Glossary of Words used in the Wappentakes of Manley and 
Corringham. 2nd edit. English Dialect Soc. 1889. 2 vols. 
8vo. 
Contains list of local bird names. 
Pearson (John and Thomas), ob. 1882, ob. 1841 
The Rev. John Pearson was rector of Suckley, near 
Worcester, from 1838 to his death, February 10, 1882. 
The Rev. Thomas Pearson was a son of John Pearson of 
Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. He was born in 1760, 
